Nations vow to improve status of women
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SANTIAGO, Chile- Chile's first female president marked International Women's Day on Thursday saying women were in politics "to stay," while German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Europe must do more to bring ...Comment
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Governments worldwide must do more to   protect a growing number of women from exploitation when they   venture overseas to work and earn money for their families, a   U.N. report said on Wednesday.
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Protecting the rights of women is a matter of fairness, social stability and public health. Improving the overall societal treatment of women and girls is one way to control the AIDS epidemic worldwide.
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Women must have more control over how they give birth as well as where, new NHS guidance states.
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The French cabinet approves a proposal to encourage parties to promote more women into politics.
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LONDON -- Wealthy countries are falling billions of dollars short of their promises to help fund reproductive health care and efforts to improve the status of women around the world, the United Nations said yesterday.
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Saudi Arabia must create laws to protect women from violence and also allow them to play a bigger role in society and the workplace, the United Nations said on Thursday.
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In a tradition-bound nation, women are emerging as an economic and political force unheard of in the rest of the Arab world.
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Private clubs such as golf clubs will be forced to give women equal rights, under government proposals.
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BRUSSELS, Sep 15 (IPS) - Developed countries are failing to live up to their  commitments to fund sexual and reproductive health care leaving  poorer countries to pick up the bill, says a new UN report  released Wednesday.
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The District of Columbia ranks ahead of all 50 states in women's median wage, while Maryland is a close second and Virginia ranks eighth, according to a new state-by-state report on the status of women.
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The United Nations says that developing nations have made great improvements in reproductive health and womenâs rights. But it says that rich counties have given only half of the six thousand
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Asian officials called for gender equality to become an integral part of budget planning, saying the gap between the sexes has not been a sufficient priority.
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Older women and migrant families boost births.
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Women ministers back proposals intended to curb the demand for prostitution.
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LONDON, Sep 13 (IPS) - Positive developments have given new rise to hopes   of moving towards the goal of reproductive rights for all women  by 2015,  UNFPA executive director Thoraya Ahmed Obaid says.
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Life has improved for American women over the last 40 years, but big inequities persist, and they vary substantially by state, according to an assessment released Tuesday.