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Subject: Happy International Women's Day!

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	March 8, 2012 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate Women's Day theme the daily focus at Girl Up "Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures," this year's theme for International Women's Day, is the year-round rallying call of the United Nations Foundation's Girl Up campaign, which gives American girls the possibility to help adolescent girls around the world. "This day brings the issues facing women and girls around the world to center stage," writes Kathy Calvin, CEO of the UN Foundation, and "there is still much to be done to solve the problems women and girls face in many parts of the world." Care2.com (3/7)      UN's Amos visits Syrian city amid diplomatic push  Corporate farm plan could revolutionize India  Women are at risk around the globe  Clampdown on illegal logging in Cameroon  Corruption is undoing U.S. effort in Afghanistan  Career Center  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Women & Girls | Climate and Energy | Peace and Security Happy International Women's Day! Today and every day, we work for change FOR women BY women. Join us! unfoundation.org/women #IWD" @unfoundation "Happy International Women's Day, everyone. We have a suite of posts in store to commemorate the occasion. We will kick off the festivities here on UN Dispatch with two items from our friends at the UN Foundation and one excellent list from Women Deliver." UN Dispatch UN's Amos visits Syrian city amid diplomatic push United Nations humanitarian chief Valerie Amos traveled Wednesday to the besieged Baba Amr neighborhood in the Syrian city of Homs, but found nearly deserted buildings and streets that had been scrubbed by the government of many signs of what opponents say were grave atrocities during nearly a month of bombardment. Kofi Annan, the joint Arab League-UN envoy to Syria, reiterated his warning against outside military intervention, adding that the solution to the violence must be political, and must be "Syrian-led and Syrian-owned." CBS News/The Associated Press (3/7), Al-Jazeera (3/8)      UN is poised to extend Libya mission as Russia seeks NATO apology The Security Council is expected next week to extend the United Nations political mission to Libya, as well as lift an arms embargo on the country, despite continued claims by Russia and China that NATO caused civilian casualties during the popular uprising that toppled strongman Moammar Gadhafi. Libyan Prime Minister Abdurrahim El-Keib rebuffed criticism of NATO. Bloomberg (3/7), The Washington Post/The Associated Press (3/7)      Other News Syria to retain UNESCO human rights seat despite rebuke Reuters (3/7)      Palestinians to propose 20 sites for UNESCO heritage status Google/Agence France-Presse (3/8)      UN envoy tells Security Council of growing humanitarian crisis in Yemen Al-Jazeera (3/8)      UNICEF presses to stop new West Africa cholera outbreak News24.com (South Africa)/Agence France-Presse (3/7)      Corporate farm plan could revolutionize India The Indian government, in a bid to boost lagging agricultural output, is on the verge of approving a program that would unify the land of small farmers to create parcels large enough for commercial-scale production of wheat, corn and other crops in partnership with private companies. The program could revolutionize the country's agricultural sector, which employs about half its workforce. The Wall Street Journal (3/7)      Focus on cholera fix, not blame, Clinton tells Haitians Haiti should focus on stemming the cholera outbreak that has killed more than 7,000 people and sickened more than 526,000 others since 2010, not on levying blame against the source of the disease, UN special envoy to Haiti, Bill Clinton, said Wednesday. While studies have suggested that the cholera came from a Nepalese soldier serving as a peacekeeper, Clinton pointed out that the disease spread because of poor sanitation system. The Washington Post/The Associated Press (3/7)      Other News Study shows prized shark fins pose health risk The New York Times (tiered subscription model)/Green blog (3/6)      Women are at risk around the globe The rise of religious political ideology in the wake of the Arab Spring poses a threat to personal freedoms, notably among women in North Africa and the Middle East, who describe uneven changes that could leave many worse off than before the revolutions. On International Women's Day, women's rights were experiencing setbacks, too, in Afghanistan and China. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (3/7), The Wall Street Journal (3/6), The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (3/6)      Women Deliver lists 50 initiatives that help women The global advocacy organization against maternal death Women Deliver has published a list of what it is calling "the 50 most inspiring ideas and solutions that deliver for girls and women" to help commemorate International Women's Day. The list, which was compiled from hundreds of submissions from 103 countries, focuses on advocacy, education, health, leadership and technological innovations. The Huffington Post (3/8)      Women have come far, yet have far to go The first 100 years of International Women's Day commemorated significant gains for women worldwide, especially in the sphere of education, but there is still far to go, write Glenys Kinnock and Jo Cox in an op-ed. "There is not yet worldwide recognition that women's rights are human rights," they write. "This year we have witnessed again how women are subjected to violence and oppression, and denied the most basic of rights around the world." The Guardian (London) (3/8)      Other News Norway's pledge to mHealth Alliance targets maternal, newborn health The Huffington Post (3/6)      International Women's Day -- a call to sisterhood The Huffington Post (3/7)      Bangladeshi woman's experience is a story, not a statistic The Huffington Post (3/8)      Clampdown on illegal logging in Cameroon Cameroon has suspended the licenses of 27 companies found to be in violation of logging laws put into place after more than 13% of the country's forest cover was lost between 1990 and 2005 due to commercial logging, agriculture and the search for fuel. Illegal logging is rife, and the head of one of the companies that lost its license says a corrupt licensing process shares part of the blame. AlertNet (3/5)      Other News Solar storm, biggest in 5 years, reaches Earth The Wall Street Journal/The Associated Press (3/7)      Corruption is undoing U.S. effort in Afghanistan Increasingly the prospects for the viability of the U.S. mission in Afghanistan are seen as tied not just to battles with the Taliban, but the country's culture of crony capitalism. Even Afghan air force officials are suspected of transporting narcotics and illegal weapons across the country, but the federal government has yet to prosecute a high-level corruption case. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (3/7), Reuters (3/8)      UN cites a systematic crackdown on dissent in Iran A new UN report chronicles what it calls a "striking pattern of violations of fundamental human rights" in Iran, highlighting a drastic rise in executions from fewer than 100 in 2003 to more than 650 in 2011, and the sustained abuse of students, women, journalists and religious minorities. The Wall Street Journal (3/7)      Other News 2011 was safest ever for air travel, trade body says The Guardian (London) (3/7)      Russia's teenage suicide rate is third-highest in world The Washington Post (3/1)      Surging Latin America crime opens markets for tailored bulletproof clothes The Miami Herald (free registration) (3/5)      Position Title Company Name Location International Press Officer Center for Reproductive Rights New York , NY Deputy Director, Nothing But Nets United Nations Foundation Washington DC, DC Communications Director, Better World Campaign United Nations Foundation Washington, DC Raiser's Edge Database Manager United Nations Foundation Washington, DC Senior Manager, Policy and Advocacy, Shot@Life Campaign United Nations Foundation Washington, DC Click here to view more job listings. 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