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February 8, 2010
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World Pulse correspondent Anne-christine d'Adesky talks with grassroots leader Liliane Pierre-Paul following Haiti's 7.0 earthquake.

Holding Up Haiti: Women Respond to Nightmare Earthquake

by acdadesky

"It's important for us to recognize how strong women have been in this; how much leadership we have shown." —Liliane Pierre-Paul

Returning to the country she was raised in to respond to the aftermath of Haiti’s January 12th earthquake, journalist Anne-christine D’adesky finds that amidst the rubble women leaders are poised to take charge.…Read More »

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My Community: A Wealth of Gender Discrimination

by sunita.basnet

"We want to fly in the sky like birds, but we don’t need wings because we don’t want to fly away from our country."

Discouragement from her family couldn’t stop her, and neither could restrictive cultural mores. Voices of Our Future correspondent Sunita Basnet continues to fight for a Nepal where women and girls can dream big.…Read More »

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Global Gatherings

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Women Deliver Conference 2010

June 7, 2010 - June 9, 2010  |  Washington, DC

By adopting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the world’s leaders have made some powerful promises. The Women Deliver conference will bring together experts and creative thinkers to help world leaders uphold their promises to women, such as the promise to cut maternal mortality in half by 2015.…Read More »

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As We Forgive

Fifteen years ago in Rwanda, a hundred days of rampant killings left a million dead and a nation shattered to its core by genocide. Today, the people of Rwanda continue on a path toward recovery—a recovery that is largely dependent on acts of forgiveness.…Read More »

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Haiti: Help Women's Leadership Rise

Women have not only been disproportionately affected by Haiti's 7.0 magnitude earthquake, but they hold the key to Haiti's future.…Read More »

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Global News and Commentary

Updated February 8, 2010

Costa Rica: Voters of Costa Rica Elect Their First Female President

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New York Times, February 8, 2010

Congo: From ‘Oprah’ to Building a Sisterhood in Congo

by Nicholas Kristof [edit]
NY Times, February 4, 2010
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Global: Both Halves of the Sky: How Women of the Global North and South Make Each Other Whole

by Gail Straub [edit]
Huffington Post, February 3, 2010

Kenya: Documenting Sexual Violence

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IPS, January 29, 2010
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Meet Subhadra Khaperde

Meet woman's rights activist and PulseWire member Subhadra Khaperde. A Dalit woman from the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, Subhadra empowers rural women to challenge oppressive societal norms. Together they have won many battles including securing forest and water rights and shutting down dozens of illegal liquor stores that feed alcohol abuse among their husbands.…Read More »

World Pulse Founder at Bioneers 2009

World Pulse Founder at Bioneers 2009

Watch World Pulse founder Jensine Larsen's speech from the October 2009 Bioneers conference.…Read More »

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Malayapinas Interviewed on CBC Radio

Congratulations to Voices of Our Future correspondent Malayapinas, who was interviewed on Canada’s CBC Radio on the topic of the recent violence in her homeland, the Philippines.…Read More »

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Voices of Our Future

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World Pulse Completes Inaugural Voices of Our Future Program
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