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Serial Melodrama: From Selling Soap to Social Change
UNITED NATIONS, New York — With their tales of love and betrayal, suspense and romance, vengeance and forgiveness, radio and television melodramas captivate wide audiences in every part of the world.
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Adult Education Offers New Opportunities and Options to Iranian Women
AHVAZ, Islamic Republic of Iran — Flying over Khuzestan, a southwest Iranian province, one can see a vast expanse of arid plains punctuated by the flaring of gas fires at dozens of oil drilling rigs.
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UNFPA Launches National Campaign to End Fistula in Pakistan
UNITED NATIONS, New York — The first ever national campaign to end fistula in Pakistan was launched by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, in Karachi last week.
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Working with Indigenous Communities in Ecuador
OTAVALO, Ecuador — Indigenous communities in Ecuador, as elsewhere in Latin America, tend to be impoverished and marginalized.
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Supporting Healthier -- and Happier -- Pregnancies in Jordan
AMMAN, Jordan — A year after her miscarriage, Sabah was overcome with fear and despair.
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Easing Family Planning Rules Leads to Fewer Abortions and More Baby Girls, Chinese Province Finds
CHANGJIANG, Hainan Province, China — Sixteen months after lifting birth-spacing rules for rural families, officials here say there are fewer abortions.
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New Tool to Increase HIV/AIDS Awareness Among India's Youth
UNITED NATIONS, New York — Young people in India can now easily access information on how to build up their life skills against HIV infection and help change the course of the HIV epidemic, both in their communities and…
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To Sleep with Anger: Domestic Violence and Rape Fuel AIDS in Zimbabwe
HARARE, Zimbabwe — The child Elizabeth holds in her thin arms is wizened and fretful.
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Haiti: Curbing Sexual Violence at a Time of Political Turmoil
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Every day, Lovely (11) and Laura (12) hang out at the <i>Champs de Mars</i>, the main plaza in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince.
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