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Articles About STARMaking a Difference: The Tools for Social ChangeNAFSA - Association of International Educators By Lael Stegall "A Woman's Place Is at the Peace Table" SAIS Review--Gender
and International Relations In a world of accelerating violence and political crises, women are the best investment in peace. Yet traditional diplomacy continues to ignore or marginalize women. Women are viewed as victims who need rescue and humanitarian aid, not as civil society leaders, peace negotiators, or political decision-makers who can bring strength and experience to the peace table. [More. . .] "Will Women's World Banking Come to Croatia?" Vjesnik, (Croatian daily) Zagreb,
31 July 2000 "One has to work on human rights awareness, but what can you do with those rights if economic independence doesn't exist?" is the question that spurred projects for giving loans to women, says Jill Benderly, regional director of STAR for the Yugoslav Successor States, based in Zagreb. STAR supports such programs understanding that women's economic empowerment is a precondition for strengthening women's political influence. [More. . .] "The Nongovernmental Sector Offers a Chance"Zaposlena (Working Women Magazine)
Croatia Linda Tarr Whelan, US Ambassador to the UN Commission on the Status of Women, says today that she mostly feels like a nurse, although she never worked one whole day in her profession. First her children, now grandchildren as well, always bring friends and pets injured in play and other injured animals to her to heal them. She lost her nursing job on the first day of work because she did not take the doctor's, but the patient's side in a critical moment. She got fired. [More. . .] |
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