Women İn The World Summit
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En güçlü kadınlar New York'ta
Bu yıl 7’nci kez New York’ta düzenlenecek ‘Dünya Kadınları Zirvesi’ne Türkiye damgasını vuracak. Zirveye Laura Bush, Christine Lagarde, Rula Ghani ve Meryl Streep gibi dünyanın en güçlü kadınları katılıyor. Türkiye’den ise Vuslat Doğan Sabancı, Selin Sayek Böke, İpek Bozkurt ve gazeteci Amberin Zaman zirvede yer alacak.
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Turkey and the US unites through love of countries
ISTANBUL - Even when looking over her shoulder at the Bosphorus from the Ritz Carlton, it isn’t farfetched for Mona Tekin Diamond to talk about connecting with housewives in Anatolian villages. ’I’m not talking about upsetting husbands or women’s ways of doing things,’but we can help make more of their skills through development,’ she says.
Turkish-American cooperation in the broader Eurasian region (2)
- SecuritySecurity is a highly prized and scarce commodity amid the contemporary setting of asymmetric threats, ethnic, sectarian and tribal conflicts, and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, pandemics and natural disasters.
Women’s progress in focus
ISTANBUL - More can still be done to improve Turkish women's positions within society, such as increasing the rates of female employment and entrepreneurship, says the European Commission's Michael Leigh. A U.S. ambassador for women's issues also questiones whether there is decline in female employment in Turkey.
Rights group says human rights put on backburner
ISTANBUL - The Amnesty International 2009 report proclaims a human rights crisis is striking the world but says when put together with the financial crisis these problems require global solutions based on international cooperation, human rights and the rule of law. In the report Turkey is criticized for breaching human rights with its political instability.
Istanbul craft tour: It’s reigning women
ISTANBUL - On the Behind the Bazaar tour next month meet women designers who whip antique pieces into forward-fashion shape. As the few female merchants among the some 4,000 Grand Bazaar shops can attest, males have ruled the sales roost. But women are shaping their own paths in the art market, traditions intact
Barriers beware: Women gather at gates of Istanbul
ANKARA - On June 4-5 in Istanbul, 300 leaders, businesswomen, academics and others aim to carve out a larger decision-making block for women Ğ from small businesses to world capitals. New U.S. Ambassador for Global Women’s Issues Melanne VerveerÊwill speak, summit founder Mona Tekin Diamond announces
Turkey mulls dissolving village guard system as two more charged
ISTANBUL - Turkey could dissolve or revise the village guard system in the country's southeast, the government spokesman said Thursday, as two more suspects are charged over the of killing 44 people in an armed attack on an engagement ceremony. (UPDATED)
Placing Turkey at the center of the new world order
Barack Obama’s historic address to the Turkish Parliament does not only herald the new era between the two countries but also reveals how Washington places this secular democracy with a predominantly Muslim population "at the center of the new world order."
10 years after Clinton, a week before Obama
“All told, there are now billions of people around the region and the world whose future depends upon decisions made in this very room over the next 25 years. Each has a stake in Turkey’s success in defining itself as a strong, secular, modern nation, proud of its traditions, fully part of Europe. That will require hard work and vision.”
10 years after Clinton, a week before Obama
ANKARA-“All told, there are now billions of people around the region and the world whose future depends upon decisions made in this very room over the next 25 years. Each has a stake in Turkey’s success in defining itself as a strong, secular, modern nation, proud of its traditions, fully part of Europe. That will require hard work and vision.”
Monaco’s Albert II calls access to water a right
ISTANBUL - Today, technology makes it possible to resolve water-related problems, Prince Albert II of Monaco tells the Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review ahead of his arrival in Istanbul for the World Water Forum today. ’What is often lacking is the political will and financial backing necessary to implement these resources,' the prince of Monaco added
Clinton visit generates lot of PR but no real news
If the contemporary meaning of the term "public diplomacy" is meant to be a "truthful propaganda" which may include "all activities designed to appeal to public, to enhance the home country’s attractiveness or appeal, by using media in order to enhance private-private partnerships" then, the appearance of Mrs. Hilary Clinton at the "all woman" chat show of NTV channel was certainly a textbook case for a successful operation.
