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  1. Women hold their children as they wait for food from the World Food Programme (WFP) in the north-western Yemeni city of Hajja in this photo from June 2010. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

    Development in Arab world masks high food insecurity

    2012-02-07 13:04:00.0 | Comments 1

    AlertNet Contributor | AlertNet News Blog

    The Arab world's dependency on food imports, high population growth and lack of water make it particularly vulnerable

  2. Women collecting firewood are the main breadwinners as men are leaving to find jobs. Photo: Caroline Berger/Oxfam

    Yemeni families close to breaking point

    2011-12-14 10:48:00.0 | Comments 0

    AlertNet Contributor | Aid Worker Diaries

    A recent Oxfam study in the western coastal governorate of Hodeida found families to be coping – but only just. Many families...

  3. Young Men Saying No to Violence against Women in Lebanon

    2011-12-06 12:35:00.0 | Comments 0

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    A new generation of Lebanese and Iraqi men took up cameras and spoke out in Beirut last month to call for action to end ...

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    Aftermath of the Turkey quake

    2011-11-03 09:55:00.0 | Comments 0

    AlertNet Contributor | Photo Blog

    Survivors in the worst-hit town Ercis have shown remarkable resilience, says David Darg of Operation Blessing International

  5. An Afghan woman and her children walk past a destroyed building at the old part of Kabul August 3, 2011. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

    Afghanistan: funds pour in but turmoil persists

    2011-08-11 16:37:00.0 | Comments 0

    AlertNet Contributor | Bookworm Corner

    Book argues international community has failed in efforts to quell problems in the nation where conflict rages on

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