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13 MARCH Speaking at an International Women’s Day event on Friday, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bob Carr, congratulated four female Australia Awards scholarship recipients and heard first-hand how Australia is directly assisting women from overseas to access education opportunities.
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8 MARCH Today we celebrate International Women’s Day—a day that marks the achievements of women, as well as raising awareness of the issues women continue to face globally.
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8 MARCH Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bob Carr, announced today that Australia will provide up to $24 million over five years to prevent and respond to violence against women in Cambodia.
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8 MARCH The Australian Embassy in Kathmandu marked International Women’s Day by celebrating the achievements of women micro-entrepreneurs supported by the AusAID-funded Micro Enterprise Development Program.
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7 MARCH AusAID has recently become aware an allegation of fraud was made against International Relief and Development (IRD) operations in Afghanistan last year. The allegation relates to an activity implemented under an agreement with USAID, the US Government’s official overseas aid agency, not AusAID.
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5 MARCH Australian High Commissioner to Solomon Islands, Matt Anderson announced Australia will provide a further A$700,000 (SBD$5.2 million) to assist disaster affected areas in Temotu Province following the magnitude 8 earthquake and tsunami.