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	<title>Reporting on Conflict &#124; Peacemakers Trust Media Watch Blog</title>
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		<title>Music is Still the Weapon: Hope isn&#8217;t lost for those who believe that art can transform our world</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On February 18, 1977, a thousand Nigerian soldiers surrounded the Kalakuta Republic and burned it to the ground.
As republics go, Kalakuta wasn&#8217;t very large. Only 100 or so people lived there. But the immensely popular musician Fela Anikulapo-Kuti had created this compound, in the Nigerian capital of Lagos, as a joyful and democratic space in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacemakers.ca.etherwork.net/bulletins/2010/03/music-is-still-the-weapon-hope-isnt-lost-for-those-who-believe-that-art-can-transform-our-world/</link>
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		<title>Chinese use Twitter to report police intimidation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — Like the United States, China is having its own tea party movement, but this one has a very different agenda.
Police have long tried to shush and isolate potential activists, usually starting with a low-key warning, perhaps over a meal or a cup of tea. Now, the country&#8217;s troublemakers are openly blogging and tweeting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacemakers.ca.etherwork.net/bulletins/2010/03/chinese-use-twitter-to-report-police-intimidation/</link>
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		<title>Rwanda&#8217;s home-grown gacaca courts set to close</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After five years of trials, the grass roots courts that have judged more than one million people suspected of taking part in the 1994 Rwandan genocide are drawing to a close amidst mixed reviews.
&#8220;The whole process is expected to be over by the end of March,&#8221; Denis Bikesha, an official at the gacaca department, told [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacemakers.ca.etherwork.net/bulletins/2010/03/rwandas-home-grown-gacaca-courts-set-to-close/</link>
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		<title>The Power of the People: Engaging the Public on Legal Aid</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Legal Aid is in crisis in this province. The funding model for the Legal Services Society doesn’t work and as a result there is simply not enough money to fund the current system. As a result, there are fewer and fewer lawyers (particularly more experienced lawyers) who are willing to take on legal aid cases. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacemakers.ca.etherwork.net/bulletins/2010/03/the-power-of-the-people-engaging-the-public-on-legal-aid/</link>
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		<title>Reconciliation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding in Rwanda</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Peacemakers Trust has received an invitation from The Sharing Way, a Canadian faith-based development agency, and its Rwandan partner, the Association des Églises Baptistes au Rwanda (AEBR), to work with them to develop a three year plan of action that responds to emerging needs and challenges in post-genocide Rwanda. The participatory planning process will involve [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacemakers.ca.etherwork.net/bulletins/2010/03/reconciliation-conflict-resolution-and-peacebuilding-in-rwanda/</link>
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		<title>UN officials urge greater support for empowering women on International Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Top United Nations officials are marking International Women’s Day by calling for greater support to women, particularly in developing countries, so that they can be empowered and contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the eight globally agreed anti-poverty targets with a 2015 deadline.
In his message for the Day, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacemakers.ca.etherwork.net/bulletins/2010/03/un-officials-urge-greater-support-for-empowering-women-on-international-day/</link>
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		<title>A journey uncompleted</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Until all of us have made it, none of us have made it.
&#8211; Rosemary Brown, 1930-2003, Canadian politician
It is important on International Women&#8217;s Day we mark the progress made by so many women the world over.
Today provides an opportunity for all of us to celebrate the accomplishments of women, past and present, who fought for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacemakers.ca.etherwork.net/bulletins/2010/03/a-journey-uncompleted/</link>
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		<title>Canadian gender gap for pay higher than OECD average</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Canadian men on average get paid more than 20% more than their female colleagues, giving the country one of the highest gender gaps among the 30 OECD nations.
Only Korea, Japan and Germany rank higher than Canada in paying men more than women. Canada is in fourth place along with the United Kingdom, according to Organisation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacemakers.ca.etherwork.net/bulletins/2010/03/canadian-gender-gap-for-pay-higher-than-oecd-average/</link>
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		<title>O Canada, it&#8217;s time to change our tune</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ironic, isn&#8217;t it, given that today is International Women&#8217;s Day, when the world stops for a moment to reflect on the advances society has made on the rocky path to gender equality.
In Canada, like most modern industrialized countries, there are many achievements to celebrate this past century, even as there is still much work to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacemakers.ca.etherwork.net/bulletins/2010/03/o-canada-its-time-to-change-our-tune/</link>
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		<title>EU to tackle gender pay inequality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Men are still paid more than women in Europe but the European Union is promising to narrow the gap.
The executive European Commission set out its plans to address the pay gap between men and women at a news conference to coincide with International Women’s Day, saying women were on average earning only 82 percent of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacemakers.ca.etherwork.net/bulletins/2010/03/eu-to-tackle-gender-pay-inequality/</link>
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		<title>INDIA:  No Stopping Reserved Seats for Women in Parliament</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI &#8211; With assured backing from India&#8217;s main opposition groups, the ruling Congress party hopes to see voted through in the upper house of Parliament Monday a bill reserving 33 percent of seats in national and provincial legislatures for women.
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		<link>http://peacemakers.ca.etherwork.net/bulletins/2010/03/india-no-stopping-reserved-seats-for-women-in-parliament/</link>
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		<title>In an era of soft power, a way forward for women</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is there a connection between the lack of soft power in public life and the lack of women in top leadership positions? Are women inherently more capable of soft power than men? With soft power increasingly becoming the &#8216;weapon of choice&#8217; for international as well as community relations, is it an imperative to bring more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacemakers.ca.etherwork.net/bulletins/2010/03/in-an-era-of-soft-power-a-way-forward-for-women/</link>
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		<title>Women&#8217;s Rights: A Matter of Peace and Stability</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On this International Women&#8217;s Day, it is fitting that we reflect upon United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, adopted almost ten years ago. With this resolution, the United Nations recognized that conflict disproportionately impacts civilians, and particularly women. It remains a powerful call to protect those who are most vulnerable in conflicts and their aftermath, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacemakers.ca.etherwork.net/bulletins/2010/03/womens-rights-a-matter-of-peace-and-stability/</link>
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		<title>The Delegitimization of Israel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Natan Sharansky uses what he terms “the 3D test” to distinguish legitimate criticism of Israel from anti-Semitism, and he identifies the three categories as delegitimization, demonization and the double standard. Taking these three factors into account, one can discern that the new anti-Semitism manifests itself in many different forms and in many different forums – [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacemakers.ca.etherwork.net/bulletins/2010/03/the-delegitimization-of-israel/</link>
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		<title>Women in Rwanda promote &#8216;holistic development&#8217; through financial indpendence and rights awareness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Women in post-conflict Rwanda are working with Women for Women International, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting development for women survivors of conflict, to improve all aspects of their lives through the Commercial Integrated Farming Initiative (CIFI). The CIFI program creates links between the public, private, and nonprofit sector to empower women as autonomous economic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacemakers.ca.etherwork.net/bulletins/2010/03/women-in-rwanda-promote-holistic-development-through-financial-indpendence-and-rights-awareness/</link>
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		<title>How to negotiate the best possible salary in tough times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For Carrie Gallant negotiating is more than an art or a science it is a way of life. “We negotiate every day,” she insists. And it’s not just in business, but also in our marriages, with our children, and every other aspect of our lives. “We compromise. We make trade offs. We offer to make [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacemakers.ca.etherwork.net/bulletins/2010/03/how-to-negotiate-the-best-possible-salary-in-tough-times/</link>
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		<title>The Definitive Guide to the Iraqi Elections</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The Land of Two Rivers&#8221; is also the land of thousands of aspiring political leaders. Foreign Policy takes you inside the diverse parties, coalitions, and sects, from the center of power to its outermost fringes, that make up Iraq&#8217;s political mosaic. 
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		<link>http://peacemakers.ca.etherwork.net/bulletins/2010/03/the-definitive-guide-to-the-iraqi-elections/</link>
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		<title>Cambodia’s donors &#8217;should condemn business sponsorship of military&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Aid donors to Cambodia, including the US, EU, Japan, China and the World Bank, should send a strong message to the government that they will not countenance the bankrolling of Cambodia’s military by private businesses, Global Witness said today.
The call follows the announcement last week by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen of the formation of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacemakers.ca.etherwork.net/bulletins/2010/03/cambodia%e2%80%99s-donors-should-condemn-business-sponsorship-of-military/</link>
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		<title>Ottawa asks US not to use shared Guantanamo evidence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OTTAWA — The Canadian government asked the United States not to use shared evidence to prosecute Canadian Guantanamo inmate Omar Khadr.  Canada&#8217;s Supreme Court ruled last month that Ottawa violated Khadr&#8217;s rights by sharing his statements to Canadian officials with Washington.  Justice Minister Rob Nicholson said Ottawa delivered a diplomatic note to Washington [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacemakers.ca.etherwork.net/bulletins/2010/03/ottawa-asks-us-not-to-use-shared-guantanamo-evidence/</link>
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		<title>Comparing Haiti and Chile: 9.0 on the Poverty Scale</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The earthquake that struck Chile early Saturday morning was 500 times more powerful than the one that ravaged Haiti less than seven weeks earlier. Yet the difference in death tolls and damage is even more striking: More than 200,000 Haitians perished in a matter of minutes, while the body count in Chile likely will not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacemakers.ca.etherwork.net/bulletins/2010/03/comparing-haiti-and-chile-9-0-on-the-poverty-scale/</link>
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