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Gbowee fight for girl's education in Liberia
09/02/2012 - African news explained

Gbowee fight for girl's education in Liberia

Leymah Gbowee, the Liberian woman who won the Nobel peace prize alongside President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf last year, has ...

Maternal deaths in Zambia
27/01/2012 - International report

Maternal deaths in Zambia

Quality maternal health care continues to be out of reach for the majority of women in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Don't call me Mademoiselle
13/01/2012 - On-the-spot France

Don't call me Mademoiselle

A town in the north-west of France has just banished the use of the title 'mademoiselle' or 'miss' from all its official forms and documents.

Baba Yagas, a place for women
06/01/2012 - On-the-spot France

Baba Yagas, a place for women

French women have the world's second longest life expectancy after Japan, with an average age of 84 and a half years.

Women in the new Libya
05/01/2012 - African news explained

Women in the new Libya

Earlier this week, Libya's ruling National Transitional Council published a draft electoral law stipulating that 10 per cent of assembly seats would be reserved for women.

30/12/2011 - Jamaica

Jamaica's first-ever woman prime minister back in office

Jamaica’s left-leaning People’s National Party (PNP) has beaten the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in a general election that sees the country’s first-ever woman prime minister, ...

Climate change hits Nigeria's poor women
14/12/2011 - International report

Climate change hits Nigeria's poor women

The United Nations Climate Change Conference closed last Sunday in Durban, South Africa.

Women still struggle to get to top of French media
11/12/2011 - International media

Women still struggle to get to top of French media

Emmanuel Gabla is a member of the French media regulatory authority and on a government ad-hoc commission that has nailed the French press establishment for its macho instincts.

The long battle against rape in DR Congo
28/10/2011 - International report

The long battle against rape in DR Congo

Five years after lawmakers in the Democratic Republic of Congo passed laws against sexual violence, soldiers face charges and the central prison in North Kivu is packed with men convicted of rape.

France's internventionist birth methods frighten foreign mums
19/10/2011 - On-the-spot France

France's internventionist birth methods frighten foreign mums

France has one of the highest birthrates in Europe. But it appears that many pregnant women of foreign origin in France are apprehensive about giving birth in their adopted country.

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