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IRIN gender issues - many articles with contemporary case studies, e.g. Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia.

Fantastic resource with lots of choice. My students will love these studies on gender. Lynne Acworth

An excellent BBC education site for those studying Scottish Highers. Covers socio economic issues in South Africa, such as land tenure, education & health

Is the gap between rich and power really the issue? 

Film about women's rights in Morocco relating to the 475 rape laws which allowed rapists to marry their victims, In reality deals with equality issues in general.

Great for Gender Issues

raises interesting issues

Several articles in this edition about carbon of setting

The UK population is getting older and faces deep financial, emotional and health issues. In the latest part of our series on the fallout from the nation's 'age quake', we examine how a crisis will affect us all as company pension schemes collapse and stock market failures hit private policies. Ruth Sunderland reports on a generation who face working into their seventies - or living out their old age in penury

A dramatic 'age quake' is shaking Britain as the country grows older - for the first time ever, the number of people over 65 exceeds those under 16. Here, in the start of a new series looking at the profound financial, emotional and practical issues faced by a rising number of Britons, we report on the best places for retired people to live across the UK.

"Factsheet Debt Relief Under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative September 22, 2009 The Joint IMF-World Bank's comprehensive approach to debt reduction is designed to ensure that no poor country faces a debt burden it cannot manage. To date, debt reduction packages under the HIPC Initiative have been approved for 35 countries, 29 of them in Africa, providing US$51 billion in debt-service relief over time. Five additional countries are potentially eligible for HIPC Initiative assistance. Debt relief key to poverty reduction The HIPC Initiative was launched in 1996 by the IMF and World Bank, with the aim of ensuring that no poor country faces a debt burden it cannot manage. Since then, the international financial community, including multilateral organizations and governments have worked together to reduce to sustainable levels the external debt burdens of the most heavily indebted poor countries. In 1999, a comprehensive review of the Initiative allowed the Fund to provide faster, deeper, and broader debt relief and strengthened the links between debt relief, poverty reduction, and social policies. In 2005, to help accelerate progress toward the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) , the HIPC Initiative was supplemented by the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) . The MDRI allows for 100 percent relief on eligible debts by three multilateral institutions-the IMF, the World Bank, and the African Development Fund (AfDF)-for countries completing the HIPC Initiative process. In 2007, the Inter-American Development Bank (IaDB) also decided to provide additional ("beyond HIPC") debt relief to the five HIPCs in the Western Hemisphere. Two step process Countries must meet certain criteria, commit to poverty reduction through policy changes and demonstrate a good track-record over time. The Fund and Bank provide interim debt relief in the initial st

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If current population and consumption trends continue, Africa's Ecological Footprint will exceed its biocapacity within the next twenty years, while a number of countries, including Senegal, Kenya and Tanzania, are set to reach that threshold in less than five years, according to a report issued today by Global Footprint Network and key partners.