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- ICRW Receives a 4-star Rating from Charity Navigator 10:35am Mar 13|2 Comments
- ICRW's Fight against Child Marriage 8:55am May 14
International Center for Research on Women ICRW New Leaders Circle member, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, reports on Afghan women leaders demand for continuing support.
Source: www.thedailybeast.com
In Washington and London, politicians debate whether to send more troops to Afghanistan or pull out entirely. But Afghan women leaders have a different message: Give us stronger support from the troops and NGOs already here.
Source: allafrica.com
allAfrica: African news and information for a global audience
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http://abcnews.go.com/WN/bill-melinda-ga
Source: abcnews.go.com
In a wide-ranging interview with ABC News' Charles Gibson Tuesday, billionaire philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates said Americans should "feel good" about the U.S. government's generosity ...
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ICRW researcher Jeffrey Edmeades co-authors the article, "Do changes in spousal employment status lead to domestic violence? Insights from a prospective study in Bangalore, India” in Social Science and Medicine.
This study shows that occupational instability among men is associated
with increased domestic violence in Bangalore, India.
Source: www.rti.org
India: Working Women Face Increased Domestic Violence, Study Finds - RTI International - RTI International and partner researchers have found that young married women in India who work face an increased risk of domestic violence.
International Center for Research on Women An interesting article, “Myths and Realities about Women and Mobile Phones,” posted to MobileActive.org. ICRW responds: Ongoing research at ICRW shows that women benefit from technology innovations – such as the Pill and mobile phones – when the conditions are right. View our response in the comments section of the blog post. http://bit.ly/3WbiFU
Source: bit.ly
Mobile phones have been a boon to developing countries and to social development. Access to mobiles may indeed allow for better medical information, change the way farmers grow and sell crops, expand the way families interact, influence the way
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Martha Gatubo, a woman farmer, is breaking gender barriers. Gatubo maintains a half-acre of coffee trees in the village of Maura, Kenya. Unlike many women in the developing world she owns the land she farms.
http://www.icrw.org/coffee/index.html
Source: www.bloomberg.com
Expanding aid and education for women is essential to reducing hunger in the world’s most impoverished regions, according to the [bn:URL=http://www.ifpri.org/] International Food Policy Research Institute [].
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http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article
Guest column: When women farm, crops and economies grow | DesMoinesRegister.com | The Des Moines Reg
Source: www.desmoinesregister.com
The soil knows not if a seed has been planted by a man's or a woman's hand. A hungry stomach cares not, as long as it is fed.In reality, half of the world's food and, in developing countries,
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http://www.feedstuffs.com/ME2/dirmod.asp
Source: www.feedstuffs.com
Feedstuffs is a weekly newspaper serving agribusiness decision-makers involved in the manufacture, production and distribution of products and services for livestock and poultry, including vertically integrated and large-scale feeding enterprises.
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Read a summary of last
weeks U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relation’s hearing to end violence
against women.
Source: www.icrw.org
With an energized, standing-room-only crowd behind her, International Center for Research (ICRW) on Women President Geeta Rao Gupta on Thursday told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that ending violence ...
International Center for Research on Women ICRW President Geeta Rao Gupta testified yesterday at a U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing regarding the economic costs of violence against women worldwide. Read the testimony (as prepared).
Source: www.icrw.org
International Center for Research on Women ICRW President Geeta Rao Gupta testifying live now. Watch http://tinyurl.com/kpjbse
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International Center for Research on Women U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing regarding the economic costs of violence against women worldwide - live stream now.
Source: foreign.senate.gov
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Violence against Women: Global Costs and Consequences
ICRW President Geeta Rao Gupta will testify at a U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing regarding the economic costs of violence against women worldwide. The hearing is an effort to make the case for the International Violence Against Women Act, which is ...expected to be introduced soon in Congress.
When: Oct. 1, 2009, 2:30 p.m.
Where: Room 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C.Read More
ICRW President Geeta Rao Gupta will testify at a U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing regarding the economic costs of violence against women worldwide. The hearing is an effort to make the case for the International Violence Against Women Act, which is ...expected to be introduced soon in Congress.
When: Oct. 1, 2009, 2:30 p.m.
Where: Room 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C.Read More
Hearing: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: GLOBAL COSTS AND CONSEQUENCES -- U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign R
Source: foreign.senate.gov
Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues Department of State Washington, DC
International Center for Research on Women U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton call for quick action to ensure global food security. New efforts must assist small farmers, many of whom are women.
Source: www.nytimes.com
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday led calls for quick action to ensure global food security as millions suffer from hunger due to the economic crisis and climate change.
