Leading organizations team up with Avon Foundation Global Ambassador Fergie to launch initiative which addresses gender-based violence

Avon Foundation Global Ambassador Fergie in Washington, D.C. where she announced the new Justice Institute on Gender-Based Violence with the Avon Foundation, Vital Voices, and the U.S. State Department on March 20, 2014. photo: prn

(PRN) WASHINGTON, D.C., March 22, 2014 - The Global Partnership to End Violence Against Women, a collaboration of Vital Voices Global Partnership, the Avon Foundation for Women and the U.S. Department of State, this week presented a new initiative to address gender-based violence: the Gender-Based Violence Emergency Response and Protection Initiative.

Ukraine clouds global food price forecasts

The US Grain Council said in a recent statement that shipments from the Ukraine, which exports to North Africa, the Middle East and China, are “becoming increasingly difficult”.
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(IRIN) JOHANNESBURG, March 20, 2014 - The political crisis in Ukraine, the world’s third biggest exporter of maize, could affect global prices of the grain and global reserves in the 2014-2015 season, say experts.

Malaysia Airlines MH370 Flight carrying 239 persons is missing

Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777. photo: malaysia airlines
 
(BMLTV) MALAYSIA, March 8, 2014 - Malaysia Airlines released a statement saying that Subang Traffic Control (ATC) has lost contact with one of their flights MH370.

“We regret to announce that Subang Traffic Control (ATC) lost contact with flight MH370 at 2:40 am today”. " The Airlines went on to say that they are currently working with international authorities on the search and rescue mission and as at 1400 hours, 08 March 2014, we have no information on the location of the aircraft".