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World Pulse Spotlight — September 25, 2007
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In Burma this morning the junta threatened action to control the largest street protest the country has seen in two decades. World Pulse joins with the international community in calling for Burmese authorities to exercise restraint in their response. Our thoughts are with The Lady, her supporters and those on the frontlines of this historic call for justice.
News
Breaking News from Burma:
Suu Kyi Greets Burma Protesters (BBC News)
"Apparently unable to hold her tears, Aung San Suu Kyi came out of the house she has been detained in since 2003 as the monks were let through a roadblock."
Tens of Thousands Add Their Voice to Protests (The Age, Australia)
"Crowds of people thronged the roadside, many with tears in their eyes. As the monks walked by chanting prayers for peace, NLD officials came to the footpath and bowed in respect to the clergy before joining the marchers."
Journalists Prevented From Taking Pictures of Protesting Monks (Burma News International)
"Moe Kyaw, a journalist for the weekly 'The Voice', said plainclothes police seized a US$200 memory card from him while he was covering the march of the monks in front of the La Pyae Won Plaza, Rangoon, at about 3:15 p.m. (local time) on 18 September."
 (Myo Khin/Mizzima)
Burma's Golden Revolution—People Rise In Protest (Mizzima News)
"The junta wanted to use teargas to disperse the protesters but, due to incessant rain in Rangoon, teargas shells have been rendered ineffective." —Protester at the frontlines
Hungary: Hungary Gives Permits to Prostitutes (The Seattle P.I.)
"Our aim is to make sex work become accepted as any other job...Prostitutes come from the poorest sectors of society...and it's very hard for them to, for example, get a loan to buy their own home." —Agnes Foldi, head of the Hungarian Prostitutes' Interest Protection Association
 (Shawn Baldwin for
the New York Times)
Egypt: Voices Rise to Shield Girls from an Old Tradition (The New York Times)
"A nationwide campaign to stop the practice [of female circumcision] has become one of the most powerful social movements in Egypt in decades, uniting an unlikely alliance of government forces, official religious leaders and street-level activists."
Philippines: Women in the Philippines Demand a Solution: Lack of Clean Water and Sanitation Facilities Threatens Their Children and Their Lives (The Women's International Perspective)
"We walk long distances every day, sometimes slipping on rocks in the process, but we go on. [...] We have no choice." —Edna Dela Cruz
Mexico: Mexico's Prophets of Climate Change: Women Forest Defenders (IRC Americas Program)
"I feel very happy about the organization. We have many problems and enemies, but I still feel content because it's work I've done for years and I feel that I cannot live without." —Celsa Valdovinos
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Commentary
Malawi: Video: Women's Literacy Graduation (YouTube/The Hunger Project/cathypmburke) (31 seconds)
Women dance in celebration as they graduate from The Hunger Project's adult literacy class.
India: Solution for Kashmir and Women's Empowerment, by Ather Zia (arabisto.com)
"Empowerment for women whose life and family faces the danger of being exterminated any second is not merely about economics—it's first and foremost about their basic human security and rights."
Greece: The Future is in Our Hands: Addressing the Leadership Challenge of Climate Change, by H.E. Mrs. Dora Bakoyannis, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic (Hellenic News of America)
Having had a recent, painful experience of the catastrophic potential of climate change, Greece believes that the world leaders assembled here today must send a strong message.
USA: Spreading the Wealth: Women of Influence, by INN Editorial Staff (Insurance Networking News)
Being able to bridge the gap between business and IT is helping women in insurance extend their reach.
UK: Like Mother, Like Daughter: The Other Remarkable Ms Roddick, by Paul Vallely (The Independent)
"My youngest, Sam, never stops surprising me with her creative radicalism." —Anita Roddick
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Marketplace
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Voyages
Rhidian Brook | Marion Boyars Publishers, 2007 | UK
"HIV/AIDS has enough experts," the Salvation Army told this award-winning novelist and journalist as they sent him on assignment. "We just want someone to go and see and find the stories."
And so he goes—with his wife and two children—on a nine-month, life-altering journey though India, China and Africa. As a family they are continually challenged by the intimate, human and heartbreakingly tender details of a story that isn't "just about how to deal with this pandemic or what to do about people who are dying; but a story about how to live a life."
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