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- Mirva Lempiainen
- • October 26, 2016
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While people buy flowers to celebrate special occasions or to merely liven up their home, most buyers do not think twice about the origins of the flowers or why they are so affordable. Almost all the roses now sold…
- Categories: Africa, Gender Violence, Human Rights, Women
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • January 20, 2016
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While new Syrian peace talks organized by the United Nations remain tentatively scheduled to begin on Jan. 25 in Switzerland, a substantial group of Syrian women is preparing to convene in Geneva starting that day to demand an equal…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Human Rights, Middle East
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- Yermi Brenner
- • August 31, 2014
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The extremist Sunni militant group called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, which recently declared a caliphate in parts of the Middle East, now controls an area of 13,000 square miles in Iraq and Syria. Testimonies coming out about…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Human Rights, Middle East
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- Shiwani Neupane
- • March 18, 2014
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The dialogue on living wages has come a long way since the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh that killed more than 1,000 people in 2013, but there will be no solution to the living wage problem until all parties…
- Categories: Development, Women
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- Maurizio Guerrero  and Dulcie Leimbach
- • January 22, 2014
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The United Nations-led peace talks in Switzerland to begin the laborious discussions to end the war in Syria have officially started, but Syrian women activists who have been demanding to sit at the crucial peace-talks table on Jan. 24…
- Categories: Middle East, Peace and Security, Women
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • December 5, 2013
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Recognizing that women in the Middle East and North Africa must play an active role in their countries’ political processes, especially amid the regional backdrop of upheavals and conflicts, the Netherlands government is providing money for a new program,…
- Categories: Middle East, Women
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