IOM monitors in Anbar province report increasing numbers of children are leaving school to help support their families through begging, petty trade or doing odd jobs.
VOA: standard.2009.09.20
Public support for increasing troop levels in Afghanistan has been eroding.
VOA: standard.2009.11.13
Tan says their success is thanks in part to increasingsupport from the Chinese government.
The fund essentially supports two purposes, bringing more women investors into the marketplace and increasingsupport for social ventures through women angel investors.