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17 hours ago ago from Should I Circumcise?
Violence affects the lives of millions of women worldwide, in all socio-economic and educational classes. It cuts across cultural and religious barriers, impeding the right of women to participate fully in society. Violence against women takes a dismaying variety of forms, from domestic abuse and rape to child marriages and female circumcision. All are violations of the most fundamental human rights. In a statement to the ...
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As the global architects of a new treaty to combat climate change meet in Copenhagen this month, they continue to work from a conspicuously incomplete blueprint. Last Thursday morning, George Soros made it very clear that significantly greater resources must be allocated to mitigate the impact of climate change on the world's poorest people, who are the most vulnerable to its affects. This is a welcome development. But still absent from the ...
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Since the recession began, millions of women have found themselves underemployed, working in survival jobs for which they're overqualified. If you're in the process of making similar life changes , why not run for office? America needs more women in politics. Because why? "Governments with more women legislators are more productive," noted the World Economic Forum. "National parliaments with the largest numbers of women have the lowest ...
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