The youth of Sierra Leone are asking for an end to female genital mutilation.
The rebels conceded the loss of 1, 300 fighters - male and female - by the end of April and diplomatic estimates suggest by now they may have lost 1, 600.
Lastly they're calling mostly men, who are more forgiving when a nice female voice is on the other end.
France has passed legislation that will require all companies to raise the proportion of female directors to 40% by the end of this decade.
It is a market failure in the sense that the incentives for men to control resources and dole them out (including even in a stipend for extended maternity leave that the female workers pay for themselves mostly) end up leaving children without the optimal equal attention and support from both parents.
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Some high-end retailers who sell vintage watches advise female collectors to focus primarily on styles they find most appealing.
Badham and Kouf try to lampoon retro notions of female domesticity and male know-how, but end up exploiting them.
To our surprise and disappointment however, at the end of the snare was a large female wolf, weighing about 45kg.
Cardiff North MP Julie Morgan, who is in favour of all-women shortlists, said their adoption was needed to end a situation in which just seven female MPs have ever represented Welsh seats.
Figures that reveal that fewer girls in Africa and the Middle East are being subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) show it is possible to end the practice, the UN has said.
At the end of a working day this week, hundreds of female employees spilled out of the main branch of Rafidain Bank.
The result: The typical user, male or female, can spend hours a week on the site and still end up with no plans Saturday night.
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It is also working on a gender equality action plan to boost its ratio of female leaders though it admits it will miss its slated target of 30% by end 2013.
The data, released by the UN children's charity and UN population fund on the international day calling for an end to FMG, showed that the younger generation was less vulnerable to female circumcision in 29 countries in Africa and the Middle East where it is usually practised.
Of those surveyed, more thought a female president than a male president would be likely to put families ahead of politics and end partisan bickering.
The comments from Vazquez Mota, who would be Mexico's first female president if she wins Sunday's vote, were a surprise twist at the end of an intense three-month campaign period.
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