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An Arab Spring for women?

By Making It on 23 June, 2011

Lina Abou-Habib asks if revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa can be a vehicle for the economic empowerment of women, or whether patriarchy will prevail

Posted in All Posts, Global Forum | Tagged accountability, agribusiness, agriculture, Arab Spring, Ben Ali, change, Collective for Research and Training on Development-Action, CRTDA, developing countries, dictator, discrimination, economy, Egypt, equality, feminism, gender, gender equality, impunity, Industrial Development Organization, Iran, issue 6, labour, leadership, liberation, Lina Abou-Habib, Making It magazine, market, MENA, Middle East, North Africa, patriarchy, policy, politics, post-revolution era, power, prejudice, public sphere, religion, revolution, social institutions, society, Tahrir Square, transformation, Tunisia, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, violence, women, Yemen

HIV/AIDS – a workplace issue

By Making It on 17 August, 2010

The loss of workers, and their skills and experience, due to AIDS, can increase the burden on the remaining workforce, lowering morale and reducing productivity.

Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged AIDS, AIDS Business Coalition, antiretrovirals, condoms, discrimination, drugs, empowerment of women, epidemic, Ethiopian Business Coalition, HIV, HIV prevention, International Labour Organization, LDCs, microbicides, Pathfinder, PMTCT, preventive HIV technologies, recruitment, rights of employees, Sub-Saharan Africa, Tanzania, TB/HIV co-infection, treatment, UNAIDS, workplace

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HIV/AIDS – a workplace issue

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