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International Women’s Day 2015

Mobile technology a lever for women’s empowerment

Michelle Nurse Mar 9, 2015 0

PARIS - Providing women with greater access to mobile technology could increase literacy, advance development and open up much-needed educational and employment opportunities, according to experts at the fourth United Nations’ Mobile…
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Women leaders call for mainstreaming gender equality in Post-2015 Agenda

Michelle Nurse Mar 8, 2015 0

"At the current pace of change, it will take 81 years to achieve gender parity in the workplace, more than 75 years to reach equal remuneration between men and women for work of equal value, and more than 30 years to reach gender…
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Opinion: It’s time to step it up for gender equality

Michelle Nurse Mar 8, 2015 0

How much would it really cost to unlock the potential of the world’s women? And how much could have been gained! UNITED NATIONS, (IPS) - If we look at the headlines or the latest horrifying YouTube clip, Mar. 8 – International Women’s Day –…
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Saluting our Women – Trinidad and Tobago PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar

Jascene Dunkley-Malcolm Mar 8, 2015 0

The Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, is the seventh and current Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. She was sworn in as Prime Minister on May 26, 2010 and is the…
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Everyone benefits from more women in power

Michelle Nurse Mar 8, 2015 0

SANTIAGO (IPS) - Women’s participation in decision-making is highly beneficial and their role in designing and applying public policies has a positive impact on people’s lives, women leaders and experts from around the world stressed at a…
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