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'World Is Failing Girls And Women' Amid Global Recession: Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Prois | Posted 01.23.2013 | Impact
Read More: Plan International, Recession Females, Women and Poverty, Recession Women and Girls, Women Death Rates, Global Motherhood, Maternal Health, Global Economic Recession, Women Studies, Global Recession Women, Impact News

UPDATED: Jan. 23, 2013: 6:50 p.m. EST Amid the global economic recession, talk abounds of austerity measures, food shortages and a shrinking middle...

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Celebrating the International Day of the Girl

Freida Pinto | Posted 12.11.2012 | Impact
Read More: Maternal Death, Freida Pinto, Plan International, UN Foundation, World Bank, Fgm, Global Motherhood, Nike Foundation, The United Nations, Sierra Leone, Anne Hathaway, Isobel Coleman, 10x10, Women's Empowerment, Women and Education, International Day of the Girl, Female Genital Mutilation, Girl Effect, Meryl Streep, Girls and Education, Girlup, Economic Empowerment, Un, Investing in Girls, Child Marriage, Because I Am a Girl, Impact News
Freida Pinto

Resources, leadership and long-term commitments are necessary to close persistent gender gaps and improve the rights and well-being of millions of girls around the world.

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Opportunities to Support Marginalised Groups in Thailand Must Be Seized

Matt Crook | Posted 09.24.2012 | Impact
Read More: Child Rights, Ngo, Thailand, Human Rights, Girls Rights, Children, Plan International, Statelessness, Development, Asia, Gender, Impact News
Matt Crook

As we near the 2015 target for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, there is a great need to ensure the rights of women and girls are at the forefront of the minds of everyone, from government to civil society.

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Haitian Women: Rea Dol vs. the Republic of NGOs

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Georgianne Nienaber

Take a walk for ten years in Rea Dol's shoes and you might learn something about the imperialist attitude of NGOs in Haiti. "They would not help me before the quake. Why would I bother to ask them now?"

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NGO Leaders Challenge G-20 Summit To Expand Scope

Huffington Post Contributors | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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By: Irene Khan - Secretary General, Amnesty International Dr Gerd Leipold - Executive Director, Greenpeace International Jeremy Hobbs - Executive Dir...

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