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7/24/2000 - Sexual Harassment Not Given Enough Attention in China
Sexual harassment victims in China do not feel that they are receiving enough support, according to a recent survey by the Chinese Women's College that included 4,000 women residing in urban areas....
7/24/2000 - Women in Okinawa Demand Child Support from US Servicemen
Social service agencies and children's rights groups estimate that there are about 4,000 children in Okinawa abandoned by American servicemen....
7/24/2000 - Taliban Holds Public Execution in Afghanistan
In Kabul this past weekend, a crowd of thousands watched the first public execution in Afghanistan since an Afghan woman was stoned to death in May for adultery....
7/21/2000 - Taliban Refuses to Lift Ban on Women Aid Workers
Despite efforts on the part of the United Nations to demand gender equity, the Taliban continues to refuse to lift a ban on women working for aid organizations even though foreign aid officials say that projects in health, education and the provision of food largely depend on women workers....
7/21/2000 - Worst Drought in 30 Years Ravages Afghanistan
Between three and four million people in Afghanistan may starve as a result of severe drought, according to the United Nations World Food Program....
7/21/2000 - Diamond Industry Agrees To Ban War-Related Gems
The world's diamond industry approved the ban on "conflict diamonds" that fund some of Africa's bloodiest civil wars, agreeing to adopt strict measure that monitor manufacturing centers....
7/21/2000 - Swaziland May Ban Schoolgirls From Wearing Miniskirts To Halt AIDS Spread
The miniskirts of schoolgirls and their effect on teachers are being blamed for the AIDS epidemic in Swaziland....
7/21/2000 - U.N. War Crimes Court Upholds First Rape Verdict
The United Nations war crimes court upheld a landmark conviction of a Bosnian Croat paramilitary commander who failed to stop the rape and torture of a Bosnian Muslim woman....
7/20/2000 - Thousands Protest Group of Eight Summit in Okinawa
More than 10,000 people protested against the American military's presence in Okinawa on the eve of a Group of Eight summit....
7/20/2000 - Rape and Patriarchal Customs Responsible For Tanzanian AIDS Spread
Recent surveys in Tanzania reveal that the majority of the women contracted the HIV virus because of discriminatory customs and rape, causing the number of infections to soar....
7/20/2000 - Indonesian Men Reluctant to Take Part in Family Planning
Less than six percent of Indonesia's contraceptive users are men, leaving nearly all Indonesian women with full responsibilities for preventing pregnancy....
7/19/2000 - Burundian Women Convene, Denounce War Crimes Against Women
More than 50 Burundian women delegates convened in the four-day All-Party Women's Conference to discuss ways of promoting peace in their country and securing women's rights....
7/19/2000 - Nigerian Government Will Establish Women Committee for Peace
The Nigerian government will soon create a national committee, Women For Peace, that seeks to unify women in efforts to eradicate gender discrimination and enlarge their roles in the decision-making process concerning national and international conflicts....
7/19/2000 - Nearly 2500 Irish Women Traveled To England For Abortions Last Year
According to a report released by the British Pregnancy Service (BPAS), 2,460 Irish women a year travel to England for abortions - or twenty women a week....
7/18/2000 - UNICEF Commends Nigeria's Women Empowerment Program
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) praised Nigeria's efforts to improve conditions for women there....
7/18/2000 - Tokyo Trial Will Address War Crimes Against Women
The first trials that focus specifically on war crimes committed against women during World War II will be held by the Women's International War Crimes Tribunal in Tokyo in December....
7/17/2000 - Tamil Rebels Force Girls to Serve As Child Soldiers
Tamil rebels invade schools, homes, and orphanages to seize hundreds of children, some as young as 9 and 10 and many of them girls, and send them into battle against the Sri Lankan Army, reported the University Teachers for Human Rights....
7/17/2000 - U.N. Urges Taliban to Reverse Ban on Women Aid Workers
The United Nations has begun formal talks with the Taliban to convince them to reverse their ban on Afghan women working for international relief agencies....
7/17/2000 - Thousands of Rape Survivors in Thailand Are Silent; Abortion Laws Remain Stringent
Women's groups are fighting to help rape survivors in Thailand, where the stigma and shame associated with rape has pushed thousands of young women into muted suffering and suicide....
7/14/2000 - Vancouver RU 486 Doctor Receives Death Threat
The day after Dr....
7/14/2000 - Women's Rights Groups Use Internet to Fight Taliban Oppression of Women
Cyberspace is crucial to uniting Afghan women against the Taliban oppression and heightening public awareness of the regime's atrocities....
7/14/2000 - Women in Ghana Protest Serial Murders
On July 10th hundreds of women demonstrated in front of the police headquarters in Accra, Ghana, demanding resolution to the serial murders of 25 women....
7/13/2000 - HIV/AIDS Pandemic, Millions Projected to be Orphans by 2010
The 13th International AIDS Conference held in Durban, South Africa has helped to raise international attention to the HIV/AIDS epidemic....
7/13/2000 - Taliban Accuses Relief Worker of Spying and Anti-Taliban Propaganda
International relief agencies have been working in an renewed climate of danger to their well-being since last week's Taliban edict ordering all aid agencies and the United Nations to dismiss all Afghan women staff....
7/13/2000 - New Laws in Britain Would Increase Number of Women And Black MPs
If Britain's Labor Party succeeds in passing new laws that mandate quotas, every political party will be legally required to select women and black members of Parliament (MPs) in parliamentary seats....
