SUB SAHARAN
GLOBAL/MULTI-COUNTRY POLLS
Gender Equality Universally Embraced, but Inequalities Acknowledged (Click for Details)
Fifteen years after the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women's Beijing Platform for Action proclaimed that "shared power and responsibility should be established between women and men at home, in the workplace and in the wider national and international communities," people around the globe embrace the document's key principles. Almost everywhere, solid majorities express support for gender equality and agree that women should be able to work outside the home.
July 01, 2010
Society » Gender Issues
East African Community Citizens Favor Freer Labor Flow (Click for Details)
Services, capital, and labor should move more freely when the East African Community (EAC) common market opens Thursday, but people will still need permits to work in most of the five partner states. Although only
July 1, 2010
Economy » Employment Issues