More women working but inequalities are acute: U.N.
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More women are working than ever before, but most are stuck in low-wage jobs and virtually all are paid less than their male counterparts, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Thursday.
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Women are underrepresented in public life and face financial penalties for starting a family, a new study has claimed.
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Many of the world's poorest countries lamented at a U.N. ministerial meeting Monday that some of the least developed nations are experiencing increases in extreme poverty.
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More workers than ever were living in poverty last year, and greater efforts need to be made to create more and better jobs if the world is going to achieve the target of halving poverty by 2015, according to a UN report released yesterday.
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Men and women in developing  nations are marrying later, having fewer children and having  them later in life, U.N. demographers reported on Tuesday.
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Natural disasters are affecting more and more people, the UN says ahead of a conference on reducing the risks.
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LONDON -- Wealthy countries are falling billions of dollars short of their promises to help fund reproductive health care and efforts to improve the status of women around the world, the United Nations said yesterday.
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MOSCOW, Nov 5 (IPS) - Several women leaders are hoping for a higher  representation in parliament after the Dec. 2 elections than the  present 10 percent.
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AS AIDS increasingly assumes a female face, new efforts to tackle the social conditions that make women particularly vulnerable are urgently needed, the United Nations warns.
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AIDS is spreading faster among women than men in most parts of the world, the United Nations said Wednesday in its annual report marking World AIDS Day.
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Women are more likely to suffer physical and sexual violence from their husbands or partners than other people and the violence is more severe in rural areas, according to research published on Friday.
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Wealthy countries must donate billions more dollars to ensure women&#39;s reproductive rights and cut population growth, a UN report said on Wednesday.
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The number of HIV-positive women has increased rapidly worldwide over the past two years, according to a new United Nations (UN) study, but Pakistan is among countries where prevalence is low.
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Women are more likely to suffer physical and sexual violence from their husbands or partners than other people and the violence is more severe in rural areas, according to research being published on Friday.
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A new U.N. report showed a sharp increase in child malnutrition rates compared with last year, despite the efforts of more than 12,000 relief workers.
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The number of people driven from their homes by violence, natural disasters and poverty increased last year for the first time since 2002 and is almost certain to rise further due to deepening conflicts across the world, the U.N. refugee chief said.
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More than 250 world figures -- but not the Bush administration -- have urged the United Nations to promote a population agenda that seeks women's education, health care and family planning.