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POLITICS-NIGERIA : In the Shadows of Men: Women’s Political Marginalisation

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Nigerian men queue to vote at a polling station in Katsina, northern Nigeria, in 2007. Activists say women are still politically marginalised.

By Mustapha Muhammad
KANO (IPS) - Ten years after Nigeria returned to civil rule women still play second fiddle in the male-dominated politics of Africa’s most populous nation, women politicians and activists say.

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KENYA: Proposed Constitutional Amendment Sets Back Women’s Rights
Susan Anyangu-Amu
NAIROBI (IPS) - Lillian Mutuku, a 34-year-old mother of three, describes her home in Katine area, in Kenya’s Eastern province Tala, as a harsh place to live. The soil is poor, she says, the sun beats down mercilessly and vegetation is sparse.

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> In the Shadows of Men: Women’s Political Marginalisation
> Are Women the Magic Bullet for "Electoral Apathy"?
> Proposed Constitutional Amendment Sets Back Women’s Rights
> U.S. Should Accept Islamist Authority, Report Says

Economics - Finance

> Property Rights At Last for Women
> Pressure Mounts to Make Public Oil Agreements
> Will Poultry Project Live up to Expectations?
> What Fish may do for Western Sahara

> In the Shadows of Men: Women’s Political Marginalisation
> Are Women the Magic Bullet for "Electoral Apathy"?
> Proposed Constitutional Amendment Sets Back Women’s Rights
> Gender Loses Out in Basic Education Crisis

> In the Shadows of Men: Women’s Political Marginalisation
> Are Women the Magic Bullet for "Electoral Apathy"?
> Proposed Constitutional Amendment Sets Back Women’s Rights
> Gender Loses Out in Basic Education Crisis

Health - HIV/AIDS

> Landslides - Experts Warn Worst is Yet to Come
> More Funds Needed for HIV Prevention and Treatment
> Five Years to Children Born Free of HIV
> Prescription Drug Abuse on the Increase

> Gender Loses Out in Basic Education Crisis
> Pregnant Teens Forced Out of School
> Informal Sector Lures University Graduates
> Long-distance Learning Certificate for Caregivers

> Small Is Beautiful, Say Independent Power Producers
> Dam Critics Won't Go Away
> No Oil Company Will Know Peace in the Creeks
> Addressing Energy Crisis Through Alternatives and Efficiency at Household Level

> Weather Changes Turn Farming into Gamble with Nature
> Landslides - Experts Warn Worst is Yet to Come
> Patrilineal Inheritance Prevents Women’s Access to Land
> Climate Change Is Changing Farming Methods

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