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- Barbara Crossette
- • December 24, 2012
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When hugely damaging natural disasters strike in developing nations, many deaths occur because warnings and lifesaving advice do not reach people in the path of violent storms, floods or other threats. Decades of calls for better communications and disaster preparedness …
- Categories: Asia, Climate Change, Women
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- Mirva Lempiainen
- • November 28, 2012
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A dozen years have passed since the United Nations Security Council made history by adopting a resolution that addressed women’s rights during conflicts and required their participation in preventing wars and in peace talks. Until Resolution 1325was approved, post-conflict …
- Categories: Peace and Security, Security Council, Women
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • June 4, 2012
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As the first United Nations agency for women struggles for more sweeping support from governments, and advocates raise alarms that another international conference on women would be more dangerous than helpful to the cause, women in the United States also …
- Categories: Gender Violence, Women
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