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		<title>Six actions can fast-track women in Asia-Pacific politics &#8211; UNDP</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lift up women to lift the world</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s greatest challenges. They&#8217;re publicizing the research and amplifying hard facts, like the fact that when women have equal access to [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[WOMEN parliamentarians remains a critical issue for Melanesian countries like Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands with male dominance - and should be an issue for the next government to consider. The Leader of the Opposition, and the Chair of the Commonwealth Observer Group to Papua New Guinea&#8217;s general elections Edward Natapei said with the current general elections in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Push for female MP quota continues in PNG</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Papua New Guinea parliament failed to pass a proposed Women&#8217;s Bill to set aside seats for female candidates in time for this month&#8217;s national elections. But one candidate is still keen to increase female participation. She&#8217;s standing for the NCD regional seat and says she will focus on women&#8217;s issues if she wins a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governments Gamble with our Future: South Feminists Demand Responsible Action Now</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[22 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro While governments were locked in their semantic battles in the Rio+20 process, women’s and other social movements continue to fight on multiple fronts for human rights, justice and sustainability. These struggles take place on diverse territories and geographies including the body, land, oceans and waterways, communities, states, and epistemological [...]]]></description>
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