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Q&A: "Karzai Assigned a Rabbit to Take Care of the Carrot"
Chris Arsenault interviews MALALAI JOYA, author and Afghan parliamentarian
VANCOUVER, Canada - In the aftermath of national elections widely condemned as fraudulent, the United States and its allies are wondering what to do about Afghanistan.
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Q&A: Maternal Mortality Rates ‘One of the Saddest Cases’ in Asia
Marwaan Macan-Markar interviews NOELEEN HEYZER, U.N. under-secretary general and head of UNESCAP
BANGKOK - Nearly 15 years after a landmark international conference to advance the rights and freedoms of women, the picture in the Asia-Pacific region is mixed, says a leading women’s rights advocate and senior United Nations official.
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Q&A: Recognise the Benefits of Slowing Population Growth
Susan Anyangu interviews STAN BERNSTEIN, senior policy advisor UNFPA
KAMPALA - Family planning: key to reducing child mortality and improving maternal health; a way to put less strain on the environment; and a smaller population makes the challenge of providing adequate education and health services that little bit easier.
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Q&A: Impact of Crisis in Latin America Less Severe than in the Past
Darío Montero interviews MARTÍN HOPENHAYN, ECLAC's social development director
GUATEMALA CITY - Thanks to effective social policies and measures that have strengthened the economy, most of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have managed to weather the impact of the global recession, although poverty has risen slightly for the first time since 2002.
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Q&A: "If You Find Yourself in a Minefield, Shout for Help"
Constanza Vieira interviews ANDRÉS, a teenager in a war zone
CALOTO, Colombia - Putting on a white t-shirt or wearing olive-green pants can be life-or-death decisions in the conflict zone in the steep Andes mountains in western Colombia where 14-year-old Andrés lives and attends eighth grade.
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Q&A: "What is Important is to Give Equal Opportunity" - Part 2
Stephen de Tarczynski interviews scientist Lourdes J. Cruz, winner of the 2010 UNESCO-L'Oréal Award
MANILA - Although women have long made major contributions to science, their efforts have often been overlooked. For the past 12 years, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has teamed up with cosmetics giant L'Oréal to highlight the achievements of female scientists.
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Q&A: No Unilateral Declaration of Palestinian State, Says Erekat
Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler interview SAEB EREKAT, the chief Palestinian negotiator
JERUSALEM - The Palestinian Authority has embarked on a new strategic drive to get renewed international recognition for the borders of the future Palestinian state. Last Thursday it gained backing for this approach from the Arab League.
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GENDER: "Truly Exciting If the U.S. Could Ratify CEDAW" - Part 2
Miren Gutierrez* interviews INÉS ALBERDI, executive director of UNIFEM
ROME - CEDAW or the U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Violence Against Women (CEDAW) was adopted by the U.N. General Assembly in 1979.
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GENDER: Laws, Budgets and Pigeonholes - Part 1
Miren Gutierrez* interviews INÉS ALBERDI, executive director of UNIFEM
ROME - The fight for women's rights came about hand in hand with the struggle for democracy, civil rights and national liberation in different countries and periods, says Inés Alberdi, executive director of UNIFEM.
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Q&A: Civil Society to Lose Major Supporter
Christi van der Westhuizen interviews GARA LaMARCHE and GERALD KRAAK of The Atlantic Philanthropies
CAPE TOWN - Human rights and democracy are causes that are never completely won, which is why civil society needs the support of philanthropists.
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