SLOW PROGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S RIGHTS:

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http://www.americanprogressaction.org/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=klLWJcP7H&b=1331575&ct=2040473
Under the Radar

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HUMAN RIGHTS -- SLOW PROGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S RIGHTS: Today, the world celebrates International Women's Day. To mark the occasion, President Bush said, "There are encouraging signs for progress for women in many parts of the world, and I'm proud to be married to a man whose policies promote this success." But a United Nations report concludes, "Millions of women around the world, including those in the U.K. and other Western countries, are being denied effective representation because of the low numbers of female politicians, judges and employers." The U.N. Commission on the Status of Women said there had been only a marginal increase in female representation rates after decades of work in national assemblies or parliaments around the world, from 10.9 per cent in 1975 to 16.3 per cent in 2005. Campaigners have pledged to fight sexual violence and discrimination in Asia. A Pakistani woman whose gang rape attracted national attention will lead a rally in the conservative central city of Multan. In Afghanistan, women, subject to violence in the vast rural areas, are "sold like goods or paid as compensation to reconcile feud. More than 100 cases of women's suicide have been reported since last year, most of which were caused by domestic violence." According to the U.N. report, "Serious obstacles remain that hinder women's effective participation." (To find an International Women's Day event near you, click here.)

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1. WTF is up with all these brain surgeons coming up with these

old ass stories? Who in their right mind can't notice that there is slow progress?

I swear I wanna poke someone's eyes out.

I guess we need these enlightening stories because there are billions of MORONS out there but I'm so sick of people not knowing what the fuck is going on around their dumb asses.

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2. i was going to post this in gd or gdp but i`ve got to go to work

maybe this article from iraq can be put in one of those forums----

http://www.roadstoiraq.com/
Baghdad Dweller


and this from an iraqi lady to all the ladies of the world

http://bintal3raq.blogspot.com/
From Me With Love!