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MIDEAST
Flowers Fight Their Way Out
By Mohammed Omer
RAFAH, Gaza - Ayman Siam, 41, is not growing carnations as usual this year. It’s limonium and statice flowers instead because they are hardier. Given the risks of an Israeli blockade, it’s a political decision.
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Q&A
Glass Half-full 15 Years After ICPD - Part 2
Hilmi Toros interviews PURNIMA MANE, Deputy Executive Director of UNFPA
ISTANBUL - Fifteen years after the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), the glass is half full, according to Purnima Mane, deputy executive director of the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA). And not much better for the U.N. Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Violence Against Women (CEDAW) after 30 years.
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HEALTH-BRAZIL
Older Women at Higher Risk from AIDS
By Mario Osava
RIO DE JANEIRO - The HIV infection rate in women over 50 in Brazil has more than tripled since 1996, making this population group the prime target of the government's HIV/AIDS prevention campaign during the carnival festivities.
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INDIA/PAKISTAN
Peaceful Pink Panties to Tame Right-Wing Goons
By Beena Sarwar
KARACHI - Outraged by an attack by right-wing Hindu militants on women emerging from a pub in Mangalore, Karnataka state, activists in India have initiated a ‘Pink Chaddi’ (underwear) campaign in which they are sending pink panties to members of the Sri Ram Sena (Army of Lord Ram) on Valentines’ Day.
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PHILIPPINES
Rapist US Marine’s Custody - Women’s Group Sceptical
By Stella Gonzales
MANILA - A "one-step victory" was how a women’s rights group described a decision handed down by the Supreme Court (SC) this week on a controversial rape case involving a United States serviceman.
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DR-CONGO
How Many More Will Be Raped?
By Nergui Manalsuren
UNITED NATIONS - As people around the world celebrate their loved ones on Valentine's Day weekend, activists are working to ensure that the ongoing horrors of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are not forgotten.
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JAMAICA
Women Cheer Ban on Sexually Degrading Song Lyrics
By Peter Richards
KINGSTON - It's the new dance craze here and many artists have hopped on the bandwagon. But when the latest "daggering" song hit the airwaves, government, broadcast regulators, civil society and others in Jamaica said enough is enough.
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Q&A
'An Opportunity to Do Things Differently'
Stanley Kwenda interviews THERESA MUGADZA, Feminist Political Education Project
HARARE - As Zimbabwe's government of national unity begins its work, gender activists are pushing for a greater place for women in decision-making.
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WEST AFRICA
Female Genital Mutilation Knows No Borders
By Mercedes Sayagues
PRETORIA - Laws against female genital mutilation are driving the practice underground and across borders, says UNIFEM.
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/UPDATE/MIGRATION-US
Building a House for Day Labourers
By Peter Costantini
SEATTLE, Washington - Twenty-five centuries ago, ancient Athenians set aside part of their agora, the central public plaza, as a place where people seeking temporary work and others seeking workers could meet.
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