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World News tagged with women

Mother's Love? Dogs Sure Teach Us!
World  (tags: GoodNews, rescued, ethics, dogs, society, animals, children, interesting, women, health, unusual, child, society, safety, babies, family )

Monica
- 51 days ago - news.theage.com.au
A dog,called China,guided by her instinct,took the girl with her puppies and kept her warm in the Argentine winter.
Pakistan: Five Women Allegedly Buried Alive
World  (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', HumanRights, humanrights, freedoms, violence, world, pakistan, women, women's rights, crime, petitions )


- 60 days ago - wluml.org
13/08/2008: The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a remote area of Balochistan province, that five women were buried alive ....... .....They were punished for trying to decide about their marriages
Children of Nigeria: Maternal Mortality: Saving Rural Women
World  (tags: United Nations, maternal deaths, maternal mortality rate, Nigeria, child, death, pregnancy, Women )

Kelli
- 97 days ago - childwitches.blogspot.com
Recent United Nations data shows that Nigeria has the second highest maternal mortality rate in the world. The country's 59,000 maternal deaths annually rank second to India's 117,000. Locally, available statistics also show that the North West zone of th
1,50,000 South Asian People Trafficked Annually: UN Report Identifies India as Main Transit Point
World  (tags: South Asia, trafficking, children, women, UnitedNations, prostitution, exploitation )

Kelli
- 151 days ago - nation.ittefaq.com
The ever-increasing number of female and child trafficking is very alarming especially in South Asia. According to UNODC India is an origin transit and destination country for trafficking in person. There are no numbers to measure the extent and magnitude
Saudi Scholar Finds Ancient Women's Rights | Reuters
World  (tags: Saudi Arabia, women, rights, government, ethics )

Maryann
- 161 days ago - reuters.com
RIYADH (Reuters) - When clerics, ministers and businessmen gathered at a forum in Riyadh last month to discuss women in the workplace, there were no women in sight. Typically for Saudi Arabia, the women who took part were seated in a separate
IRAQ: Call for Action Against Murderers of Women in Baghdad
World  (tags: violence, Women, murderers of women, middle-east, death, iraq, war, usa )

Madalena
- 172 days ago - irinnews.org
IRIN Middle East) - Residents of a western Baghdad neighbourhood have said militant groups in the area are hunting down women and killing them, and have appealed to parliament to do something, a member of parliament (MP) said on 22 April.
Violence Against Pakistani Women
World  (tags: violence, women, pakistan, humanrights )

Julia
- 173 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A Pakistani human rights organisation says violence against women more than doubled to over 4,000 cases last year.
Learning to Smile Again: There Is Hope for Women of Pakistan Scarred By Vicious Acid Attacks.
World  (tags: women, violence against women, acid, Pakistan, women, violence, society, humans, culture, crime, world, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', freedoms, HumanRights, humanrights, humans, war, family, child, children )

Terrah
- 182 days ago - smh.com.au
They are innocent victims of brutality, but now there is hope for women of Pakistan scarred and disfigured by vicious acid attacks, Taghred Chandab and Paula Bronstein write.
What "Freedom" Brought to Afghanistan
World  (tags: usa, women, Afghanistan, children, death, freedoms )

Madalena
- 183 days ago - rawa.org
Feministe.us: It's like a perfect storm of right-wing policies: The War on Drugs, women's liberation by way of imperialism, and "freedom" at the barrel of a gun. The vast majority of the world's opiates originate in Afghanistan. To fight drug production,
India's Acid Victims Demand Justice
World  (tags: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, women, acid attacks )


- 184 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The largest numbers of victims come from the poorest backgrounds and are women who have rejected their husbands, employers or would-be boyfriends.
Amazing Bald Female Models
World  (tags: bald, models, amazing, women )

Veljko
- 185 days ago - fun-hunter.com
Is bald really beautiful where women are concerned?
Single Mothers in China Forge a Difficult Path
World  (tags: China, women )


- 188 days ago - nytimes.com
The Chinese government has long maintained that the Communist Party liberated women in 1949 along with the rest of the country. But in an era of rapid modernization, China has lacked anything like a broad current of thought about women's rights.
Join Meg Ryan and Take Action for Mothers
World  (tags: petitions, women, mothers, children, child, poverty, hunger, world, humanrights, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', freedoms, HumanRights, humans, society )

Terrah
- 188 days ago - my.care.org
Motherhood and pregnancy should be a time of great joy, but in the poorest parts of the world, motherhood can be deadly. In some countries, women have a 1 in 6 chance of dying from pregnancy-related complications, compared to as little as 1 in 30,000..
Sign the Petition to Protect - and Help Millions in Darfur
World  (tags: petitions, Darfur, women, child, children, families, violence, Violence against Women, violence, world, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', freedoms, humanrights, HumanRights, war )

Terrah
- 189 days ago - my.care.org
Over 2 million people have been displaced and more than 200,000 have been killed while the world watches. This needs to end. We must reverse the tide of violence in Darfur, so that women, children and families can lead the safe and happy lives they..
More HIV-Positive Children and Pregnant Women Getting AIDS Treatment, New Report Says :: News Releases :: News & Media :: U.S. F
World  (tags: world, Aids, children, women, report )

Kelli
- 190 days ago - unicefusa.org
NEW YORK (April 3, 2008) -- More HIV-positive children and pregnant women are receiving treatment but there is still a long way to go before the promise of an AIDS-free generation is fulfilled, according to a United Nations report released today.
 

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