India

 Labour pangs?

In the last 50 years, India s population has registered a three fold increase

Publication Date: 
29/06/2000
Anil Agarwal
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Population, Population Trends, Carrying Capacity, Women, Maternal Health, Poverty, Education, India, Sustainable Development
Health

 Gender bias

Studies from Africa show that women are more prone to the aids virus than men. This will require reorientating drug research

Publication Date: 
14/06/2000
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Tags:
Health, Women, Medical Research, Drugs, Aid, Africa
Industry

 The third wind

The new challenges before Japan require leadership from not just the government and the corporate sector but also the civil society

Publication Date: 
30/05/2000
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Pollution Control, Women, Health Care, Political Decentralisation, Industry, Public Participation, NGO, Politics, Japan, Sustainable Development
Environment

 Cities of joy

Better late than never. Germany has initiated the Agenda 21 process across the country. Already nine per cent of all municipalities have plans chalked out for a sustainable future. The process is bringing about a change, worthy of note, but hard issues li

Publication Date: 
14/05/2000
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Environment, Public Participation, Germany, Sustainable Development, Agenda 21, Women
Health

 Pregnancy pangs

Women juggling busy careers and a heavy load of household responsibilities may be at a high risk for deve

Publication Date: 
14/04/2000
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Tags:
Health, Women, Health Care, Research
Environment

 Humans first

"THE first most important thing in life is people. The second most important thing is people and the third most important thing is also people," - this aptly sums up the focus of this

Publication Date: 
30/03/2000
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Environment, Public Participation, Sustainable Development, Women
Health

 No woman, no cry?

An analysis of over a million births in Sweden from 1987 to 1995

Publication Date: 
14/02/2000
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Health, Women, Maternal Health, Medical Research
Health

 Keeping fit

Thanks to the fitness mania, women are increasingly taking to weight training. The good news is such women may do more than build up their biceps. Bharathi Prabhakaran and her team at the Old

Publication Date: 
14/02/2000
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Health, Women, Health Care, Research
Poverty

 Developing issues

the growing livelihood insecurity that the masses face due to depletion and degradation of environmental resources, population explosion, unemployment and poverty have marked the end of the 20th

Publication Date: 
30/01/2000
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Development, Population, Women, Poverty, NGO, Trade Unions
Health

 Gran s a mom

Is a cure for premature menopause in sight?

Publication Date: 
14/01/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Health Effects, Health, Women, Maternal Health, Medical Research

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