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Women's rights: Progress in Asia and Africa

Plastic surgeon saves faces of Pakistani acid attack victims

Dr Mohammad Jawad repairs damage, restores lives more

Senegalese women want dialogue to defuse election violence

Women's groups are leading an initiative for peaceful elections to prevent the kind of violence that afflicts many countries in Africa after voting takes place

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Women along Thai-Myanmar border dying from unwanted pregnancies, unsafe abortions

The region in eastern Myanmar is home to some 140,000 refugees and 446,000 internally displaced people who have fled conflict

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Afraid to be seen

22 February 2012 16:47 GMT
Georgina Cranston | The Word on Women
Maria, 25, speaks about her time sleeping rough in London when she was both visible and alone.
Warding off evil/winter bugs

22 February 2012 16:22 GMT
Georgina Cranston | The Word on Women
What happens to rough sleepers when temperatures hit sub-zero?

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Women along Thai-Myanmar border dying from unwanted pregnancies, unsafe abortions
- 22 Feb 2012 16:31

The region in eastern Myanmar is home to some 140,000 refugees and 446,000 internally displaced people who have fled conflict
Senegalese women want dialogue to defuse election violence
Author: George Fominyen - 22 Feb 2012 12:09

Women's groups are leading an initiative for peaceful elections to prevent the kind of violence that afflicts many countries in Africa after voting takes place
Plastic surgeon saves faces of Pakistani acid attack victims
Author: Katie Nguyen - 22 Feb 2012 01:40

Dr Mohammad Jawad repairs damage, restores lives

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Radio spells change, success for women in the Middle East
Source: Inter Press Agency//Jillian Kestler-D'Amours - 22 Feb 2012 14:58

In addition to human rights abuses stemming from the Israeli occupation, Palestinian women face challenges from within their own society
Opinion: Virginia still has time to spring TRAP law
Source: Womens eNews - 20 Feb 2012 23:21

Abortion providers in Virginia are under orders to make onerous architectural changes to their facilities under a politicized regulation process. Katherine Greenier says there's still time to save these facilities and act in the interests of women's health.
Advocates press to modernize customary laws in Northeastern India
Source: Global Press Institute - 20 Feb 2012 09:46

Many tribal communities in the country's northeast continue to regulate themselves according to their customary laws rather than India's more modern federal constitution
Female Lawyers Protest Discrimination in Nepali Legal Sector
Source: Global Press Institute - 20 Feb 2012 09:46
India's urban women make progress in education and employment
Source: Global Press Institute - 20 Feb 2012 09:46

Urban women are better educated and hold jobs that were once reserved to men but they lament their progress is cramped by a society that has been slow to evolve with them
Nepali female lawyers protest discrimination
Source: Lochana Sharma//Global Press Institute - 20 Feb 2012 05:44

Judges must be addressed as “husband”
New Labor Rules for Home Care Workers on the Table
Source: Womens eNews - 19 Feb 2012 17:16
Women Speak Up and Take Control of Their Health
Source: Womens eNews - 18 Feb 2012 12:18
State OK's Gay Unions; House Hosts Men-Only Panel
Source: Womens eNews - 17 Feb 2012 23:17
Azerbaijan: Illegal Evictions Ahead of Eurovision
Source: Human Rights Watch - 17 Feb 2012 05:01

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Radio spells change, success for women in the Middle East

In addition to human rights abuses stemming from the Israeli occupation, Palestinian women face challenges from within their own society

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