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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 Director, Violence and Rights, Gary Barker part of UN Network of Men Leaders to help end violence against women
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UN chief launches Network of Men Leaders to help end violence against women
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Melanne Verveer and Hillary Rodham Clinton go back 40 years, political soul mates connected by like-minded activism and causes -- from George McGovern's 1972 presidential campaign to women's rights.
International Center for Research on Women Indian President Pratibha Patil calls for effective monitoring of domestic violence act.
President Pratibha Patil calls for effective monitoring of domestic violence act - India - The Times
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President Pratibha Patil calls for effective monitoring of domestic violence act
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Roshan Bairwa, center, in red, refused to be married off at age 14. The 17-year-old is now in the 10th grade, and hopes to become a teacher. With the encouragement of Shiv Shiksha Samiti, a charity that ...
International Center for Research on Women Live now on CNN (U.S. Edition), ICRW expert Katherine Fritz discusses the new World Health Organization report Women and health: today's evidence tomorrow's agenda which found AIDS is the leading cause of death & disease among women 15 to 44.
International Center for Research on Women In a new study of women's health around the globe, the World Health Organization finds that AIDS is the leading cause of death and disease among women ages of 15 and 44. The report highlights the unequal health treatment women faces from childbirth through infancy and adolescence into maturity and old age.
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GENEVA — In its first study of women's health around the globe, the World Health Organization said Monday that the AIDS virus is the leading cause of death and disease among women between the ages of 15 and 44. ...
International Center for Research on Women ICRW New Leaders Circle member, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, reports on Afghan women leaders demand for continuing support.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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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Guest column: When women farm, crops and economies grow | DesMoinesRegister.com | The Des Moines Reg
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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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