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A discussion about the implications of the proposed UN Fifth World Conference on Women in 2015 is urgently needed among feminists and women's rights activists from all regions of the world.
Will Saudis be "skunks at Olympic garden party"?
They will if they don't get serious about letting women take part in sports, says Human Rights Watch
Five things we've learned from Rio+20
Rio+20's outcomes may not give much ground for optimism now, but it could create longer-term changes in attitudes and understanding
South Sudan: "The worst living conditions I have ever seen"
I met a mother of five, Mayen, who told me that, on her journey to her home country, her seven month old baby girl died of malaria. She is now living with ten people, including her own children, in a shelter with one single bed.
?Slow progress' towards reduced maternal mortality in MDG Report 2012
The recent progress report on the Millennium Development Goals indicates Goal 5, to reduce maternal mortality, is far off its 2015 target.
Taming hunger in Ethiopia
Access to family planning ? along with more flexible migration policies and better land tenure ? could help Ethiopia deal with climate pressures on food
Forests fare poorly at Rio+20
What did the meeting really achieve for forest protection?
Somali refugees turned into Twitter scapegoats after Kenya terror attack
Anti-Somali sentiment on the rise in Kenya after attacks
Helping survivors cope with many forms of loss
In April, 2011 a series of deadly tornadoes struck the South, Midwest, and Eastern U.S., claiming hundreds of lives and destroying thousands of homes. To help survivors in hard-hit Birmingham and northern Alabama, AmeriCares awarded disaster recovery grants to partner organizations, including the Northwest Alabama Mental Health Center, the Birmingham Baptist Association, and the North Alabama Medical Reserve Corps. In June 2012, Garrett Ingoglia, AmeriCares Director of Emergency Response, visited the area to check the progress on the grant funded programs, and to see how these programs were helping tornado survivors recover.
Bangladesh: Crisis in country; floods result in lost lives and leave thousands trapped
At least 110 people have died in heavy monsoon rains in southeast and northeast Bangladesh