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Women's right to choose under attack
Women's right to choose under attack By Tuntuni Bhattacharyya There is a stealthy war being ... waged against women in Australia, a war that threatens to erode most of the reproductive rights and ... assisting the prime minister on the status of women, responded to a question in parliament about future ...
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Four women versus British Aerospace &&
of four women who go on trial in Liverpool next week. They are Joanna Wilson, Lotta Kronlid, Andrea ... In a Liverpool court on July 30, four members of the British Ploughshares organisation were ... malfeasant effect on the fabric of a single society, the Indonesian genocide in East Timor is arguably the ...
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GNP: not a good measure
The 1995 report estimated that GNP excludes, on average, two thirds of womens work and a quarter of ... diet industry and rehabilitation. Wars count in terms of weapons construction, and rebuilding ... accounting puts no value on freedom, human rights or participation. Using measurements of life expectancy, ...
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One evening in Dili &&
the passing minibuses and taxis and their blaring horns. Children play soccer on the footpath. The ... heat of the day over, pedestrians stroll along the side of the road, the women arm in arm. Suddenly, ... the evening is shattered by a piercing shriek. The crowd on the road and path suddenly thickens. ...
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Growing gap between rich and poor
figures on access to education and womens empowerment seem to show overall improvements in human ... vulnerable to fluctuations in interest rates and exchange rates on the international financial markets. World ... industrialising counties (NICs) remain dependent on foreign investment. But full relocation of transnationals to ...