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Building Empowerment by Breaking Down Barriers

The act of reforming Pakistan’s Trade Organizations Ordinance helped break down one of the legal barriers to women’s economic empowerment. Before the reform, women had limited... Read more

Paperblog Pick in Politics

Are Human Rights Universal?

If there is a separate convention outlining the rights of women and the elimination of the discrimination of women it implies that general human rights instruments fail to protect... Read more

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Barack Obama – Running for a Second Term in 2012, a Look at the Astrology of...

In a move that has surprised most political commentators, Barack Obama has firmly nailed his colours to the mast and has signalled his intention to run again fo... Read more

The 05 April 2011 by Solarisastro
Body, Mind, Spirit, Celeb, Lifestyle, Society
French Burqa Ban is Anti-Woman and Anti-Freedom

Posted by Irresponsibility The French burqa ban has been criticised for being unnecessary (only around 2000 women in France actually veil their faces),... Read more

The 11 April 2011 by Cilaw
Current, Debate, History, Society
Deficit Addiction -Antonio F. Branco

Somewhere between the Far Side and the right side of every issue, sits A.F. Branco at his desk, crafting Comically Incorrect. After years of listening to the... Read more

The 06 April 2011 by Dltmontana
Humor, Satire, Society
MONEY: Another Silver Squeeze? The Hunt Brothers Haunt Again !!

The Hunt brothers, William Herbert and Nelson Bunker, testify before Congress in 1981 on their famous silver corner.[Don't miss the contest at the bottom of thi... Read more

The 26 April 2011 by Kena
Culture, History,
Opportunity Amid Concern in Yemen

These days, many can rattle off the statistics on Yemen – half of the population in under the age of 18; more than 50 percent of youth are unemployed; per capit... Read more

The 20 April 2011 by Center For International Private Enterprise
Business, Current, Society
BIRTHERS, Part II: The Grover Cleveland Bastards.

Cartoon mocking Grover Cleveland over the paternity scandal. I cannot leave the subject of birthers without a quick visit to what I consider th... Read more

The 29 April 2011 by Kena
Culture, History,
From the Archives – A Global Call for the Economic Empowerment of Women

Editors' note: In anticipation of Democracy that Delivers for Women: An international conference on women's empowerment taking place June 20-21 this year, the... Read more

The 28 April 2011 by Center For International Private Enterprise
Business, Current, Society
BIRTHERS: Some Creepy History, Part I.

President Warren G. Harding in 1920. Does he look African-American to you? How strangely pathetic it's been this week to watch the Birthers, that... Read more

The 28 April 2011 by Kena
Culture, History,
Civil War 150th Anniversary -- Quick Reality Check

Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant (sitting third from right) with his staff at Cold Harbor, Virginia, where Grant would lose 7,000 soldiers killed or wounded... Read more

The 12 April 2011 by Kena
Culture, History,
LIBYA: Don't Forget - We've Been There Before, with "boots on the Ground."

Tripoli (modern Libya) and North Africa circa 1801, time of the first US invasion. "No American boots on the ground." That's what President Barack Obama promise... Read more

The 04 April 2011 by Kena
History, Society