Governments Fail to Protect Women from Violence During War
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A leading human rights group has issued a global call to action to challenge violence against women and the failure of governments to prevent it.
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Boys and girls as young as nine years  old are in the front line of wars across the world, and even  when the fighting has finished they are largely neglected in  the peace process, a report said Wednesday.
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BRUSSELS, Sep 15 (IPS) - Developed countries are failing to live up to their  commitments to fund sexual and reproductive health care leaving  poorer countries to pick up the bill, says a new UN report  released Wednesday.
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Nearly half of girls in some African  countries are raped, an advocacy group said on Thursday in a  report that sharply criticizes existing programs aimed at  curbing violence to help stop the spread of AIDS.
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Threats of violence never materialize, but problems remain
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Chicago Tribune - Human-rights organizations criticized the Bush administration Wednesday, saying in the three years since the Taliban was ousted from most of Afghanistan, the U.S. has not fulfilled promises of safety, freedom, education and health care for Afghan women.
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Governments worldwide must do more to   protect a growing number of women from exploitation when they   venture overseas to work and earn money for their families, a   U.N. report said on Wednesday.
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The United Nations is failing to protect millions of people displaced by conflict in Sudan's Darfur region and violence in other hotspots around the world, a U.N. report said Friday.
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About a quarter of U.S. women suffer domestic violence, U.S. health officials reported on Thursday, with ongoing health problems that one activist likened to the effects of living in a war zone.
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The global battle against HIV/Aids will ultimately fail unless serious progress is made on womenâs rights in the developing world, the UN says.
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Rape of women and girls and official harassment are still widespread in Sudan's western Darfur region, a senior United Nations official said, insisting that the government in Khartoum was not doing enough to protect displaced people.
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Nurses are not given enough help and support from their bosses in dealing with violent patients, researchers say.
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Trauma and malnutrition leave many refugee mothers unable to breast-feed.
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Developing countries are making real gains in promoting reproductive health and womenâs rights, but they are hampered by inadequate support from rich nations and serious problems persist, Thoraya Obaid, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations
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Arab countries have made some advances in their treatment of women in recent years but have failed to significantly improve conditions for them, according to a report carried out under the aegis of the U.N. Development Program.
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The government is not doing enough to tackle violence against women in the UK, a coalition of charities says.
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About 8,000 women lack permanent shelter. Need is likely to rise as more women return from war.