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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><!-- Converted from text/rtf format -->Hi
all,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hope you are doing fine,
please find below the link of an interesting link on women’s and rural
poverty alleviation.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Apologies to those of you
that received already by other channels.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Nerea<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>ENVIRONMENT: WOMEN'S EXPERTISE KEY
TO FIGHTING DESERTS<br>
<br>
</span></font></b><span class=GramE><b><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>by</span></font></b></span><b><font size=1 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'> <span class=SpellE>Srabani</span> Roy</span></font></b><b><font
size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'><br>
</span></font></b><b><font size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black;font-weight:bold'><br>
</span></font></b><st1:State><st1:place><font size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>NEW YORK</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'> (IPS) - Empowering and investing in women is the key to combating
the effects of desertification and paving the way for rural poverty alleviation
in many of the world's least developed countries (<span class=SpellE>LDCs</span>),
according to researchers, government policy-makers and United Nations experts. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'><a
href="http://www.ipsterraviva.net/europe/article.aspx?id=3868">http://www.ipsterraviva.net/europe/article.aspx?id=3868</a></span></font>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName><font size=2 color=navy face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:navy;mso-no-proof:
yes'>WIDE</span></font></st1:PersonName><font size=2 color=navy
face="Arial Narrow"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";
color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'> - Globalising Gender Equality and Social Justice</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Arial Narrow"><span lang=FR
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:navy;mso-ansi-language:
FR;mso-no-proof:yes'>10, Rue de la Science B-1000
Brussels BELGIUM</span></font><font color=navy><span lang=FR
style='color:navy;mso-ansi-language:FR;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:navy;mso-no-proof:
yes'>Telf. +32 2 545 90 70 Fax. +32 2 512 73 42</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:navy;mso-no-proof:
yes'>Website: </span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy;
mso-no-proof:yes'><a href="http://www.wide-network.org"><font size=2
face="Arial Narrow"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow"'>www.wide-network.org</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:navy;mso-no-proof:
yes'>E-mail address: </span></font><font size=2 color=navy><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'><a
href="mailto:nerea@wide-network.org"><font face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-family:"Arial Narrow"'>nerea@wide-network.org</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face="Arial Narrow"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial Narrow";color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'> </span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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