http://uk.oneworld.net/article/archive/1971 en_GB_uk http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/163954/1/1971 A Harvard-led team of experts is establishing a Global Task Force to address the global breast cancer epidemic. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85919 Ending the needless death and suffering of women during pregnancy is one of the greatest moral, human rights and development challenges of our time, an international conference in Addis Ababa agreed. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85917 Iceland is the best place for women when it comes to gender equality, a position it claimed from Norway, which now finds itself on the third place. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85783 There are too many UN agencies campaigning for gender equality. The General Assembly has approved a resolution to merge them. UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85699 A major setback for gender campaigners as protests in Mali persuade the president to reject a new law improving the rights of women. BBC News http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85664 Is a gender perspective a major omission from the UN climate negotiations or is this just another special interest lobby? Choike http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85568 Checklist of the main medical causes of death in childbirth in the developing world. Global Health http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85532 Are single issue donor initiatives the right answer for critical health problems such as maternal health? Global Health http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85428 Oxfam traces the lessons learned from a rare success in progressing legislative action against domestic violence in Africa. From Poverty to Power http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85363 What sort of GM research would be pursued if the objective was to free up time for poor women farmers to do other things? Duncan Green inverts the debate. From Poverty to Power http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85064 Although this paper addresses Tanzania, it doubles up as a really clear exposition of the complex issues that frame this important subject. (pdf file) USAID http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85034 Disabled women are becoming more visible in Southeast Asia's disability movement and getting their voices heard. Kuhu Das, a disabled woman activist and director of the Association of Women with Disabilities in India, tells of her struggle and how a unique project is training disabled women to be new leaders. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85031 Large majorities in most countries say they would like their government and the UN to take an active role in preventing discrimination against women, according to an international poll. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85025 Mothers, wives, widows and daughters of Iraq remain caught in the grip of a silent emergency, a new survey shows. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/162393/1/1971 “In Afghanistan”, says the ad for Afghan Star, “you risk your life to sing.”