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After 71 months of captivity in the jungle, Ingrid Betancourt is free! The Colombian army rescued the former presidencial candidate and 14 other hostages kept for several years in the hands of FARC, the biggest and oldest Colombian guerrillas.  A great day for fredoom, a great encouragment for fredoom fighters. Photo Philippe Wojazer/Reuters

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To be a working mother or not to be?

  
The image is a familiar one. “I wake up early in the morning, I prepare the breakfast for my family, I get the children ready to school, pack their lunches, go to work and after a tiring day, I try to devote as much time as I […]

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When you reach 90 years old, what would you like to do with your life? Sorry, I mean the rest of your life!  Having a vacation? What kind of vacation – as it must be comfortable and suits your age! Would you like to read – that if you still can see letters! […]

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ABOUT THE FORUM
Throughout history, women have played a significant and positive role in communicating with one another across cultural divides, but in today’s increasingly interconnected but troubled world, they need to expand that role to ensure that their voices are heard in all arenas and on all critical issues of international life. To help ensure […]

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A, B or C, D, E, or F, G, K, L, or many M’s, P and T… the list is too long to contain offenders and/or victims. Lots of real stories am told frequently. But who is the victim? Is she really a victim? In this society, no one seems to know! The way she […]

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La journée mondiale sans ou avec tabac!? je me demande?!!
Bien que les compagnes de sensibilisation ont été bell et bien présentes, les Tunisiens hommes ou femmes n’ont pas eu le courage d’abandonner leurs cigarettes même pour une journée…
Le tabagisme tue chaque année plus de 4500 personnes en Tunisie dont 3050 atteints de la maladies […]

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J’ai entendu cette pub à la radio et je l’ai l’enregistrer. Il manque juste le début.
J’aimerai faire un appél pour l’enlever mais aussi j’ai peur de leur faire encore plus de la publicité
Moi je me suis sentie insultée, j’attend vos commentaires. Je suis sure qu’en Allemagne elle n’aurait pas passé mais pour l’Italie ca marche […]

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Selon Reuters, un debat est suscite ces jours ci en France a cause de l’annulation d’un marriage musulman. La cause l’epouse n’etait pas “vierge”. Mais dans le monde arabe aussi, ce cote “matcho” existe toujours. Et la question de virginite de la future mariee reste une chose essentielle, meme si l’homme, lui, ne l’est pas. […]

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En 2000, à Cameroun, le commandement opérationnel d’une unité spéciale pour lutter contre le banditisme a fait, en un an plus, d’un millier de victimes dans la région Douala à l’Ouest du pays africain. Osvalde Lewat, réalisatrice du Cameroun, raconte cette histoire terrible dans son dernier documentaire  « une affaire de nègres ». Elle s’interroge sur la […]

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Their voices are strong, even if some times they have to cry louder to be heard in a male-dominated field. After all, it’s their passion for making movies that motivates the three women filmmakers. Tunisian Moufida Tlatli, Lebanese Nadin Labaki and Ingrid Sinclair from Zimbabwe unravelled their experiences and their views, in the “Pavillon du […]

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