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Collection of gender news, found 140 news.

Pentagon to open all combat jobs to women for first time

US defense chief Ash Carter said on Thursday the US military would open all combat jobs to women. "Im announcing ...

World Tennis Champs Lend Support to Stars of Christmas 2015

- The Stars of Christmas community programme jointly championed by OUE Limited (SGX-ST: "OUE") and Mandarin Orchard ...

It's Time to Re-think How Often Women Say "Sorry"

-Today, Pantene has evolved its global Shine Strong campaign by launching a new thought-provoking video that tackles a ...

Int`l protocol launched to tackle sexual violence in conflict

British foreign secretary William Hague and United Nations special envoy Angelina Jolie on Wednesday launched a new ...

BIC crowdsources the world's handwriting into a single Universal Typeface

- BIC has started crowdsourcing digital handwriting contributions and data from all over the planet in order to combine ...

Gerindra party wants more women as government officials

The Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) party wants to see women occupy 30 percent of high positions in the government ...

President proposes no new development format for post-2015

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, a co-chair of the UN High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 ...

Rare Sumatran tiger cub born at San Francisco zoo

A Sumatran tiger gave birth to an apparently healthy cub at the San Francisco Zoo over the weekend in a rare boost to ...

Indonesia Committed to Increasing Coverage of Clean Water Supply

The Indonesian government, as one of the signatory countries of The Millennium Declaration, is committed to achieving ...

Govt supports ethics standards for supreme court justices

The government has expressed support to the application of ethics standards for the selection of supreme court ...

RI racing against time to meet MDG targets by andi abdussalam - (d)

Indonesia, one of the 189 countries that declared in 2000 their commitment to achieving eight Millennium Development ...

Menthol smokers have more strokes: study

Among smokers, people who prefer mentholated cigarettes tend to have more strokes than non-menthol smokers - and this ...

Ttwin sisters become brothers after sex op

Two young Chinese women have become the country's first transexual twins, according to local newspaper reports. ...

About Nauryz in Kazakhstan

Nauryz is one of the oldest holidays on Earth. This holiday of spring and the renewed life of the Earth has been ...

UN to add more women to its peacekeeping missions

Visiting UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has committed himself to encouraging the participation of women in UN ...