Nepalese women entrepreneurs take lead in defusing explosive labor issue
NEPAL, Winner News 11-20-2009

Women entrepreneurs, business owners together with members of civil society recently held a forum on the delicate labor situation in Nepal that had been causing alarm among industrialists, employers and even business investors.  Described as a “burning issue of the day”, the labor situation has created an environment of fear and anxiety that negatively impact business and flow of investments in the country.

Landmark Legislation Calls for Women’s Equal Partnership in Nation-building
PHILIPPINES, News 05-04-2009

A landmark legislation that seeks to protect Filipino women from all forms of gender discrimination has been introduced to the Senate plenary session, a crucial stage in the process of enacting it into law.

Women leaders from 21 economies tackle shared prosperity at 10th APEC-WLN meeting
SOUTH-EASTERN ASIA , News 06-11-2008

Four hundred women leaders attended the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 10th Women Leaders Network Meeting in Daegu, South Korea, 24-27 August 2005.  The women leaders working in government, business, academia and civil society discussed women’s current concerns and issues and adopted statements that were later on submitted to the APEC Ministerial Meeting.

The second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society
INTERNATIONAL ALBANIA, Events and fairs 06-11-2008

The second phase of WSIS will take place in Tunis hosted by the Government of Tunisia from 16 to 18 November 2005.

Family Reunion Of Abraham’s Children In San Jose
INTERNATIONAL , News 06-11-2008

It does not happen often, but this year the beginning of Muslim Ramadan, Jewish Rosh Hashanah, Christian (Protestant) World Communion Day and (Catholic) Feast of Saint Francis all fell within a few days of each other. And if this was coincidental, it still made some people from these three “Abrahamic Faiths” think, as Peace, Salam & Shalom greeted one another at the “Circle of the Palms” venue in downtown San Jose, California.