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Women's Land


Women's Property Rights, HIV and AIDS, and Domestic Violence: Research Findings from Two Rural Districts in South Africa and Uganda
...exploring the links between women's ownership of housing and land and their vulnerability to domestic violence and HIV and AIDS. The report argues that while property ownership is not easily linked to women's ability to prevent HIV infection, it may help mitigate HIV/AIDS' social impacts by allowing women to leave violent or unpleasant situations...

Global Center for Women's Land Rights

...working to reduce hunger and poverty by securing land rights for women. The Global Center for Women's Land Rights will serve as a resource for research, create partnerships for collaborative action, and advocate for policies and laws that provide secure land rights for women and girls...



Democratisation Radio

Independent Voices: Radio’s Role in Democracy and Development

...free media's integral role in fostering democracy and development and ability to transform a number of critical areas, including government accountability, empowerment of women and minorities, and education. According to the Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA), the "dominant communication medium in much of the world, radio is inexpensive, available to citizens at all levels of society, including the illiterate, and due to its pervasiveness, is well-placed to reach out and give voice to marginalized groups..."

Learning by Ear for Afghanistan

...an interactive educational radio programme from Deutsche Welle in Pashto and Dari for children and youth in Afghanistan. The series will focus on topics like education, democratisation, and the country's rebuilding process to support reconstruction and, organisers hope, contribute to the acceptance of a democratic society...






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Very interesting pieces of

Very interesting pieces of news. Especially I liked the info about women's vulnerability to domestic violence. Once I read the statistics about women who suffer from their husbands (found with the help of http://rapid4me.com - rapidshare search engine). It is really terrible. But the worst thing is that no one pays attention to the problem that exists.

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Newspapers and Democracy

How central to democracy are newspapers - some of which are being lost to budget cuts and other changes - as opposed to blogs, YouTube, emails, text messaging, twittering, and the like?