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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Today we have a test for you -- a vocabulary quiz. The words are all related to agriculture. We start with two questions about terms for plants. Ready? First question: What do we call a plant that l
Forced marriage, honor killing and female genital mutilation are just a few of the human rights abuses directed against women solely because of their gender. In the United States, a number of organizations are trying to help women who are trying to f
Ditto is one of the latest high-tech companies to set up shop in San Francisco, California. The company has designed an interactive platform using high tech facial recognition software where you can check your appearance when trying out spectacle fra
a female pharmacist A man asked a female pharmacist,Do you have Viagra? Yes, she answered. Does it work? he asked. Yes, she answered. Can I get it over the counter? he asked. You can if you take two at a time, she answered. Notes: 1. A man aske
Todays topic is the use of feminine nouns such as actress and comedienne. These days, people often see such terms as sexist, but it's also common to hear at least some of them. So what exactly are the modern rules for using such terms? Actually, this
By Nico Colombant Thies, Senegal 16 November 2007 In the largely Muslim West African nation of Senegal, women have been excluded from joining the army as foot soldiers. But that will change next year, as VOA's Nico Colombant reports from a recruitmen
By Cathy Majtenyi An international conference to press for the eradication of female genital mutilation in Africa and around the world opened in Kenya Thursday.
AS IT IS 2016-02-13 UN: More Female Genital Mutilation Than Thought Millions more girls and women are victims of female genital mutilation than previously thought, said the United Nations (UN). UNICEF is the UN childrens agency. They said in a report
Last week, Rwanda became the first nation to elect a majority of women to its legislative assembly. It has been a long road since the 1994 genocide, when many women were raped or widowed. Some in the country hope that having more mothers in parliame
Homeless Female Vets Get Unique Final Salute Ozora Cassanova could never have imagined becoming homeless a year ago. I was a full-time student, she says. I had a part-time job. I had my military job and I was a wife. Life changed for the National Gua
Female Olympians Get Motivated for 2016 Games Ije Enwerem has been throwing the discus for four years. She's thought to be a contender for the next summer Olympics, in Rio, four years from now. Being female, she says, has made her work harder. No-one
USAID Boosts Female Entrepreneurs in Pakistan An accomplished embroiderer with no formal education, Jamila struggled for years to augment her husbands income by doing stitching and beadwork in a poor Karachi district. Thanks to USAID-funded business
Some AIDS workers in Liberia say the way to stem the country's HIV rate is to urge women to wear female condoms. But others argue the female condom is impractical, and broader HIV/AIDS education is needed. As a health worker at an HIV/AIDS clinic in
By Carolyn Weaver New York City 18 November 2009 A new film focuses on the fight by African activists against an ancient practice that is still performed each year on millions of girls: female circumcision, often known as FGM, or female genital muti
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Reboots are all over television right now from Roseanne to Will And Grace. But updating a show that's aimed at children and teenagers often means reworking the friendship between female characters. NPR's Neda Ulaby has more. NEDA U
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: By and large, women have had a rough time of it in mystery novels, mostly appearing as beautiful corpses, appendages to the detectives and cops and lawyers saving the day. But writers like Megan Abbott write female characte
ECONOMICS REPORT - Up to 1.6 Million Female Employees Could Be Included in Sex-Discrimination Case Against Wal-Mart By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Friday, July 02, 2004 This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Sp
DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Study Links Custom of Female Cutting to Infertility By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, August 29, 2005 I'm Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Development Report. New research s
By Greg Flakus Houston 02 August 2007 In October, NASA, the U.S. Space Agency, plans major additions to the International Space Station (ISS) in two separate missions, both of which will be under the command of female astronauts. The two women who wi
By Naomi Schwarz and Kari Barber Dakar 19 December 2007 The west African nation of Senegal is one of the continent's most sports-minded countries. Many athletes join informal football teams, play basketball, lift weights and go running. The vast majo