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Women birth the world

1/28/10 3:48am by Vita lingus
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Monday, Aug 25 2008  Read more >

Hail Andy Murray, King of Groundstrokes!

1/27/10 10:44am by everydayshakespeare
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Everyday Shakespeare http://www.everydayshakespeare.com HAIL ANDY MURRAY, KING OF GROUNDSTROKES! By King Macbeth, Special Correspondent for the Dunsinane Times  Read more >

Would a Fifth UN Women's Conference Make a Difference?

1/19/10 3:35pm by Suzanne Reisman
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Jean Shinoda Bolen is asking you to sign a petition for a Fifth UN World Conference on Women. Said petition would be delivered to the UN Secretary-General, to the chair of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, and to the woman who will be appointed to head the new women's "super-agency" in March 2010. Shinoda Bolen explains:  Read more >

Climate Change: Fighting Hunger

12/7/09 8:06am by fighthunger
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We live in a changing world.We live in an uncertain world.We live in a HUNGRY world. Helping people help themselves. Turning Hunger into Hope. Because the future is now.To find out more: http://www.wfp.org/climate-change    Read more >

Funny Men Who Sing

11/16/09 8:56am by Anonymous
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Men. Men who sing. It’s a weakness.  Let’s just admit it. Christie Brinkley with Billy Joel.  Iman with David Bowie.  Rachel Hunter with Rod Stewart.  Read more >

We're #1 (Plus 30) in Closing the Gender Gap! Go U.S.!

11/2/09 8:42am by Suzanne Reisman
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For the past four years, the World Economic Forum has studied the gender gap - that is, the amount of resources dedicated to boys and girls and women's opportunities to fully participate in society - in over 100 countries, then ranked them. (In 2009, the Index included data from 134 nations. At least 12 of 14 indicators used for the Index must be available in order for a country to be included.) The goal, according to the 2009 Global Gender Gap Report, is:  Read more >

The full Banquet at Vita's

10/24/09 2:49am by Vita lingus
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The full Banquet [ Vita's Healthy Banquet] -  vitalingus - @ 01:04:pm  Read more >

SO THE OTHER DAY I HAD A BABY, AND NOT AN EPIDURAL

10/4/09 6:54am by leany
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 OK, so it wasn’t exactly the other day, it was back in January. After a full,long week of trying to conceive, we were successful! Ha, who would have thought hat it would have taken so long! I feel we were very lucky, after reading some stories about how people try for years to conceive and nothing, and then us, one week of trying and hey presto.  Read more >

The Far Pacific, Tsunami Zone

10/1/09 2:31pm by Pam
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On Tuesday, Samoa, American Samoa, and Tonga, were hit by a tsunami. There's currently a travel warning suggesting that those intrepid types who are Pacific island bound stay away while the island populations grapple with the aftermath of the big waves. Those warnings don't always work -- plus, those who had planned to do aid work are going anyways. Here's a post from a soon to be Peace Corps volunteer:  Read more >

Debating Health Care Reform: What Can the United States Learn From the Rest of the World?

9/1/09 5:10pm by Maria Niles
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In the current discussion and debate about health care reform proposals the methods of paying for, administering and delivering universal basic health care benefits in other countries are often raised as models of either what we should emulate or what we should fear adopting.  Read more >