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Desperate Somalis turn to prostitution in Yemen

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:30:57 +0000

Source: Reuters By Ulf Laessing ADEN, Yemen, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Somali refugee Saada hates what she does but can see no other way to feed her six children -- working as a prostitute in the southern Yemeni city of ...

YEMEN: New FGM/C law possible "within four years" - minister

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:21:12 +0000

Source: IRIN Nearly a decade after a ban on health workers performing female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in Yemen, the harmful practice continues unabated, with the government saying more research is needed before an outright ban can be imposed.

Canada may expand air commander murder probe

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:38:38 +0000

Source: Reuters * Head of air base charged with murder, sexual assault * Investigation may lead to other cold cases * Base commander temporarily relieved of duties OTTAWA, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Canadian police said ...

HAITI: Funding gap for nutrition

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:23:35 +0000

Source: IRIN Donors have contributed just 6 percent of the funds sought for post-earthquake nutritional assistance to women and children in Haiti, according to the UN.

KENYA: Poverty hinders the fight against Nyanza's fishy sex trade

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:23:10 +0000

Source: IRIN If you were a fishmonger in Kisumu, a city on Lake Victoria in western Kenya, you would have to sleep with the fishermen to get stock to sell so you could make a living. A year ago Lucy Agoya got fed up with the practice and rallied a few women to take a stand against it.

CARE International is working to prevent sexual violence in the aftermath of the Haiti quake

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:31:36 +0000

CARE International - UK Port-au-Prince, Haiti (February 3, 2010) – CARE International is working to prevent sexual and gender-based violence in the aftermath of Haiti’s devastating earthquake.

In Brief: Afghan floods, avalanches leave 20 dead

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:22:36 +0000

Source: IRIN Flash floods killed at least 10 people and destroyed hundreds of houses in different parts of Kandahar Province, southern Afghanistan, on 7 February, according to the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS).

Study links oestrogen hormone therapy to asthma

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:01:21 +0000

Source: Reuters * Oestrogen-only HRT linked to asthma - study * Adds to research linking asthma and female hormones LONDON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Oestrogen-only hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may increase the ...

Israeli forces arrest two foreigners in West Bank

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:43:54 +0000

Source: Reuters * Israel says activists were staying illegally * Palestinian gov't says arrests breach peace deals RAMALLAH, West Bank, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Israeli security forces made an incursion into a ...

A Taliban-Kabul deal must protect women's rights-UN

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:59:18 +0000

Source: Reuters * Should include pledge to protect women, U.N. body says * Women banned from education and work during Taliban rule GENEVA, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Any future peace deal between the Afghan government ...