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Calling for real women’s stories in Egyptian film

Wednesday, 12 October 2011, 1:49 pm | Citizen News Service

Egyptian film is the most widely viewed cinema in the Arab world, and Egypt is one of a few countries in the region that has maintained this industry since the 1930s, despite war and instability. Accordingly, Egyptian movies, which have long inspired ... More >>

Engagement between women key to rights’ campaigns

Wednesday, 12 October 2011, 1:47 pm | Citizen News Service

I have always thought that engaging with other women is one of the most beautiful and exciting parts of being a women's rights activist. My last conversation about women's rights took place via email, and was sponsored by the Common Ground News ... More >>

Youth investment yields worthy returns in the UK

Wednesday, 12 October 2011, 1:45 pm | Citizen News Service

The riots on our streets this summer showed us the importance of engaging with the youth of our country. The education system represents an ideal opportunity to do so at an early stage. More >>

Remembering race in occupied Wall Street

Wednesday, 12 October 2011, 1:39 pm | Citizen News Service

The Occupy Wall Street movement protesting against corporate practices has me daring to hope that the striking disparities in the United States will change for the better. It takes a leap of faith to be hopeful, because substantial change has not come in ... More >>

Saudi Arabia and Chicago: women on the same wavelength

Wednesday, 12 October 2011, 1:36 pm | Citizen News Service

The world has become a smaller place and information flows in breath-taking quantities. Yet there is a paucity of conversations between people of different nations. Relying by and large on media reports of the “other”, our understanding of nations and ... More >>

Israelis and Palestinians refusing to be enemies

Wednesday, 12 October 2011, 1:23 pm | Citizen News Service

"I personally don't have a problem with Israelis, but for your own sake you’d better not tell others around here where you're from," a taxi driver said to me during my last visit to Amman. Little did it help to explain that I attend demonstrations against ... More >>

New agreement does not safeguard health policy from industry

Friday, 23 September 2011, 11:15 am | Citizen News Service

Despite pressure from global public health advocates, world leaders missed a critical opportunity to put in place strong safeguards to protect public health from corporate conflicts of interest. The undue influence of profit-driven transnational corporations ... More >>

A Childhood Fraught With Dangers

Tuesday, 5 July 2011, 1:16 pm | Citizen News Service

"God has sent us on this earth for a picnic. Let us enjoy. Once it is over we all will have to go back." These pearls of wisdom are from 14 years old Mohd Enamul Hasan - a resident of Talchhadi village of Jessore district in Bangladesh, whose only dream ... More >>

From Breakdowns to Breakthroughs: HIV in India

Tuesday, 24 May 2011, 1:37 pm | Citizen News Service

It was indeed an empowering experience for all of us women, and the few men, present at the Valedictory Session of the Leadership for Results (L4R) programme, where 17 undaunted, women living with HIV were lauded for their grit and determination on ... More >>

Doha Talks Sound The Death Knell Of Industrial Development

Wednesday, 4 May 2011, 11:23 am | Citizen News Service

The gaps between the developed countries and major developing countries like China, India and Brazil, are being viewed as non bridgeable today—that is 10 years after the Doha Round began in 2001. It is jokingly said to be going round and round without ... More >>

Shobha Shukla: Thin Is Not Healthy And Neither Is Fat

Monday, 14 March 2011, 10:08 am | Citizen News Service

Close on the heels of International Women's Day 2011, comes the news of a path breaking research which puts the onus of a healthy generation on women. The research, by scientists from the University of Cambridge, provides important insight into why children born ... More >>

Treating TB in Timor-Leste

Saturday, 16 October 2010, 1:19 pm | Citizen News Service

Dili: A greater number of new positive Tuberculosis (TB) cases are being detected now in Timor-Leste compared to nine years ago. Of these new cases, about 85% are being successfully treated. Timor Leste’s TB burden was first recorded in 1995 ... More >>

UN High Level Summit On Non-Communicable Diseases

Tuesday, 21 September 2010, 5:51 pm | Citizen News Service

With just a year to go, the countdown to the UN Summit on Non Communicable Diseases (to be held in September, 2011 in Brussels) has already begun. More >>

WHO Flags Self-Discipline As Key To Diabetes Fight

Tuesday, 14 September 2010, 6:05 pm | Citizen News Service

(CNS): According to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), the number of people in Thailand living with diabetes, in the age group 20-79 years, has risen from 3,162,400 in 2007 to 3,538,000 in 2010. Thus, during the past three years 375,600 more Thais ... More >>