Women as Plastic Bags

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reader diary by Jane Roberts, 34 Million Friends of UNFPA

April 15, 2009 - 3:52pm (Print)

On April 14, 2009 on Frontline World at PBS a young man in the Swat valley of Pakistan was interviewed. He compared women to plastic bags, either to throw away or to be kept in the home. Wonderful!

The United Nations Population Fund is present and very accepted in Pakistan. Every little bit helps. www.34millionfriends.org

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UNFPA Latest Victim of House Republican War on Women

by Janine Kossen
Oct 7, 5:00pm
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Republicans voted eleven separate times this week to block funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). That's right, eleven separate times in the span of just three hours.

Senate Committee Passes Appropriations Bill Permanently Banning Global Gag Rule

by Jodi Jacobson
Sep 21, 5:55pm
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Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee adopted an amendment to the FY 2012 State Department and foreign operations appropriations bill introduced by Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) that, if signed into law, would block re-imposition of the Global Gag Rule. 

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