International Women's Day 2011
TrustLaw Women, Thomson Reuters and Reuters mark the centenary
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Kalongo Chitengi: African women farmers struggle for fairness www.trust.org -
Kathryn Marshall: Stuck in a time warp: Where is the next generation of feminism? www.trust.org -
Nahla Abdo: Happy International Women’s Day to women all over the world www.trust.org -
Sarah Gristwood: Royal wedding feelgood factor overrides feminist impulses www.trust.org -
Susan Lapinski: Since he’s been gone www.trust.org -
Caroline Gattrell: Shake up workplace gender roles to advance women blogs.reuters.com -
Melissa L. Bradley: Women - a missing financial resource blogs.reuters.com -
Doortje Braeken: Journeys of girls and young women around the world www.trust.org -
Jess deCourcy Hinds: A new generation of feminist scholars www.trust.org -
Just wanted to share this cool Reuters slideshow celebrating IWD...more to come www.reuters.com -


An Afghan girl attends a gathering in support of the Shi'ite Personal Status Law in Kabul June 27, 2009. About 1,000 Afghan Shi'ite Muslims rallied in to demand the ratification of a controversial law which contains harsh provisions on women some critics have called a step back towards Taliban-era rules. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
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Babatunde Osotimehin: Confronting gender apartheid in the 21st century www.trust.org -
Luam Kidane: organising for liberation: destruction doesn't always equal ruin, construction doesn't always signify healing www.trust.org -


A girl displaced by violence wears a traditional Congolese hair style while standing near government soldiers in the village of Bangadi in northeastern Congo February 18, 2009. Thousands of Congolese have fled their villages since December as Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army rebels roaming the bush carry out massacres that have killed some 900 civilians during the past two months. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly
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Anna Perera: Stories are powerful things www.trust.org -

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Thank you @wpwmtlby women_on_iwd via twitter 3/3/2011 11:12:31 AM -

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Thanks for the retweet @kristiwootenby women_on_iwd via twitter 3/3/2011 1:31:44 PM -

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Join our remarkable panel of speakers on March 24th as Honoring Women Worldwide discusses the real conversations women need to have to change the tide of hatred and fear that prevails in our world. Register for Daring Dialogue, Real Conversations at www.honoringwomenworldwide.org! -

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Check out #AlertNet #multimedia story on a #Burmese #woman #refugee living on #Thai/Burma border Mae Sot tinyurl.com #hw #IWDby women_on_iwd via twitter 3/4/2011 2:03:23 PM -

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Thanks for your earlier RT @RSR108by women_on_iwd via twitter 3/4/2011 7:50:01 PM -
HWW is planning our 3rd Annual State Capitol Garden Party on June 25th, 2011 in the Women's Memorial Suffrage Garden in St Paul, MN. Learn more about our gathering to honor the historic plight of women and focus on future possibilities by emailing info@honoringwomenworldwide.org! -
#ff @trustlaw_women -- The new Thomson Reuters Foundation women's rights web page on the @trustlaw websiteby women_on_iwd via twitter 3/4/2011 7:52:49 PM -
You are quite welcome @design_blahby women_on_iwd via twitter 3/4/2011 9:19:07 PM -

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Death toll rises to 28 in Indonesia mine accident
JAKARTA - The death toll from a tunnel collapse at the world's second largest copper mine run by Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc's Indonesian unit was raised to 28 on Wednesday as rescuers gave up hope of finding any more survivors.
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