Full Coverage: Central Asia
June 2007
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06/28/2007
Afghanistan’s fight against poverty could suffer if it rushes to join the World Trade Organization, an international aid agency warned today.
Read more+ OneWorld Guide to Afghanistan From: Oxfam International Related: [Afghanistan] |
06/26/2007
Afghanistan recorded a large increase in opium poppy production in 2006 and major new drug trafficking routes, such as those through Africa, may face increasing levels of consumption, warns the latest World Drug Report.
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06/25/2007
Describing the deteriorating security in their country as "a step backwards for women," Afghanistan's largest women's rights network is demanding the government and international community do more to protect women in their war-torn nation.
Read moreFrom: Advocacy Project Related: [Afghanistan] Image: Girls at Oruj Learning Center in Afghanistan continue studies despite threats. © Advocacy Project
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06/22/2007
Numerous U.S. presidential candidates have said they would consider using nuclear weapons against Iran. Join the thousands of others who have co-signed a letter telling the candidates to commit to diplomacy -- not nuclear war -- with Iran, urges the Council for a Livable World.
Read moreFrom: Council for a Livable World Related: [United States] [Iran ] Image: © Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
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06/21/2007
Iran - which executes more children than any country in the world - should immediately suspend the use of the death penalty for crimes committed by under-18s, an international rights group said.
Read more+ Stop imminent public execution by stoning Related: [Iran ] |
06/18/2007
Pengurangan dampak buruk narkoba suntik sebagai media penularan HIV/AIDS atau harm reduction (HR) masih menuai kontroversi. Insiden terakhir, warga mendesak agar program pertukaran jarum suntik steril di Puskesmas Bali Mester, Jatinegara, ditutup.
Read moreRelated: [Iran ] [Health] [HIV/AIDS] [Disease/treatment] [Narcotics] Image: Limbah jarum suntik; sumber foto: http://harmreduction-indonesia.org
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06/13/2007
One thousand prominent Afghani mothers will celebrate Mother’s Day in Kabul Thursday.
Read moreFrom: Centre for Development and Population Activities Related: [Afghanistan] Image: The Jalal Foundation works against difficult odds to empower women in Afghanistan © Centre for Development and Population Activities
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06/13/2007
Taleban-hallinnon kaatumisen jälkeen Afganistanissa aloitettiin opetusjärjestelmän uudelleenarvionti. Ennen syrjityt ja työnteosta poissuljetut naisopettajat osallistuvat nyt UNICEFin tukemana aktiivisesti maan opetuksen kehittämiseen.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld South Asia Related: [Afghanistan] [Gender] |
06/13/2007
The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan is worse now than a year ago, according to the director of operations of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Read moreFrom: International Committee of the Red Cross Related: [Afghanistan] Image: Red cross, crescent and crystal
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06/12/2007
In the aftermath of the Taliban rule, Afghanistan began reviving its education system. UNICEF is now supporting the government to develop a teacher-training system to enlarge the pool of female teachers who were barred previously.
Read moreRelated: [Afghanistan] [South Asia] [Education] [Civil Rights] [Gender] [Governance] Image: Getting right to education © Fòrum Barcelona 2004
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06/12/2007
Demonstrating what the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation calls "a reckless attitude," four of the five Republican presidential candidates in the United States said they would consider using nuclear weapons against Iran's nuclear facility.
Read moreFrom: Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Related: [United States] [Iran ] |
06/08/2007
Aseistautuneet miehet tappoivat Afganistanin koillisosassa toimivan Radio Rauhan omistaja Zakia Zakin keskiviikkona. Zaki on jo toinen murhattu naistoimittaja tällä viikolla. Hän oli aktiivinen naisten oikeuksien puolestapuhuja, mikä herätti vastustusta ennen kaikkea mujahedinien keskuudessa.
Read moreRelated: [Afghanistan] Image: Women’s radio is an effective educational tool in Afghanistan, where many women and girls cannot read, write, or get out of their homes to access educational sources. © IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Networks)
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06/07/2007
Zakia Zaki, the owner and manager of Peace Radio in Afghanistan, was shot Wednesday morning by three gunmen seen fleeing her home. "[Zaki] believed in freedom of expression, that’s why she was killed," said fellow journalist.
Read moreFrom: Feminist Majority Foundation Related: [Afghanistan] |
06/07/2007
Martin Fluch teaches German at Kyrgyzstan’s secondary school #18. Short on books but long on energy, he has embarked on a 680-kilometer run to raise money and awareness for his country's under-supplied and under-staffed educational system.
Read moreFrom: Eurasianet (Open Society Institute) Related: [Kyrgyzstan] Image: Martin Fluch in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan. © Eurasianet (Open Society Institute)
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06/05/2007
Though 73 percent of Georgians are optimistic about their country and corruption levels are way down, unemployment, salaries, and pensions remain major concerns for the working class in the rapidly westernizing country.
Read moreFrom: Eurasianet (Open Society Institute) Related: [United States] [Georgia] |
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