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Myanmar junta lashes out
at Suu Kyi
AP
News
September 26, 2000
YANGON- Myanmar's ruling junta on Monday lashed out at Aung San Suu Kyi and her Western supporters, saying the opposition leader's "stop me if you dare" campaign is hurting the government's goal to establish a new kind of democracy.
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Cases on women and children issue pending
September 26, 2000
Naogaon(UNB) - Crimes on women and children are mounting in the district in absence of separate court under Woman and Child Repression Prevention Act.
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Beijing meeting of SAARC Women Affairs Ministers begins today
September
25, 2000
Dhaka (UNB) - The 3rd Beijing biennial meeting of SAARC Women Affairs Ministers begins in the Maldives tomorrow (Tuesday) to review the progress of the declaration of the 4th world conference on women.
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Bangladeshi men are 2nd highest spousal abusers
September
21, 2000
Dhaka (UNB) - Bangladesh ranks second among a dozen countries having higher percentage of women assaulted by male partners, says a UN report.
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Bill to retain women's JS reserved Seats likely to be lapsed
September
12, 2000
The Crucial bill seeking retention of women's reserved seats in the Jatiya Sangsad is likely to be lapsed as the government has opted for legal course after failing to secure opposition support Standing Committee on law Ministry finalized its recommendation on the bill yesterday and is expected to submit those in the House in a day or two, its Chairman and prime Minister's Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Suranjit Sengupta told this correspondent.
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Philippine rebels 'raped women hostages'
September
12, 2000
A plane carrying four former hostages freed by Muslim rebels in the Philippines arrived in Tripoli yesterday, one claiming that their captors raped some of the women hostages.
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Sudanese Court tells women "keep working"
September
9, 2000
From
the newsroom of the BBC World Service
Sudan's highest
court has temporarily suspended a decree by the governor of
Khartoum which bans women from working in the public service
sector.
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NGOs come to the aid of burn & acid victims
September
7, 2000
Efforts by an
Italian and a local NGO have led to treatment of at least 60
people with severe burn injuries.
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Anger at Khartoum ban
September
6, 2000
The UN recently
urged the government to promote equal opportunities.
Human rights and workers groups in Sudan have strongly
criticised a ban preventing women from working in public places
in the capital Khartoum where they are in direct contact with
men.
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Egyptian woman sentenced for distorting Islam
September
5, 2000
From
the newsroom of the BBC World Service
A court in Egypt
has sentenced a woman to five years in jail for denigrating
Islam.
The woman, Sheikha Manal, who said she was the leader of a Sufi
sect, was found guilty of provoking civil unrest by claiming she
was a prophet, and of exploiting Islam to propagate extremist
ideas.
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