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Overcoming Childhood Poverty and UN Bureaucracy, Noeleen Heyzer Tells Her Story

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Noeleen Heyzer not only saved Unifem, the precursor of UN Women, from financial collapse but also turned the small grant-making agency into a powerful policy tool for boldly addressing the crushing economic and social disadvantages that silence women worldwide….
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Attacks on Burmese Military Intensify Nationwide, Signaling a Possible Revolt

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From small villages to city offices, an open rebellion is steadily spreading in Burma, drawing together citizens outraged by the Feb. 1 coup that overturned a national election and crushed a popular democracy. Pro-democracy advocates inside Burma and abroad…
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