After she left office, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon chose her as the first head of UN Women, which combined four U.N. bodies dealing with the advancement of women under a single umbrella.
Martha Parks, owner of Soho, an upscale women's boutique in Raleigh, N.
Reviewer Andy Gill was also positive about the guest appearances of Wyman, who he described as "stolid as ever" on It's Only Rock'n'Roll and Honky Tonk Women, and Taylor, whose "stinging lead lines" on Midnight Rambler combined well with the rest of the band.
Bachelet made her announcement minutes after more than 130 countries adopted a 17-page U.N. blueprint to combat violence against women after two weeks of tough negotiations at the Commission on the Status of Women.
According to U.N. statistics, one in three women will experience violence in her lifetime, including beating, rape or assault, making such violence a more prevalent problem than AIDS, malaria or any other disease.
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The U.N. says about 14, 000 Russian women die every year from domestic violence.
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In North Africa and the Middle East, for instance, 3% of pregnant women with HIV received antiretroviral medications, according to the U.N. report.
"I think it's absolutely wonderful that our nation's military is taking steps to help women break the glass ceiling, " said Bray, of Clemmons, N.
Sixty percent of Haitian households are headed by women and many face special challenges as breadwinners, according to a recent U.N. conference for university students in Haiti about responsible government.
Domestic violence is recognized to be a serious international problem, and the U.N. hopes to rally governments of all nations to end violence against women and girls around the globe.
However, it's still too early to give any recommendations on what women should or shouldn't take during breast cancer treatment, says lead author Heather Greenlee, N.
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In this study, 13 men and women in their early 20s participated in three experiments one week apart at a technological research university in Troy, N.
Finalists: Juliette Kayyem of The Boston Globe for her colorful, well reported columns on an array of issues, from women in combat to oil drilling in Alaska, and Mark Di Ionno of The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.
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