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Thousands Stand Up Against Gender Inequality and Poverty (Poverty Day 2007)
Nov 1 2007 - 9:52pm
To mark World Poverty Day 2007, more than 43 million people stood up and spoke out against poverty and inequality. Almost 7,000 participated as part of an online mobilization through the Women Fight...read more
Global, Gender, Poverty

Women Are Key to Overcoming Poverty (Poverty Day 2007)
Oct 15 2007 - 5:10pm
By Chris Grumm read more
Collaboration, Economic Empowerment, Gender, Investment, Poverty, Security, Visibility

More Than 1,000 Letters Sent to Attorney General in Asylum Case (2007)
Mar 7 2007 - 5:56pm
As International Women's Day 2007 wound down, 1,729 people had taken action and contacted the Attorney General, requesting that the U.S. Supreme Court uphold a Court of Appeals ruling allowing...read more
China, Gender, Human Rights, Political Rights-Civic Participation, Refugee Rights, Trafficking, United States

73 Parties Held to Screen "Human Trafficking" Movie (2005)
Nov 1 2005 - 6:07pm
Thanks to generous hosts around the globe, we had 73 "Human Trafficking" house parties signed up! From Hawaii to Pennsylvania, events took place in 28 US states. In addition, hosts from...read more
Gender, Gender-Based Violence, Human Rights, Trafficking, United States

Thousands Write to AP About Women and Katrina (2005)
Oct 25 2005 - 5:06pm
More than 4,000 people wrote to the Associated Press in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 urging the media service to ask New Orlean's Mayor Ray Nagin, "Where are the Women?" As...read more
Gender, Katrina, Policy, Political Rights-Civic Participation, Poverty, United States
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