In Oman,women have made gains in areas of higher education, the work force and politics.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

In many parts of the world we've seen that if governments introduce social protection programs, measures for example which give family benefits to families with children, particularly poorer families, this can have an important impact in enabling people to keep their children in school and out of the work force."

VOA: special.2010.05.17

O'Hanlon says even though the aim of modern day terrorists is to force a change in policy, so far,the tactics do not work.

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

Vanani says that nearly 50 percent of the work force has been laid off.

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

That they defended themselves well is considered a victory, but NATO and Afghan police officials say there is still a lot of work to do before Afghanistan has a police force it can depend on.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16