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Women Bridging Borders to Beat Violence
May 6, 2008
By Haider Rizvi
Women's rights advocates in the United States have launched a novel global initiative aiming to help millions of women across the world who face violence at the hands of men.
"Women know that if there is to be peace in the world we need to connect directly with women from other cultures," said Alda Kauffeld, manager of the Women's Global Roundtable, in a statement.
The Roundtable is the brainchild of the U.S.-based women's organization Peace X Peace and the United Nations Fund for Women (UNIFEM). Its main purpose is to connect U.S. women to their counterparts abroad who are leading the fight against gender violence.
For full article, visit:
http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/160421/1/
category: News from Other Sources : General Health News
contributed by Liza Nanni on 8 May 2008
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