All posts tagged "Thomson Reuters Foundation"

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    FACTBOX-Women’s land rights around the world

    Author: Chris Arsenault from trust.org An infographic shows that women’s land rights can improve income, health, education, and safety for rural women farmers. LANDESA Women account for nearly half of the developing world’s farmers, yet they own...

    • Posted March 25, 2016
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    Russia, Philippines have most female business leaders, Japan ranks lowest

    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation – trust.org Author: Magdalena Mis A woman passes by an office of mobile phone operator MTS, in which Sistema has an effective ownership stake, in St. Petersburg, September 17, 2014. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk LONDON,...

    • Posted March 16, 2016
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    US women far more likely than men to be poor in retirement, research shows

    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation – trust.org Author: Ellen Wulfhorst In a 2009 file photo, Myrna Millington, 73, stands inside her home which is under foreclosure in New York. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Women in the United States are 80...

    • Posted March 3, 2016
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    Zika crisis pressures Vatican to soften contraception stance

    From www.trust.org Pope Francis looks on as he arrives to lead the weekly audience in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican October 28, 2015. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini By Stephen Eisenhammer RECIFE, Brazil, Feb 18 (Reuters) – On the...

    • Posted February 19, 2016
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    Strong economies start with girls and women — not robots

    Author: Katja Iversen, Women Deliver from trust.org In this file 2010 photo, a school girl uses a laptop provided under the “One Laptop Per Child’ project in a state-run primary school in Khairat village, about 90 km...

    • Posted February 6, 2016
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  • First woman is elected to Saudi local council

    Reported by The Thomson Reuters Foundation RIYADH, Dec 13 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia said on Sunday that Salima bint Hazab al-Otaibi had become the first woman elected to public office in the conservative Islamic kingdom after winning...

    • Posted December 27, 2015
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  • Many nations’ laws hinder women’s access to jobs, credit-World Bank study

    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org By Ellen Wulfhorst LONDON,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Laws in many nations persist in keeping women from working in jobs of their choice, block their access to credit or leave them unprotected...

    • Posted September 21, 2015
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    Emma Watson Urges Men to Join Gender Equality Battle

    Thomson Reuters Foundation –trust.org Author: Katie Nguyen LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – British actress Emma Watson urged young men to speak out when women are degraded, husbands to support wives to pursue their ambitions and businessmen who...

    • Posted January 26, 2015
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    INTERVIEW – It’s time to fight traditions that harm women’s health – WHO

    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation – http://www.trust.org Author: Magda Mis Some of the major health problems faced by women in developing countries are caused by “terrible” traditions that must be stopped, said the head of public health at...

    • Posted January 5, 2015
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    Thai woman fights for stateless after dodging life in brothels

    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation Author: Thin Lei Win trust.org Srinuan “Aor” Saokhamnuan, who was born stateless in Thailand, holds up her new Thai identification card after authorities granted her citizenship in 2012. Photo taken by Joseph Quinnell...

    • Posted December 6, 2014
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