Gender Issues Making women's rights more than rhetoric Women trained as candidates by UN for East Timor election. Women and poor get seat in Pakistan's local government. World Bank proposals on gender equity called unrealistic. Adolescent girls in Nigeria struggle to learn their rights. Heroic women recognized with Millennium Peace Prize.
Women can play crucial role in maintaining peace.
Women's reproductive health still lagging in many countries. Benefit highlights plight of women. Discrimination against women exists at all levels of society. Norway looks to advance women in private sector. Zambia women miners cheated by foreign investors.