[RED DEMOCRATICA] Malala Yousafzai continues her campaign for education, women's rights

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | Threat of "water stress" requires world action, Ban says Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   October 9, 2013 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Malala Yousafzai continues her campaign for education, women's rights Malala Yousafzai, who was shot a year ago today in Pakistan by the Taliban, is steadfastly campaigning for girls' education and women's rights even as the Taliban issues a fresh threat. "I stand for every girl to be able to go to school," Yousafzai says. 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'At least 30 people have died and dozens wounded in clashes in the Central African Republic, officials say.' " UN Dispatch (10/9) Share:      United Nations Threat of "water stress" requires world action, Ban says United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says that "water stress" will affect one-half of the world's population by 2030 unless communities and governments act. The world requires "the full engagement of all actors, communities, societies" to remedy the situation, Ban said at the Budapest Water Summit on Tuesday. Global Times (China)/Xinhuanet (10/9) Share:      Chemical-weapons chief seeks temporary cease-fire in Syria Ahmet Uzumcu, head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, is calling for fighting in Syria to stop temporarily so the United Nations chemical-weapons teams can meet deadlines for dismantling weapons. "If we can ensure cooperation by all parties, and if some temporary cease-fires could be established in order to permit our experts to work in a permissive environment, I think the targets could be reached," Uzumcu says. Al Jazeera (10/9), The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (10/8) Share:      General Assembly is praised for nuclear diplomacy efforts The InterDependent (10/8) Share:      Ban: Maldives election needs to be nonviolent, meet world standards LiveMint.com/The Wall Street Journal (India) (10/9) Share:      Lawsuit to be filed in U.S. court over cholera outbreak in Haiti The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (10/8) Share:      Health Development Environmental justice is urged for inclusion in post-2015 goals A September meeting on post-2015 development agenda held in Cambodia emphasized the need for including environmental justice and regional issues as part of the goals, writes Chandan Kumar Duarah. Eurasia Review (10/9) Share:        Mobile technology helps tackle critical development challenges The Huffington Post (10/8) Share:      Pakistan polio cases increase by 3 The News International (Pakistan) (10/9) Share:      Climate and Energy Financial bodies seek ways to bolster fight against climate change The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, World Bank and International Monetary Fund are seeking ways to press governments into taking action to counter climate change. "Unlike the financial crisis, we do not have a 'climate bailout option' up our sleeves," says Angel Gurria, the OECD's head. BBC (10/9), Thomson Reuters Foundation/Reuters (10/8) Share:      Ghana clean-cookstove project to benefit from carbon-offset purchase by Sweden Thomson Reuters Foundation/Reuters Point Carbon (10/9) Share:      Peacekeeping and Security Egypt court to try Morsi, 14 others in November On Nov. 4, ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and 14 members of the Muslim Brotherhood will stand trial on charges of inciting murder and violence during clashes this year. BBC (10/9), BBC (10/9) Share:      More deadly fighting in CAR BBC (10/8) Share:      North Korea is said to have restarted reactor used to make plutonium The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (10/8) Share:      Will Pakistan's Musharraf be freed from house arrest? 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