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International Women’s Day: A fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work
Tuesday 8 March marks the 100th year of International Women’s Day. This year, celebrations focus on education and training for women.
Of the world’s poorest billion people, 70 per cent are women and girls. Education and training are vital so they can get a job and provide for their families.
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Tell the UK government: "Don't water down the Bribery Act"
On Monday, Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke signalled that the implementation of the Bribery Act would be put on hold due to lobbying by the business community.
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Tackling domestic violence in the Philippines
Find out how our partner Sabakan is providing healing, counselling and therapy for women and children victims of domestic violence.
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Cambodia: Help starts from love
Meet Phalla and her family, whose committment to helping children with no family and no home is helping to pioneer the way for others – with the support of CAFOD partner Maryknoll
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Ending a culture of domestic violence
Young wife and mother Chhuo Khom tells how learning about her rights as a woman in Seam Reap, Cambodia helped her to end the abuse she suffered at the hands of her husband
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The women at COMUCAP own their own land and have formed six co-operatives making orange and raspberry wines, aloe vera soap, shampoo and organic coffee
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Heidi Thorsen reflects on why helping communities rebuild after the tsunami is about more than just building houses, and asks what it really means to be someone's neighbour
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Preserving culture through strength
As large-scale farming and logging cuts into the Amazon, indigenous groups are increasingly under threat. Literacy and awareness training helps ensure their rights are protected
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Land titling only the first step
Indigenous groups from Roraima in Brazil have recovered their legal right to live on their traditional lands, but still face the threat of persecution and exploitation
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East Africa Crisis: "We need to act now" says Bishop John Arnold
"No one, not even the oldest people in these communities, can remember a drought like this."
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