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Japanese women at a crossroads
2015-03-09 21:26:15| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Why so many Japanese mums don't go back to the jobs market
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Pilbara Heavy Haulage Girls train women for trucking industry
2015-03-09 05:29:03| Trucking - Topix.net
The industry is not for the fainthearted, with drivers working long hours, towing huge loads and often doing so in testing weather conditions. The overwhelming majority of road train drivers are men, but one group in Western Australia's Pilbara region is trying to even up the mix, with a new training program targeting women.
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Pakistan: Women have role in fighting climate change: minister
2015-03-08 12:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Pakistan Today: Federal Minister for Climate Change Mushahid Ullah Khan said on Sunday that women who constitute the majority of the worlds poor are among the most vulnerable to the detrimental impacts of climate change, particularly in developing countries including Pakistan. Yet, they are also vital to solutions to the impacts. He expressed these views in his statement issued from Islamabad on Sunday in context of the International Womens Day 2015. The womens day is celebrated on March 8 every year. This...
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Women and Children are Most Affected by Water Scarcity
2015-03-07 17:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Yemen: Yemen is a country with one of the highest rates of population growth in the world. It is also the country with the highest rate of exhaustion of water sources in the Middle East. Half of the Yemeni population in the country is in need of access to clean water. The water crisis has become a real threat. Running water is available in some parts of Yemen, but most villages remain without it. An example is the rural population in Amran province, which lies to the north of the capital Sanaa, which...
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Prenatal blood tests detect cancer signal in some women
2015-03-06 16:10:15| Biotech - Topix.net
A new genetic test that sequences the blood of pregnant women for signs of diseases such as Down Syndrome in their fetuses are turning up unexpected results: a diagnosis of cancer in the mother. In as many as 40 cases, women who took Sequenom Inc's MaterniT21 test, which scans their genetic code and that of their fetus, had abnormal changes that could signify cancer.
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