Women Pulling Out of the Technological Gap
Aug 26, 2010
When she gets up in the morning, Ghadeer Malek, a young Palestinian feminist activist, checks her Facebook page to keep up on new developments and messages linked to her work.
When she gets up in the morning, Ghadeer Malek, a young Palestinian feminist activist, checks her Facebook page to keep up on new developments and messages linked to her work.
U.N. member states and regional organisations debated the
question of how Somali pirates should be prosecuted in a
Security Council meeting Wednesday, following a report
submitted last month by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
outlining seven possible legal options.
Come Dec. 31, about 68 countries are expected to complete the
arduous task of taking an accurate head count of the number of
people living within their geographical borders.
The stories of Dr. Ciro de Quadros’ work in eradicating
smallpox read like the stuff of global health legend.
Three scenarios were laid before the delegates here attending
the CIVICUS World Assembly, a venue that attracts civil
society, donors, government and business leaders from every
region of the world.
Six hundred delegates from more than 80 countries flocked to
Montreal Aug. 20-23 for the CIVICUS World Assembly in search
of innovative ways to approach global challenges like poverty
and climate change.
Howls of protest from doctors and officials in India have followed the naming of
the New Delhi Metallo-1 (NDM-1), a gene that can transform infectious bacteria
into superbugs that are resistant to the most powerful antibiotics. But other
experts hope that the furore on this issue may lead to a rethink on the
widespread practice of using medicines indiscriminately.
Inundated by appeals through text messages, email and Twitter, as well as in
print and broadcast media, that call for donations of dried rations, hygiene kits,
buckets, tubs and cooking pots, and straw mats, Ambreen Siddiqui feels lost in
trying to help her fellow Pakistanis amid the country’s worst floods in decades.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is threatening an international showdown
with neighbouring Thailand over the vexed question of managing a 10th-
century Hindu temple, an architectural jewel of Cambodia’s ancient Khmer
civilisation.
Three weeks after a fatal exchange of fire between Israel and
Lebanon along the U.N.-demarcated Blue Line, the United
Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has yet to make
recommendations on easing tension at the border.