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2010 To Draw Human Trafficking

Published date: 
7 Jul 2009
The American ambassador Luis CdeBaca has warned South Africans to prepare themselves for an increase in human trafficking during the 2010 World Cup.

Gender and Climate Change At The UNFCCC

Published date: 
4 Jun 2009
This blog provides an update on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) taking place in Bonn, Germany. 

Activist Urges Government Departments To Budget For Gender Activities

Published date: 
5 May 2009

The Copperbelt provincial Gender Sub-Sommittee has called on departments to include gender activities in their annual departmental budgets. 

Thousands Of South Africans Sign Up To Campaign For Cheaper Broadband

Submitted by Eva.Ramokobala on Tue, 05/05/2009 - 13:58
Publisher: 

Association for Progressive Communication

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Author: 
KAH
Published Date: 
2009
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South Africa is on the eve of a major broadband infrastructure roll-out. Affordable broadband can have a significant impact on the country's socio-economic, political, cultural and educational development; but broadband penetration in South Africa lags behind countries with a similar level of development such as the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Turkey.
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South Africa 'acting as Mugabe's condom'

Published date: 
9 Jan 2009
A group international civil society who were secretely in Zimbabwe to observe the situation say the humanitarian crises and human violation is much worse than the world thinks.

Press release: Sixteen Days: Government urged to “Put Is Money Where Its Mouth Is”

Published date: 
25 Nov 2008
NGOs have urged the government to "put its money where its mouth is" in the fight against gender violence at the start of the 2008 Sixteen Days of Activism campaign.

Afghanistan: Violence Against Women Almost Doubles

Submitted by Eva.Ramokobala on Mon, 21/07/2008 - 15:39
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Spero News

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http://www.speroforum.com
Published Date: 
2008
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Since March of 2007 until now, there has been a 40% increase in reports of physical violence against women in Afghanistan, according to United Nations sources.

The Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) says that in many parts of the country security has decreased, while the sense of impunity has risen, public institutions are often weak, and poverty is widespread. But there are also cultural causes, like coerced marriage.

According to alarming data from Womankind Worldwide, a charitable British group, 80% of Afghan women suffer domestic violence, 60% of marriages are coerced, and half of women are married before the age of 16.

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