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Sustainable development? Not without family planning!

This article is the 10th in a series of articles related to Wikiprogress. “The lack of recognition of reproductive rights as essential to sustainable development was especially disappointing.” Anita Nayar, Executive Committee Member of Development Alternatives with Women for A New Era (DAWN) – on the outcomes of Rio+20The Zimbabwean (2012), Women outraged at Rio+20 […]

Syria bans niqab (2010)

About A Syrian act of protecting secular identity has caught international attention. A ban issued on Sunday, 18 July 2010, prohibits the wearing of niqabs at public and private universities. The Syrian Ministry of Education, under minister Ghiath Barakat’s orders, expressed that wearing the niqab will not be allowed for either students or professors, and […]

Tackling discriminatory social norms to empower girls and women: lessons for a post-2015 framework

The OECD Development Centre, the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and the DFID – UK Department for International Development co-organised a side event at the 58th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York, on 13 March 2014. More information: http://oecd.org/dev/poverty/wwwoecdorgdevgendercsw58.htm Explore more infographics like this one on the web’s largest […]

Talks @ Pulitzer: Amy Toensing and Jessica Benko on Widows in India

On Monday, July 14, was held a conversation with Pulitzer Center grantees photojournalist Amy Toensing and print and radio journalist Jessica Benko. The duo spoke about their Pulitzer Center-supported project, “Unwanted and Unprotected: Widows in India.” More information

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Tansu Çiller

Tansu Penbe Çiller (born October 9, 1946) is an economist and politician in . Between 1993 and 1996, she served as Turkey’s first female Prime Minister, and was the third female head of state in a predominantly Muslim country. Table of Contents 1 Early Life and Education 2 Political Career 2.1 Europe 3 Reputation 4 […]

Tarja Halonen

Tarja Halonen was born on 24 December 1943 in Helsinki, . She was the President of Finland from 2000-2012, the first woman to be elected to this office. Table of Contents 1 Education and Early Career 2 1987 – 2000 3 Presidential Campaign (2000) and Presidency (2000- ) 4 Sources Education and Early Career Halonen […]

Teen Mothers

Teenage pregnancy refers to pregnancies that occur before the adolescent girl has reached legal adulthood. The rates of teenage pregnancy differ widely across developed countries. The United States continues to have one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the developed world—almost twice as high as those of England, Wales and Canada, and eight times as […]

Thai youth and health issues

Table of Contents 1 Thai youth and eating disorders 2 The solutions 3 See also 4 References 5 Group1 Thai youth and eating disorders Nowadays, children in Thailand risk developing health problems because of their eating habits. The report of the National Statistical office in 2009 states that both the share of children who eat […]

Thailand’s Youth Policy

Table of Contents 1 Population of Thailand Population by Age http://www.ipsr.mahidol.ac.th/ipsr/PublicationGazette.aspx…. 2 The Importance of Children’s Voice Youth Development http://www.youthpolicy.org/national/Thailand_2010_Youth_Policy_Summary.p…. 3 Thailand’s Youth Policy Government’s Policy on Youth http://www.youthpolicy.org/national/Thailand_2010_Youth_Policy_Summary.p…. 4 The Policy in Action 4.1 ProgrammesStrategies and Directions for Helping Thai Children Achieve Desirable Qualities http://www.fao.org/docrep/x5630e/x5630e03.htm…. 5 A comparison with ‘s Youth Policy Cambodia Policy […]

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