In 2007, the Women and Gender Equity Knowledge Network of the WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health published their Report on Gender Inequity in Health. The report stated: “Gender inequality damages the physical and mental health of millions of girls and women across the globe. Taking action to improve gender equity in health and to address women's rights...
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Measles: The Point on a New Epidemic
By Blandina Steinhauslin, AILO Florence
What is it?
The virus of measles is part of the paramyxovirus family, meaning viruses that are mainly responsible for causing acute respiratory diseases, like mumps, rubella and others.
Measles spreads through droplets in the air; it is transmitted by coughing and sneezing, and generally close personal contact. It infects...
Juneteenth celebrations mark the abolition of slavery on June 19th in the United States. Many African-Americans celebrate this date instead of the Fourth of July. If your people do not have a history of slavery, perhaps you didn't know this. Now we know.
Julie Mowat (AWC The Hague), Human Rights Team Co-Chair
Looking for some training on being a Human Rights Defender? Wondering what this all means? Amensty International offers an on-line course, available free of charge (although for $49 you can get an official certificate of completion) that you can take in a 4 week period: Amnesty's Human Rights Defender course.
As you begin the course, you will very soon come across...
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"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go!"
- from I Can Read With My Eyes Shut by Dr. Seuss
(source: http://clipart-library.com/free-dr.-seuss-clipart.html)
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As June quickly approaches, final exams are being taken, students are graduating and teachers all over the world are already planning for next year. What do...
By Amal Lahlafi (AIWA of Rabat)
We have been extensively using fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas to generate energy; however, this usage has a greater negative impact on our atmosphere than any other activity. Coal is vastly damaging to our atmosphere because it releases 70 percent more carbon dioxide than natural gas for every unit of...
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Education Around the World: Countries from A to Z
by Arandeep Degun (AIWC Cologne)
The largest country on earth, Russia is seeking to reassert itself as a world power after emerging from well over a decade of post-Soviet economic and political turmoil. Income from large natural resources, mainly oil and gas, have helped Russia overcome the economic collapse of 1998; however,
