Monthly Archives: January 2009
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UNICEF Executive Director visits Zimbabwe, pledges more support for cholera fight
United Nations, 30 January 2009 - UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman, on a recent visit to Zimbabwe, announced a US$5 million incentive package aimed at rescuing the ailing Zimbabwean health sector. Zimbabwe is ...
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Vietnamese brides for export
United Nations, May 2008 - Vietnams economic boom has yet to reach its lower classes. To escape poverty, hundreds of women hire unscrupulous marriage brokers in the hopes of marrying wealthier men in Taiwan and South ...
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Rwanda today: Rising from the ashes
United Nations, May 2008 - In 1994, Rwanda was home to one of the worst genocides ever witnessed. In a reign of terror lasting some one hundred days, an estimated 800,000 minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus were slaugh...
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Cameroon juvenile justice
United Nations, July 2008 - Overcrowded prisons in Cameroon house youths who sometimes wait years to get tried for petty crimes. UNICEF is helping improve these conditions for minors, while a new rehabilitation centr...
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Mexico: UNFPA helps pregnant teenagers
United Nations, November 2008 - Mexico, with a growing population of over 100 million, has a large number of young people who are sexually active. The UN Population Fund is helping the Mexican Government get contracep...
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Trafficked and exploited migrant labourers in Thailand
United Nations, December 2008 - Many Burmese residents escape to Thailand seeking work. But they are often trapped in the hands of unscrupulous brokers who smuggle them across the Myanmar border. Human Rights lawyer...
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Haiti: Medika Mamba
United Nations, December 2008 - The global food crisis is making life worse for some 120,000 children who are already malnourished in Haiti. Parents are now seeking information to determine if their children are recei...
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Bangladesh: Fishing village devastated by climate change
United Nations, December 2008 - When cyclone Sidr hit southern Bangladesh in 2007, the fishing industry and some 2,500 people felt its wrath. Experts blame it on climate change as weather patterns here and around the ...
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Burundi: Fistula surgery changes lives
United Nations, December 2008 - A few years ago, obstetric fistula, a condition that affects pregnant women after a prolonged labour lasting for several hours, was unheard of in Burundi. Today, the United Nations Popu...