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  Six actions can fast-track women in Asia-Pacific politics – UNDP

  By Thin Lei Win BANGKOK (TrustLaw) – It will be 50 years before parliaments in the Asia-Pacific region achieve gender balance if women’s participation remains at its current pace, according to a new report from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Half of the more than 4.2 billion people living in the Asia Pacific region [...]

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  Lift up women to lift the world

  By Melanne Verveer and Penny Abeywardena, Special to CNN From Washington to Wall Street to Twitter, writers, academics, and business leaders are pointing to the empowerment of women as key to many of the world’s greatest challenges. They’re publicizing the research and amplifying hard facts, like the fact that when women have equal access to [...]

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  Clean Up Campaign organised by Lenakel Town Municipal Women’s Council

  The Lenakel Town Municipal Women’s Council (LTMWC) successfully organized a one day voluntary cleanup of the “Blackman Town” of Lenakel yesterday 12th April 2012. More than 100 women came together to offer voluntarily their share in the cleanup campaign. This cleanup campaign is in direct response to the Lenakel Town Municipal Council appeal to the [...]