AVIVA Award (fwd)

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May 1999: Asia News 
* Afghanistan: ‘Is European Blood More Valuable than Asian?’
(Afghan women ask why the world cares more about Kosovo) 

June 1999: Africa News
* Zimbabwe: Supeme Court Ruling: Women are Junior Men
(Judges confirm a woman’s younger brother as rightful heir to their
father’s estate) 

July 1999: Asia News
* India: Dam Building: ‘Millions are Refugees in an Unaccountable War’ -
Arundhati Roy
(Campaign against proposed dams in the Narmada Valley - home to 12,000
tribal people)

 September 1999: Middle East News
*Jordan: Coalition Campaigns to End ‘Honour’ Killings
(Petition to end practice of killing women for ‘shaming’ their families)
 
September 1999: World News
*Greed of Multi-Nationals: ‘Killing Africans’
(US based pharmaceutical conglomerates deny Africa access to affordable
AIDs drugs)

November 1999: International News
*300,000 Child Soldiers in Frontline Worldwide
(UNICEF Report)

November 1999: South American News
*Mexico: Women & Poverty: ‘If You Don’t Cry Out Loud, God Won’t Hear You’
(24% of working women earn less than US$ 3.50 a day)

December 1999: Action Alert
*Macedonia: Roma Mothers from Kosovo Appeal
(Roma Women from Kosovo  write from  Stenkovac 2 Refugee Camp in 
Macedonia). 

December 1999 South America News
*Nicaragua: 400 Women Workers Poisoned in Taiwanese Factory
(Women exposed to toxic fumes in sweatshops)

March 2000: Africa News
*Why Diamonds are NOT a Girl’s Best Friend
(Diamonds fund murderous civil wars in Angola & Sierra Leone - even
children mutilated)