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World Pulse Spotlight — January 16, 2007
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This week, women in Africa are catching cell phone fever and harnessing the potential of text messaging, while Cambodia's youth take to the blogosphere. Gaza's female activists are organizing to call for a government that will protect their children, and Israeli powerhouse Galia Albin opens up about the challenges and joys of serving as director of at least ten publicly held Israeli/international companies and the Israel Women's Network.
News
 Photo: Anil Naidoo
Africa: Women Fight for Rights with Cell Phones (OhmyNews)
The UmNyango Project will use SMS technology for rural women and men to access information and report on incidences of violence against women and children, as well as violations of women's right to land.
 Photo: George Azar
Gaza: Female Activists a Force in Male-Dominated Gaza (National Public Radio)
"We want a new government, one that is not Hamas or Fatah. A government that can secure our kids going to school, not one that keeps silent while our people are killed in front of our face!"— Ruba al Jamal, protestor
 Photo: Matt Stone,
The Courier-Journal
USA/Iraq: '9 Parts of Desire' (The Courier-Journal)
"These stories don't have a political agenda — they're human stories. But they do shatter illusions and they can help us view what's happening there as something that isn't really separate from ourselves."— Aysan Celik, actor
 Photo: Fairfax
Australia: Burqini: Muslim Women's Reply to Bikini (Fairfax New Zealand)
"Every day people are walking into my (Sydney) shop and saying, 'Finally, I don't have to watch my husband and kids playing any more; I don't have to stand on the sideline.'"— Aheda Zanetti, designer
 Photo: Associated Press
China: Chinese Facing Shortage of Wives (BBC News)
The number of 60-year-olds and over will jump from the current 143 million to 430 million by 2040, 30 percent of the total population.
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Commentary
 Photo: Israel21c
Israel: Israel's Alpha Female, by Stephanie Freid (Israel21c)
What I wish for more than anything is a connection between women in Israel, our region and the world. It's a weak link that needs promoting but luckily I think I have the power, knowledge and connections to do it.— Galia Albin
Germany: The International Style, by Ian Traynor (The Guardian)
In June Merkel will table an EU "roadmap," outlining how to enact the constitution within two years. The aim is to have the deal in the bag before the next European parliament elections in 2009.
USA: Pelosi: What Difference Will a Woman Make?, by Gloria Feldt (Women's Media Center)
Pelosi has the enormous challenge of being the right woman for this time -- the carpenter who builds a better future for those fresh-faced children surrounding her.
Cambodia: Meet the New Urban Cambodian Woman and Blogger: Keo Kalyan, by Tharum Bun (Global Voices Online)
Nowadays, younger generations have access to a better lifestyle. There are more opportunities for them in areas such as education as more scholarships are being offered. However, I can see only a few of them realize this and are trying hard to grab these opportunities.
 Photo: Doug Murray
USA: Local Energy, Local Power, by Winona LaDuke (YES!)
"We believe the wind is wakan, a holy or great power. Our grandmothers and grandfathers have always talked about it, and we recognize that."— Pat Spears, president of the Intertribal Council on Utility Policy
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