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Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

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U.N. Lagging on Water and Sanitation Development Goals
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations stands accused of marginalising water and sanitation in its much-touted Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) aimed at improving the lives of billions of people in the developing world.
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Funding Begins Flowing for African Agriculture
By Claire Ngozo
WINDHOEK - The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) has received a major boost as several countries have begun drawing on funds from a $22 billion pledge made by the G8.
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PERU
Quechua Congresswoman Fights Discrimination in Education
By Ángel Páez
LIMA - Hilaria Supa has broken down many barriers in her life. Now she has overcome another one, in an unprecedented achievement: this Quechua indigenous woman who never went to school is today chair of the congressional education committee in Peru.
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BOTSWANA
HIV-positive Mothers Not Convinced to Exclusively Breastfeed
By Alma Balopi
GABORONE - "An HIV-positive woman must never be encouraged to breastfeed because regardless of what the doctors or researchers say - it is too dangerous for the baby," says Koziba Kelatlhe an HIV-positive mother who was advised by health workers not to breastfeed her child.
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500,000 Pregnant Women at Risk in Pakistan Floods
By Aprille Muscara
UNITED NATIONS - Aid groups and U.N. agencies are raising the alarm over the vulnerability of pregnant women and babies in flood ravaged Pakistan.
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Fisheries Can Play Key Role in Africa
Davison Makanga interviews MARI-LISE DU PREEZ, forests, fisheries and governance expert
CAPE TOWN - Fisheries contribute at least $10 billion dollars to African economies every year. In countries such as Angola, Egypt and Namibia, fisheries are vital economic drivers.
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SOUTHERN AFRICA
Growing Seed Security
By Mantoe Phakathi
WINDHOEK - Farmer Obed Dlamini, like many of his colleagues from Swaziland, finds it difficult to find quality maize seeds each planting season. Not only are the seeds expensive but they are often not available.
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AFRICA
‘Welcome to My Taxi – Let’s Do Business with My Cell Phone’
By Chris Stein
JOHANNESBURG - In cities across Africa, being an entrepreneur requires no office, business card or investors. All it takes is a cell phone, according to Adele Botha, a researcher at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa.
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SOUTH AFRICA
‘Tea Bag’ Filter Provides Safe Drinking Water
By Chris Stein
JOHANNESBURG - Though it may look like a tea bag, straining water through this recently developed filter could provide a cheap, easily replenished source of water for those who need it most.
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Embattled U.N. Chief on Charm Offensive, Says Press Corps
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS - When an Asian ambassador hosted a sumptuous lunch for more than a dozen U.N. correspondents in his swanky New York apartment many moons ago, he confessed he had a hidden agenda.
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SOUTH AFRICA
Public Health Strained by Nurses' Strike
By Chris Stein
JOHANNESBURG - Striking health workers have continued their work stoppage despite accusations that it endangers patients' lives. They are part of a nationwide strike by public sector workers that has some observers concerned that rising wage demands could harm South Africa's economy.
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UGANDA
Unfriendly Nurses and Culture Hinder Male Involvement in HIV Prevention
By Wambi Michael
MBALE, Uganda - Irene Wangolo was advised to undergo an HIV test during her antenatal visit and to return to the clinic with her husband so they could be counselled on preventing HIV transmission to their unborn baby. But her husband refused to accompany her saying it was not his business and Wangolo never returned to the clinic in Bungokho in eastern Uganda. So she missed all the services, including the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT).
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MALAWI
Women Candidates Hard Hit by Election Postponement
By Claire Ngozo
LILONGWE - News that Malawi’s November local government elections are to be postponed yet again has hit female candidates hard – and mostly in their pockets. And it could mean that the country will have less female candidates to vote for when they finally go to the polls.
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Mali Nomads Flee Drought
By Soumaïla T. Diarra
BAMAKO - Nomadic communities in northern Mali's desert regions are facing one of the most serious droughts of the last twenty years.
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Mobile HIV Test Unit a Hit in Congo
By Arsène Séverin
BRAZZAVILLE - "I came here out of curiosity, but I ended up taking an AIDS test. I have the results," Gerard, 30 years old, told IPS. He adds, right before leaving: "The results are negative."
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SOUTH AFRICA
Teachers' Voices Heard in Public Sector Strike
By Marshall Patsanza
JOHANNESBURG - South African teachers - along with other public service employees - have embarked on an indefinite strike over wages. The unions are demanding an 8.6 percent wage increase. Government says it cannot afford to offer 1.3 million striking public servants any more than seven percent.
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AGRICULTURE-SOUTH AFRICA
'There Is No Dignity'
Kristin Palitza interviews labour and gender expert GRISCHELDA HARTMAN
CAPE TOWN - South African farm workers – especially female labourers – continue to be exploited, despite the existence of national labour laws and regulations designed to protect them. But in the absence of information and education about their rights, workers have a hard time claiming them.
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MALAWI
Campaign Against Female Vice President a Campaign Against Equality
By Claire Ngozo
LILONGWE - The future of women’s political representation in Malawi has come into question as the ruling Democratic People’s Party (DPP) launched a smear campaign against its own member, the country’s female Vice President Joyce Banda. Many had hoped Banda would become the country’s first female president in 2014.
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LATIN AMERICA
Gender Struggles and Achievements - for Men
By Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES - Men in Latin America are increasingly engaged in raising their children, a change that has been largely forced on them by women's self-development. However, men are still a long way from taking on a more equal role in housework, and they are still burdened with the obligation to be the main providers.
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KENYA
A Bid to Save Macadamia Crops
By Isaiah Esipisu
NAIROBI - Joseph Ndirangu Muriithi is a worried man. After watching the fall of coffee farming in Kenya a decade ago, he now fears that his other cash crop will also go into decline as a new disease preys on his macadamia trees.
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SOUTH AFRICA
Climate Change Policy Ignores Women Farmers
By Kristin Palitza
CAPE TOWN - When asked if they have already felt the effects of climate change, Mary-Anne Zimri and Katrina Scheepers eagerly nod their heads. The two small-scale farmers say lack of rain this winter has foiled their planting season, ruined their harvest – and drastically slashed their income.
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