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LEBANON: Migrant Women Dying on the Job
By Dalila Mahdawi
BEIRUT - October and November have been bloody months for Lebanon's migrant domestic workers - over the last five weeks nine women have died. Most deaths have been reported as suicide.
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POLITICS: U.N. in Final Push for 2015 Development Goals
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS - A special U.N. summit of world leaders, scheduled to take place next year, is expected to make "a final push" to help reach the world body's widely-touted development goals by the targeted date of 2015.
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RIGHTS-MEXICO: State Held Responsible for Three Juárez Killings
By Emilio Godoy
MEXICO CITY - The families of three young women murdered in Ciudad Juárez, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua on the border with the United States, had to wait eight years for justice, which they finally obtained through the inter-American system.
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BOTSWANA-POLITICS: I Lost the Election, But I Am a Winner
By Vusumuzi Sifile
GABORONE - When Kgomotso Mogami threw her name into the hat to contest the Gaborone Central parliamentary seat it was easy for many people to write her off.
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Q&A: "Karzai Assigned a Rabbit to Take Care of the Carrot"
Chris Arsenault interviews MALALAI JOYA, author and Afghan parliamentarian
VANCOUVER, Canada - In the aftermath of national elections widely condemned as fraudulent, the United States and its allies are wondering what to do about Afghanistan.
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RIGHTS-LAOS: How Women Cope With Disability - Part 1
By Melody Kemp
VIENTIANE - Before 2002, Chanhpheng Sivila held training workshops for the many Lao disabled women and men at her own house.
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Q&A: Maternal Mortality Rates ‘One of the Saddest Cases’ in Asia
Marwaan Macan-Markar interviews NOELEEN HEYZER, U.N. under-secretary general and head of UNESCAP
BANGKOK - Nearly 15 years after a landmark international conference to advance the rights and freedoms of women, the picture in the Asia-Pacific region is mixed, says a leading women’s rights advocate and senior United Nations official.
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ENERGY-TANZANIA: Charcoal a Dirty Trade-Off
By Jessie Boylan
DAR ES SALAAM - The sun is setting slowly over Dar es Salaam's Tabata Changombe neighbourhood. Ameenah and Skukulu Juma lean against the corrugated iron walls of their makeshift charcoal shop.
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SOUTH SUDAN: Media Give Us a Fair Deal - Women
By Miriam Gathigah
JUBA, South Sudan - The guns have gone silent – except for sporadic conflict in parts of the vast South Sudan region, such as the Eastern Equatoria State. It may not be the absolute end of the conflict in the region, but it is a reason for renewed hope.
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CLIMATE CHANGE: Women Central to Adaptation, Mitigation
By Nastasya Tay
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa - Poor women will bear the greatest ‘climate burden’, says the United Nations Population Fund in its 2009 State of the World Population report, released today.
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DEVELOPMENT: UNFPA Puts Human Face on Climate Blowback
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS - A new U.N. report on the hazards of climate change brings a fresh human perspective to an ongoing wide-ranging debate that has focused primarily on energy efficiency and industrial carbon emissions.
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Q&A: Women Should Be More Than Window Dressing
Jedi Ramalapa interviews Ingrid Srinath, Secretary General of CIVICUS 
JOHANNESBURG - Women in developing countries are among the most vulnerable to the effects of crisis - be that climate change, food price hikes, the HIV/AIDS pandemic or the global recession. It is becoming more commonplace to hear women's testimony, but are women's voices heard when it comes to deciding on solutions?
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Q&A: "What is Important is to Give Equal Opportunity" - Part 2
Stephen de Tarczynski interviews scientist Lourdes J. Cruz, winner of the 2010 UNESCO-L'Oréal Award
MANILA - Although women have long made major contributions to science, their efforts have often been overlooked. For the past 12 years, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has teamed up with cosmetics giant L'Oréal to highlight the achievements of female scientists.
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In today's globalised world, women are united -- despite cultural, language, ethnic, political, economic or religious differences -- in their efforts to achieve equality, peace and development. March 8 commemorates the great strides women have made, but also reminds us that everyone must continue in their endeavours to reach those elusive goals.