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Saudi women to be allowed to argue cases in court
Saudi Arabia is planning to bring in a new law to allow women lawyers to argue cases in court for the first time. Saudi Arabia's Justice Minister Mohammed al-Issa, who is drafting the law, said it was part of King...
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The AUW Cherie Blair Fellows
Cherie recently visited Bangladesh on a four-day trip, during which she launched the Cherie Blair Fellowships at the Asian University for Women in Chittagong. As a patron of the AUW, she gave Cherie Blair Fellowships to ten outstanding students who...
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The Asian University for Women
The key to success for nations now and in the future will be the ability to harness the talents and potential of all its citizens. And that means women as well as men.
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The Launch of the World Bank's Adolescent Girls Initiative
On 10th October 2008 a group of remarkable adolescent girls attended the launch of the World's Bank Adolescent Girls Initiative ("AGI") at the headquarters of the World Bank in Washington.
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Educating Girls
If there is one single thing we can do to counter inequality and poverty, it is to ensure that every child across the world, but particularly every girl, gets a good education.
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The Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
By accepting the Convention, states commit themselves to undertake a series of measures to end discrimination against women in all forms
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United Nations Women Watch
The UN has created a website called WomenWatch which is a rich source of information about women's Issues around the world, particulary in relation to their rights and to gender parity.
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Al-Fatah School in Afghanistan
Under the Taliban rule, Afghan girls were forbidden to attend school. These days, girls are making up for the lost years.
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Stop the Trafficking
Many estimates suggest that more than two million people are sold into modern day slavery every year, the vast majority of them women and children...