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Womenomics as strategy to alleviating poverty in local communities |
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Women leaders, entrepreneurs, professionals and academics from Southern Luzon region, joined a three-day conference/workshop on “womenomics”, which is part of a series of regional workshops in preparation for the ASEAN Confederation of Women’s Organizations (ACWO) Summit in November 2008. Held in the campus of the International Institute for Rural Reconstruction at Silang, Cavite, the live-in conference/workshop aimed to develop a strategy for women economic empowerment at all levels of society to address poverty in the countryside. See more |
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Managing business in the IT-driven economy |
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A key for the wise best describes a modern entrepreneurial tool. In today’s global economy, every decision impacts the longevity of the business, and every decision taking must have basis in solid information. Such is the importance of information technology (IT) to an enterprise. See more |
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More than 125.000 Chinese add names to Say No to Violence Against Women campaign |
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More than 125.000 people in China have signed on to UNIFEM's Internet-based advocacy campaign Say NO to Violence against Women. The signatures were collected on a separate web site created on a pro-bono basis by NetEase, one of China's leading Internet portals and content providers. They were symbolically handed over to UNIFEM at a ceremony in Beijing today. This puts the total count of campaign supporters at close to 200.000. See more |
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Nationwide songwriting contest picks song for women’s world without woes |
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The dream of life without woes for women is captured in the winning hymn of the recently concluded national songwriting contest launched by the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW), to mark the 26th anniversary in the Philippines of the international treaty CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women). See more |
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