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LABOUR-PHILIPPINES: Meltdown - Women Most Vulnerable
Prime Sarmiento - IPS – Wed 4 March, 2009 MANILA, Mar 4 (IPS) – Shaynar Bacon was working as a cashier in a shopping mall in Mindanao, southern Philippines, when she learned that an electr… more →
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LABOUR-PHILIPPINES: Meltdown - Women Most Vulnerable
Lys Anzia wrote 9 months ago: Prime Sarmiento - IPS – Wed 4 March, 2009 MANILA, Mar 4 (IPS) – Shaynar Bacon was workin … more →
PAKISTAN: Government assurances on Swat schools fall on deaf ears
Lys Anzia wrote 10 months ago: IRIN Asia – Monday 26 Jan, 2008 Local residents in Swat Valley say that the government cannot … more →
Self-esteem tops the charts of women’s health issues
Lys Anzia wrote 10 months ago: Maya Torralba, founder and director of the Anadarko Community Esteem Project. Image courtesy: Maya T … more →
Study: Mongolia Must Battle Increase in Human Trafficking
Lys Anzia wrote 10 months ago: B.Bulgamaa – UB Post – Leading English News (Mongolia) – Thurs 22 Jan, 2009 Yester … more →
Author provides economic perspective on sex trafficking
Lys Anzia wrote 10 months ago: Lauren Mogannam – The Daily Northwestern – Wednesday 21 Jan, 2008 Contrary to popular be … more →
Michelle Obama Prepares For Life In The 'Back Seat' As U.S. First Lady
Lys Anzia wrote 10 months ago: Will the "job" of first lady feel too constricting for Michelle Obama, a Harvard-educated … more →
Russian champion of Siberia's Lake Baikal has tough fight
Lys Anzia wrote 10 months ago: Ecologist Marina Rikhvanova is trying to protect Siberia’s Lake Baikal. She is up against a Kr … more →
Zimbabwe activist: 'I feared for my life'
Lys Anzia wrote 10 months ago: CNN – Friday 16 Jan, 2008 Activist Jestina Mukoko arrives at court in Harare, Zimbabwe, last m … more →
Women Journalists Targeted In Terai
Lys Anzia wrote 10 months ago: Press Release: IFEX – Scoop World (New Zealand) – Thurs 15 Jan, 2008 Nepal: Women Journa … more →
Female journalist murdered by mob
Lys Anzia wrote 10 months ago: From correspondents in Kathmandu, Nepal – The Australian – Mon 12 Jan, 2008 A FEMALE jou … more →
Ex-Prostitutes Say South Korea and U.S. Enabled Sex Trade Near Bases
Lys Anzia wrote 10 months ago: CHOE SANG-HUN – New York Times – 7 Jan, 2009 Bae worked as a prostitute near an American … more →
(Cynthia) McKinney on boat in Gaza crash
Lys Anzia wrote 11 months ago: A former U.S. congresswoman was on a volunteer ship during a clash with the Israeli Navy. CNN’ … more →
Child maid trafficking spreads from Africa to US
Lys Anzia wrote 11 months ago: RUKMINI CALLIMACHI – Associated Press – Sunday 28 Dec, 2008 An undated passport photogra … more →
Iran Clamps Down on Human Rights Advocates
Lys Anzia wrote 11 months ago: MEDEA BENJAMIN – Huffington Post – 23 Dec, 2008 In our recent visit to Iran, we saw amon … more →
Some Arab Women Find Freedom in the Skies
Lys Anzia wrote 11 months ago: KATHERINE ZOEPF – New York Times – Monday 22 Dec, 2008 the ninth in the series of NY Tim … more →
AP Exclusive: South Ossetian (woman) activist comes to Washington, questions of KGB ties raised
Lys Anzia wrote 11 months ago: DESMOND BUTLER and MATT SIEGEL – Associated Press (via Newsday.com) – 15 Dec, 2008 In th … more →
Afghan women leaders face growing Taliban threats
Lys Anzia wrote 12 months ago: Heidi Vogt – Associated Press – Friday 5 Dec, 2008 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The women g … more →
Japan PM contender sees "iron" barrier for women
Lys Anzia wrote 1 year ago: Isabel Reynolds with Naoto Okamura and Linda Sieg – Reuters News – Monday 8 Sept, 2008 T … more →
The hazards in Internet matchmaking
Lys Anzia wrote 1 year ago: By MARIA ALETA O. NIEVA – ABS-CBN News – Friday 5 Sept, 2008 Internet matchmaking indust … more →
