Research & Knowledge : Catalyst - 4 views
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Good database for statistics about women in labor.
Scientists prove that women are better at multitasking than men - Telegraph - 0 views
London 2012: Wojdan Shaherkani makes history competing as Saudi Arabia's first ever fem... - 2 views
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History was made when the first female Olympian athlete from Saudi Arabia was able to participate in the Olympics this year. Wojdan Shaherkani took to the judo floor in a brief but deeply significant bout that embodies the fight for gender equality in one of the world's most conservative cultures.
Lift restrictions on women's education, rights group tells Iran - 3 views
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Human Rights Watch urged Iran on Saturday to lift restrictions on women attending university and enrolling in certain academic fields.
Arab Spring reforms still leaving women out in the cold - 1 views
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Although the Arab Spring did bring about reforms and a provisional government after overthrowing the leaders, activists esp. women activists still feel neglected due to gender inequality. Reforms are bringing brought up to advocate and solve these issues as restoration continues.....
Japan's gender inequality puts it to shame in world rankings | The Japan Times Online - 1 views
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When it comes to gender equality, Japan has no shortage of distressing figures. The statistics that are most often used to illustrate the nation's dismal status in this respect are the United Nations Development Program's Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM), which gauges equality by tracking women's participation in politics and business.
BBC News - Women in Saudi Arabia 'to vote and run in elections' - 1 views
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saudi women...the vote?
China fights gender inequality in the workplace | New Europe - 1 views
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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.
2012 UNHCR country operations profile - Kenya - 1 views
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Refugee Camps in Kenya
FAO: Search result - 3 views
Given the right to property, women find it hard to get a share in property, says activist - 1 views
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NAGPUR: Women in India, despite given the right to property, find it hard to get a share in property. The ignorance of right based perspective or the unthinkable disobedience of gender inequality is the most difficult challenge in front of the persons working in the judicial system, said human right analyst and lawyer Asim Sarode on Friday.
Who creates harmony the world over? Women. Who signs peace deals? Men - 1 views
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Around the world, women make peace in their homes and communities on a daily basis. But when it comes to negotiating and signing peace deals on a national or international level they are almost universally shut out, according to a report that calls for a more balanced approach to resolving conflict.
To empower African women, turn words into action - CNN - 1 views
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Women are mobilizing alongside their male counterparts for greater political freedom like we have seen in Egypt and Tunisia. Women are robustly active in the workforce and serve as CEOs of Fortune 500 companies.
'The Lucky Girls' - 1 views
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"This is both hopeful and sad. When girls are discarded, because they are not the preferred offspring it not only is a tragedy for the girls themselves but the society at large. Where will the young men go when they are grown and there are not enough women? Bless those who preserve these young ladies who hold India's future." - a comment for the video
Strathclyde Police face age and sex discrimination claim - 1 views
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chihi.