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AFGHANISTAN: An Afghan Politician Pushes for a Comeback

By CAROLINE BROTHERS

PARIS — The people who want to silence Malalai Joya, the youngest elected politician in Afghanistan, are doing a pretty good job of it in her own country.

She has been expelled from Parliament. She has been barred from appearing in the Afghan media after denouncing the role of the warlords in politics.

LIBERIA: A Female Approach to Peacekeeping

By DOREEN CARVAJAL

MONROVIA, LIBERIA — When darkness comes to Congo Town, women in crisp uniforms take the streets, patrolling with Kalashnikov rifles and long, black hair tucked into baby-blue caps.

BURMA: US Women's Issues Envoy Seeks Junta Accountability

The US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer said on Saturday that Burma's military junta must be held accountable for human rights abuses against the country's women.

“We have said over and over that there must be accountability for these human rights violations,” she said, adding that those guilty of crimes against women should be prosecuted.

MIDDLE EAST: Womens Rights Improve Across the Middle East

Women in the Middle East have made notable advances over the past five years, with modest overall improvements in women's rights, literacy, educational attainment, political participation and economic role, an extensive multinational study has found.

IRAQ: Iraqi Women Crowd Ballot in Election

On the eve of Iraq's second nationwide election, a car bomb killed at least three pilgrims and wounded more than 30 near a Shiite shrine.

Violence has dropped dramatically since the first election, and the type of candidate running for office has changed too, reports CBS News Correspondent Elizabeth Palmer.

INTERNATIONAL: Women's Rights: A Matter of Peace and Stability

On this International Women's Day, it is fitting that we reflect upon United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, adopted almost ten years ago. With this resolution, the United Nations recognized that conflict disproportionately impacts civilians, and particularly women.

INTERNATIONAL: Women and Girls are Key to Security

What do women fishing, school building and better farming skills have to do with U.S. national security? A lot — and that's a bipartisan consensus.

AUSTRALIA: Australia Increases Support for Women in Conflict Situations

Today, International Women's Day, marks the economic, social and political achievements of women.

The theme of this year's International Women's Day is ‘Empowering Women to End Poverty by 2015'.

Removing discrimination and actively supporting women's full participation in economic, social and political life is a key factor in reducing poverty and increasing the general wellbeing of women.

INTERNATIONAL: Three Proven Steps to Advance the World's Women, on International Women's Day

Today is International Women's Day, and in fact the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day. It's a date that is much better known abroad but is beginning to get more traction in the U.S. as well.

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