NGOs: More funding needed for women's health

Securing sufficient funding is the greatest obstacle to improving women's well-being and rights in the developing world, officials attending a conference on sexual and reproductive health said Friday.

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UN allows gay, lesbian group to join debates

The United Nations granted official status to a gay and lesbian organization from Brazil on Monday, allowing it to participate in U.N. meetings ranging from health to human rights.

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Correction: Russia NGO Story

In an April 20 story about a police raid on a non-governmental organization in Moscow, The Associated Press erroneously described the Educated Media Foundation. The foundation is an independent Russian organization, not the Russian office of Internews Network, a California organization that promotes independent media.

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Russian Police Raid U.S.-Funded NGO

Russian police raided a non-governmental organization that receives U.S. funding, seizing documents and equipment in a search its director said Thursday was likely linked to growing government pressure on Western-funded NGOs.

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We should have no qualms about confessing that issues pertaining to women are consigned to oblivion in our society. Often these issues are subjected to bigotry disguised as patriarchy.

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Once upon a time, charity boxes of so-called Islamic welfare organisations were a ubiquitous sight at shops in our cities. These boxes were claimed to have been put there by the shopkeepers and Islamic welfare groups to raise money for the building of mosques and madressahs.

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The problem of corruption in Afghanistan was highlighted recently when an international survey placed the country as the second most corrupt in the world. It was beaten only by Somalia.

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Just to prove that I don't always defend France... OK, so it's in French. I think the title is pretty easy to understand.

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ISLAMABAD: In a rare show concern for women without a dissent, the National Assembly unanimously passed a bill on Wednesday to provide for a higher punishment for their sexual harassment, expanding the definition of the crime to facilitate prosecution. The Criminal Law (Amendmen …

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""You are all dirty terrorists!" "Your soldiers are monsters! They wear uniforms that say – 'Kill Palestinians.'" "We have no water.

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Twitter's "Follow Friday" - Causes You Should Follow

The latest rage these days isn't the segway or an even the iPod. It's Twitter.

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An unprecedented coalition of more than 40 retailers, non-governmental organizations and food and beverage manufacturers today announced the launch of the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation, a national, multi-year effort designed to help reduce obesity -- especially childhood o …

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More than 100 religious leaders gathered Wednesday in Geneva for a two-day conference entitled "The Impact of King Abdullah's Inter-Religious Dialogue Initiative in Disseminating Human Values." Many of the listed "conference participants," however, are tainted by troubling resume …

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There is big money in running the USA's big non-profits.

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Inside the CIA's Pakistan Tricks - From USAID to Xe

When word got out last month that the CIA had contracted mercenary / private security outfit Blackwater (now re-branded as Xe) in connection with "targeted killings" of Al Qaeda operatives and others in Afghanistan and Pakistan, many within the community expressed little surprise …

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Mr. Haqqani's assertion that deporting Americans found involved in suspicious activity and denying them entry is hurting Pakistan's image, is idiotic at best and treason at worst. PKKH requests the Pakistan Army and the Inter-Services Intelligence to take note of Mr.

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"B'Tselem, an advocacy group known for its harsh but unreliable criticism of Israel, has jumped on the bandwagon with Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, issuing its own critique of Israel's Operation Cast Lead in Gaza .

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No attention is paid to the nature and the goals of the Hamas. You cannot understand the conflict if you are unaware of Hamas's goal to liberate 'all of Palestine' by force and found an Islamic state there.

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A brief look at the inefficiencies of the Pakistan police and their failures to keep the order or instill a sense of security.

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Community radio for tribal people in Wayanad Launched

M.I. Shanavas, Member of Parliament from Wayanad, inaugurated the first community radio station in the State of Kerala at Dwaraka, near Mananthavady, in Wayanad district on Saturday-The Hindu reported from Kalpetta.

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Philanthropist George Soros has given 100M to the EU to assist in meeting needs of at risk strata in former soviet bloc countries.

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The more I saw, the less it looked like a disaster. There was human suffering and tragedy to be sure; on a scale almost beyond comprehension. Countless lives have been lost, or shattered by injury and the loss of homes and businesses.

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WHILE THE recession, stock-market fluctuations, job losses, stimulus packages to revive industry and efforts to pull the GDP growth back to 9 percent are making headlines, a crucial subtext stands ignored...

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(someone has to learn to not put the article in the title)

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To sum up in a few sentences: Left-wing Jewish groups applauded the speech as a whole, while more centrist groups or those that tilt more to the right has both praise and some criticism.

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Organizations like the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue do much work mediating "hot conflicts" in various countries.

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The Union of People's Lawyers In Mindanao (UPLM) strongly condemns the grievously fallacious and ridiculously adulterated lies peddled by the Armed Forces of the Philippine's 10th Infantry Division as contained in the power point presentation labeled as "JCICC 'AGILA', 3rd  …

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Admittedly my opening statement will shock most of you. I know what you might think, my being the most politically Incorrect in this fashionable age of being "politically correct".

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