1 - 10 of 150 results for "women voters"

  1. 1. news | 11 May 2013

    Voters throng polls in Pakistan's political heart

    By AFP

    » Saima Ali had a message for Pakistan's women as the country went to the polls: ignore the Taliban threats and vote.

  2. 2. news | 24 Mar 2013

    Australian leadership shambles condemned by voters

    By AFP

    » An aborted Labor party leadership coup has badly tainted the standing of the Australian prime minister's office with most voters also seeing Julia Gillard as a "lame duck" leader, a poll showed Sunday, six months ahe...

  3. 3. news | 21 May 2013

    Rise in Afghan women jailed for 'moral crimes': rights group

    By AFP

    » The number of women jailed in Afghanistan for "moral crimes" such as fleeing abusive husbands has risen sharply, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday, undermining claims that the status of women has improved.

  4. 4. lifestyle | 09 Apr 2013

    Recognising Buddhist dedication

    Newspaper section: Life

    » Eight women who have dedicated themselves to a life of service were honoured with the Outstanding Women in Buddhism Award this year.

  5. 5. learning | 02 Jun 2011

    Women, is the election helping them?

    About women's rights

    By Jon Fernquest

    » "Of the 8.5 million households in the farm sector, 31% of household heads are women, and steadily increasing."

  6. 6. learning | 13 Jul 2010

    Sowing seeds of love

    UNESCO

    By Krista Clement, Newspaper section: Learningpost

    » Nok, a woman in her late 20s, has been living for nine months at an emergency home for abused women operated by the Association for the Promotion of the Status of Women (APSW) in Bangkok.

  7. 7. learning | 24 Jan 2013

    Monks who are women?

    About religion

    By Jon Fernquest

    » At first locals thought the monks who came for food each morning were men, but then, slowly, they realized... they were actually women.

  8. 8. news | 14 May 2013

    Women 'smuggled pills in privates'

    » KALASIN - Three Lao women were charged with drug trafficking on Monday after they were found with 4,000 speed pills stashed inside their genitals and rectums, police said.

  9. 9. news | 14 May 2013

    Japan distances itself from 'comfort women' comment

    By AFP

    » The Japanese government on Tuesday distanced itself from comments by a prominent politician that the so-called "comfort women" of WWII served a "necessary" role by keeping troops in check.

  10. 10. news | 02 Apr 2013

    Women tourists 'opt for Thailand'

    By AFP

    » NEW DELHI - The number of foreign women tourists visiting India has dropped by 35 per cent in the past three months following a spate of sex attacks that have made global headlines, a new survey has found.

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