GEORGIA: Jioeva Prepares Inauguration, Asks Candidates to Withdraw

A South Ossetian opposition leader calls for the other candidates to not take part in a rescheduled election March 25, calling it illegal, and instead recognize her as the legitimate head of government.

INTERNATIONAL: Women's Economic Empowerment My 2012 Priority - UN's Bachelet

With democracy protests still sweeping the Arab world and the global financial crisis continuing to bite, the push for women's economic empowerment and political participation is paramount, the head of the U.N. women's agency Michelle Bachelet says.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Using Performing Arts to End Violence Against Women in Papua New Guinea

Dramatizing violence! That's the motto of the community-based Seeds Theatre Group to address violence against women and girls in the densely populated communities of the Lae District in the Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.

INTERNATIONAL: Women's Economic Empowerment My 2012 Priority - UN's Bachelet

With democracy protests still sweeping the Arab world and the global financial crisis continuing to bite, the push for women's economic empowerment and political participation is paramount, the head of the U.N. women's agency Michelle Bachelet says.

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