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April 16, 2008

Democracy Unfinished

by Miriam Mannak, allAfrica.com, South Africa - "Men and women must agree and acknowledge that women's inclusion and equal participation in parliamentary processes not only benefits societies...but is also necessary for legitimate democracy." Or, in the words of a female legislator from Ireland quoted in the study: "Our democracy is unfinished when women are absent from policy making."

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Tribes Versus Terrorists

by Ashley Bommer, Today's Zaman, Turkey - The United States went into Afghanistan to destroy al-Qaeda. But seven years later, what has the US achieved?...

Illiteracy Eradication Programs Struggle with the Numbers

by Safaa Abdoun, Daily News, Egypt - Amid the noisy, crowded streets and bustling activity in the Cairene squatter settlement of Mansheyat Nasser, in the...

Ban the Cluster Bomb

by Lynn Bradach, Los Angeles Times, USA - In the last 10 years, the United States has used cluster bombs in civilian-populated areas of Afghanistan,...

Diction Matters

by Saba Naqvi, Outlook, India - Terror has given Indian politics a big jolt. Just when the political process appeared to be the sum total...

The Rights of the Land

by Robin Kimmerer, Orion, USA - The Onondaga Nation of central New York proposes a radical new vision of property rights....