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Sustainable Development
UNITED NATIONS - As one of the youngest representatives from a non-governmental organization to attend this year's UN Commission on Sustainable... Read more
United Nations
GENEVA - A United Nations conference held here in April strongly reaffirmed the world's commitment to "prevent, combat and eradicate racism, racial... Read more
Gender Equality
NEW YORK— Around the world, the high cost of gender inequality can be seen in all cultures and societies.  Violence against women is... Read more
Review
Paul Hanley’s bold and sweeping new book, Eleven, opens with a simple but extremely consequential question: Given that the world’s population is by... Read more
Gender Equality
NEW YORK - When Jan Floyd-Douglass decided to buy a new car, she bypassed suitable models from many different companies - and then wrote to tell them... Read more
Human Rights
A global campaign to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the imprisonment of seven Iranian Bahá’í leaders led to an outpouring of support and... Read more
Environment
COPENHAGEN - Although initially derided for its failure to reach a binding agreement to reduce greenhouse gases, December's United Nations Climate... Read more
Review
Would the world be a better place without religion? It’s a question that many have asked through the ages, and one highlighted more recently by... Read more
Human Rights
GENEVA - After several postponements last year, the trial of seven Iranian Bahá'í leaders began in January 2010 - an event that was immediately... Read more

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