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Women's rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi's Nobel peace prize win pays tribute to the courage of Iranian women in the face of reprisals and harrassment, the United Nations says. The award "really highlights the courage and determination of the women of Iran and how they are an inspiration to the world", UN human rights office spokeswoman Elizabeth Throssell tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
La Paz, Aug 18 (EFE).- A group of Bolivian girls is breaking stereotypes by skateboarding in traditional indigenous clothes known as cholitas, aiming to promote the sport among women. The eight girls joined the “ImillaSkate” movement, meaning girl and skateboarding, out of their love for the sport and their traditional outfits that consist of layered skirts, bowler hats and shawls.FOOTAGE OF THE "IMILLAS SKATE" WOMEN IN PRACTICE SESSION
Rome, May 14 (EFE) .- (Camera: Álvaro Padilla) Pope Francis on Friday called for policies to defend the family and overcome the problem of the decline in the birth rate in Europe, and work for women and young people, so that they do not have to emigrate.FOOTAGE OF ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER, MARIO DRAGHI, AND POPE FRANCISTRANSLATIONSMARIO DRAGHI: "The awareness of the importance of having children must be the product of the improvement of the condition of women, and not contrary to their emancipation. The State must, therefore, accompany this new awareness. Continue investing in the improvement of the conditions of women. And put society, women and men, in the condition of being able to have children. "POPE 2- "It is urgent to offer young people guarantees of a sufficiently stable job, security for the home, attractive for not leaving the country. It is a task that also concerns the world of the economy: how nice it would be to see the number of entrepreneurs grow and companies that, in addition to producing profits, promote lives, that are careful not to exploit people with unsustainable conditions and schedules, that even distribute part of the income to workers, with a view to contributing to an invaluable development, that of the families ".3- "I also think, sadly, of women who get discouraged at work by having children who have to hide their tummies."4- "How is it possible for a woman to be ashamed of the most beautiful gift that life can offer? Not the woman, but society must be ashamed, because a society that does not embrace life stops living. (PAUSE) Children they are the hope that makes a people reborn. Finally in Italy it has been decided to transform a check, defined as unique and universal, into law, for each child that is born ".5- "Italy has been for years with the lowest number of births in Europe, in what is considered to become the old continent not because of its glorious history, but because of its advanced age. This, our country, where every year is like if a city with more than two hundred thousand inhabitants disappeared, in 2020 it reached the lowest number of births since national unity. "6- "The dramatic numbers of births and the frightening of the pandemic demand a change and a responsibility."7- "How many families in recent months have had to work overtime, dividing the house between work and school, with parents who have been teachers, computer technicians, workers, psychologists! The sacrifices required of grandparents, true lifeboats for families. "
Nobel Chemistry Prize winner Emmanuelle Charpentier says she hopes the award will make young female scientists realise that "nothing is impossible", after she and Jennifer Doudna of the US won for the gene-editing technique known as the CRISPR-Cas9 DNA snipping "scissors", the first time a Nobel science prize has gone to a women-only team. SOUNDBITE
Sana'a, May 15 (EFE/EPA).- A local NGO in Yemeni capital Sana'a on Friday prepared food en masse for charity - philanthropic actions form an important part of the Muslim religious observanc - to allow children, women and also the poor to break the daily fast that is customary during the holy month of Ramadan with delicious dishes. The first meal that breaks the fast during Ramadan is called Iftar Ramadan commemorates the first revelation of the Quran to the Prophet Muhammad and its observance is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.After Suhoor, the first meal of the day ahead of dawn prayer, Ramadan sees Muslims all over the world abstain from eating, drinking, smoking, sexual activity and negative behavior until dusk, when the fast is broken as friends and families come together for Iftar. (Camera: YAHYA ARHAB). SHOT LIST: YEMENI CHILDREN WAIT TO GET LOCAL CHARITY-PROVIDED FOOD AND YEMENI VOLUNTEERS PREPARE LOCAL CHARITY-PROVIDED FOOD FOR IFTAR, THE MEAL TRADITIONALLY TAKEN AFTER SUNSET PRAYERS TO BREAK THE RAMADAN DAILY FAST, DURING THE MUSLIM FASTING MONTH OF RAMADAN IN SANA'A, YEMEN.
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