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October Awareness: Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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The pink ribbon that has become the most widely recognized symbol of breast cancer awareness came about when a 68-year-old California woman named Charlotte Haley, whose sister, daughter, and granddaughter had breast cancer, created peach-colored ribbons to call attention to inadequate funding for breast cancer research. Final thoughts.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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People like Charlotte Bunch at the Center for Women's Global Leadership, spoke first about women's rights being human rights. This year, 2008, is the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. How do you know that you are making a difference or an impact; how do you measure that? I don't want us to get confused.

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