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Posted By: ellahster
Posted On: Nov 15, 2007
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Norway is honoured to host the international World Environment Day 2007 celebrations in recognition of the hot topic of melting ice. More than a hundred nations are celebrating this day, and the theme is highly relevant.
Ice plays a critical role in shaping our planet's environment. Ice—in...... [view]
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Posted By: ellahster
Posted On: Aug 2, 2007
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HIV Positive Women, Poverty
and Gender Inequality
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OF WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS (ICW)
• New infections among women are
increasing at a faster rate than new
infections among men.
• In sub-Saharan Africa HIV positive
women out number HIV positive men.
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Posted By: ellahster
Posted On: Aug 2, 2007
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WELCOME TO MY WORLD OF HUMAN SUSTAINABILITY
THE HISTORY OF HIV UP TO 1986
Mid-1970's-1980 history
We do not know how many people developed AIDS in the 1970s, or indeed in the years before. Neither do we know, and we probably never will know, where the AIDS virus HIV originated (see...... [view]
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Posted By: ellahster
Posted On: Aug 2, 2007
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Improving Maternal Health
08/18/2005
UN Millennium Development Goal #5
Childbirth remains an unnecessarily dangerous and life-threatening risk for women throughout the developing world. Every year, twelve million women are permanently disabled and between 500,000 and 600,000 die...... [view]
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Posted By: ellahster
Posted On: Aug 2, 2007
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PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT
Water Factsheet (234 kb) | Environmental Sustainability Factsheet(151 kb) | Slumdwellers Factsheet(215 kb) | DFID's approach to the Environment(858 kb) | Water and sanitation
Poor people often have limited access to clean water and fresh air, fertile land and...... [view]
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Posted By: ellahster
Posted On: May 31, 2007
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3. The Geography of Gender Inequality
Document(s) 6 of 13
A great deal of human behaviour is not the result of individual preferences. Rather, it is governed by institutional rules, norms and conventions that have powerful material effects on people’s lives. Institutions have been...... [view]
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Posted By: ellahster
Posted On: May 11, 2007
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Why is Nigeria important?
Nigeria has the biggest population in Africa with 1 in 6 Africans being Nigerian. Although the HIV prevalence is much lower in Nigeria than in other African countries such as South Africa and Zambia, the size of Nigeria's population meant that by the end of 2005, there...... [view]
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