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Campaign Launched to Eliminate Gender Inequities in Health Coverage
The National Women’s Law Center and PHI are Atlantic grantees. The National Women’s Law Center has kicked off a campaign to educate women about gender inequities in health care coverage. “Being a Woman is Not a Pre-Existing Condition” was launched on October 20 to mobilize…
Author: PHI Blog
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Campaign targets passage of HIV from mother to child
Original Source HA NOI — The Ministry of Health yesterday launched a campaign on prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission in an effort to ease the increasing impact of the disease in Viet Nam. Speaking at the launch ceremony held in Ha Noi, Deputy Prime Minister…
Author: Vietnam News Service
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Health care in spotlight: Coalition starts national campaign to push for U.S. system's reform
Original Source By TAMMIE SMITH TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER As a summer intern with the Virginia Organizing Project, Gabrielle Brown has spent the past few weeks knocking on doors, asking residents about community issues and health care. She has gotten an earful. One single mother of…
Author: Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Crisis at Soetwater Camp escalates: hunger strikes and attempted suicides
08 Jun 2008 Camp must be closed immediately and the City and Province must open facilities in communities, especially the city centre and suburbs, to shelter people. Reintegration efforts are a priority. President must give the United Nations a mandate to assist refugees who wish…
Author: Treatment Action Campaign
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Brexit campaign in North ‘played on racism and emotions’
Immigrants in Dungannon are very concerned about what might change and when by Gerry Moriarty in Dungannon Bernadette McAliskey: the lifelong republican and socialist was conflicted about how to vote in EU referendum but went for Remain based on practical reasons. Photograph: Paula Geraghty Lifelong republican…
Author: The Irish Times
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Campaign starts to protect rights of domestic workers
By Jamie Smyth, Social Affairs Correspondent. PEOPLE EMPLOYING domestic workers such as nannies, housekeepers and cleaners are being actively targeted for inspections for the first time under a new campaign undertaken by the National Employment Rights Authority. A pilot phase of inspections will begin in…
Author: Irish Times
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Victory for Migrant Workers' Campaign
The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland is an Atlantic grantee. The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland is celebrating a significant victory regarding the announcement today by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Dermot Ahern, TD, together with the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise Trade and…
Author: Migrant Rights Centre Ireland
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Equal Education's Campaign to Build the Future
Out of the 24 793 public schools in South Africa 93% have no libraries, 95% have no science laboratories, 2 402 schools have no water supply, 46% still use pit latrine toilets and 913 schools have no toilets facilities. Take a look inside one of…
Author: Equal Education
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Every Child Matters Launches National TV Ad Campaign
Original Source and Video Every Child Matters is an Atlantic grantee. This past weekend, Every Child Matters launched a national television ad campaign aimed at garnering support for the child-friendly investments in President Obama’s budget. The ad, which debuted on Sunday, expresses strong support for the “Child Safety…
Author: Every Child Matters Education Fund
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Health Care for America Now: A New Campaign to Win Quality, Affordable Health Coverage for All in the U.S.
The public relations spin doctors for the U.S. health insurance industry, who are probably busy at work concocting the script for a TV commercial or Internet ad to sink comprehensive health care reform in 2009, ought to think again. You may remember the fictitious couple,…
Author: Gara LaMarche