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Simple, summarized article of factors affecting access to safe drinking water

This article mentions how there is a 10% pay gap between men and women due to the few variety of jobs that women occupy. In order to fix this problem of gender gap in the work place, the EU is planning to increase number of women on boards of business. 

Germany has pledged to take in 5,000 refugees from Syria. But they still haven't arrived. Human rights organizations complain that the EU's refugee policy is marked by a lack of solidarity.

Now there are 1 million child refugees from Syria. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23803308

Some facts about the refugees and where they stay. Worth a look. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23801200

This pdf-format about Hamburg and why it's so green is very in-depth and is about how Hamburg has become such a green city and what its future is.

This article shows how despite high literacy rate of females in China, the women face another obstacle; fair wages in the work place and promotion. The discrimination also occurs in the politics, with a very low percentage of the delegates being women. It shows how there is a long way to go until full equity in rights for women.