Despite international focus on women, local programs center on ...
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The international focus for World AIDS Day 2004 was on women and HIV, since women and girls comprise the largest part of new infections worldwide.
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United Nations officials last week led the world marking the 17th annual World AIDS Day by calling for societies to enable women to protect themselves at a time when nearly half of the 37.2 million people infected are female.
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South Bend, IN - A local effort to raise awareness in the fight against breast cancer has gained a lot of support. Radio station U-93 has been collecting bras from listeners during breast cancer awareness month.
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Lawmakers looking to trim Duluth's budget are taking a closer look at the sister cities program, and whether the city should pay for international travel.
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When it comes to the advancement of women in the workplace, progress is almost never sudden. But often it is steady.
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THE NOBEL Peace Prize committee this year stretched beyond the political crises of the day to address two enduring sources of conflict: environmental degradation and oppression of women.
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In Japan there are night schools for everything, including how to pick up women on the streets. Lisa Katayama reports from Tokyo.
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The United Nations says there has been some progress in improving sexual health and combating poverty around the world, but more funds are needed to meet goals the international community set 10 years ago.
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The all-female routes aim to protect women from pervasive sexual harassment. Critics say education efforts might produce better results in the long run.
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Many advanced countries face collapsing populations. Making it easier for women to work may be the best way to increase birthrates.
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While the market in Central and South America is growing faster than the U.S., Asia, and most of Europe, it still faces some challenges that need to be overcome.
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A new concept of the college campus is taking root: a small city in the country that is not for only the young.
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DUBLIN -- Last month Kathleen M. O'Toole was at an international police conference in Belfast, listening as speaker after speaker described the force in Northern Ireland as a model for others around the world.
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By Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop  Development is not always a one-way process of environmental destruction.
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A small but growing movement seeks to help Muslim American women who are affected by domestic violence.
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Across the world, women are making great strides in just about every professional arena, including politics. Among the world&#146;s 10 most populous nations, how many have not had a woman as head of government or state in modern times?
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As the world marked international women's day on Thursday, some women in the small war-battered west African nation of Sierra Leone barely knew about it.