International Women's Day News

Three years ago, Mary Walsh, one of Newfoundland and Labrador's most prolific comediennes, appeared on CBC's "George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight" to talk projects and politics with Canada's slouchiest talk show host.

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Manafwa- The minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Ms Irene Muloni has asked government to pay extra attention to the cancer and diabetes problem in rural areas to save lives of ignorant people.

In the summer, Austria casts off its iconic icy appearance and turns gorgeously green - its mountains and valleys becoming the perfect playground for sunny adventures.

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Deputy Oleg Nilov wishing a happy birthday to Valentina Tereshkova, the world's first female cosmonaut.

"Honor Diaries" might not be coming to a theater near you, at least not if CAIR gets its way.

Government should impose stiffer penalties on child rapists including castration and long prison terms as a solution to the vice that has devastated lives and hopes of many children, an official has said.

CHUCK KIRMAN/THE STAR A pile of foreign stamps is displayed as members of the Goebel Senior Center Stamp Club host Youth Stamp Day.

" might not be coming to a theater near you, at least not if CAIR gets its way. The award-winning documentary about "honor" violence against girls and women in much of the Muslim world was released last month in honor of International Women's Day, and it didn't take long for the Council on American Islamic Relations to slap its all-purpose ... (more)

FRIDAY FILE: A Constitutional reform was passed in Nicaragua on January 27, 2014 and entered into force on February 10th, which will allow consecutive presidential re-election as well military personnel to hold government posts.

The minister made the remarks recently while speaking in Wamulongo village in Mpungwe Sub-county during celebrations to mark International Women's Day.

Hosted by UTV's Sarah Travers, there was a buzz of activity, with plenty of chat and business connections being made among the 142 local business women who attended.

THE Welsh Government is making good progress with the Welsh economy, with the unemployment rate dropping and staying below the UK average.

A woman sorted chilies in a field near Ahmadabad, India, on March 7. Giving women better access to land, technology, and other agricultural resources could reduce the number of hungry people by up to 150 million, said a United Nations food agency report on the eve of International Women's Day.

This year, I was invited to speak at an international women's day event by the sisters of the Cardiff Feminist Network as part of a series of actions which included a Take Back the Night march, a pro-choice rally and then an event in a park in which there was poetry and various speakers addressing a number of topics including feminism, violence ... (more)

This was all in hopes to share, inspire, and educate the community. The students were shown "Girl Rising," a film that depicts the importance of education in women and how in under-developed countries education is not always an option for some of them.

Women will play a greater role in choosing Afghanistan's next president than ever before.

Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire Mary Bayliss was the guest speaker at the event which was attended by about 90 women Female genital mutilation was one of the topical subjects discussed at an International Women's Day event held at the Hilton Reading.

THE GENDER DIVERSITY DEBATE rages on, full of rhetoric on board quotas and International Women's Day.