The FAO is also studying the impact of AIDS in rural regions, especially on young girls. Women are starving for time,' she adds. This affects not only their nutrition but that their entourage. They don't have access to credit even if it is they who carry the weight of development, both locally and nationally. In a period of globalization, of AIDS and of civil war, stereotypes break down at lightning speed.
Governments have to keep up.
In the meantime, women take up the challenge and make common cause to find makeshift solutions. This is because, on one hand, the process of globalisation has been possible through the development of the largest communications infrastructure in history and, on the other hand, social, political, cultural and economic interactions are defined through the influence that the media has. It is for this reason that the Media Caucus is making recommendations, to the CSW, to prioritise women s right to communication and is highlighting the urgency of assigning resources and implementing programs to increase the women s access to communications systems and knowledge, especially to new communications technologies. Due to technical problems, we were unable to provide you with full version of our Daily News.