U.N. body agrees on women's rights policy, skirting sexual politics

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U.N. body agrees on women's rights policy, skirting sexual politics

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-n-body-agrees-womens-rights-policy-skirting-022552457.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/l696TlvcSIIXSaxFIZd7Kw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-16T022552Z_1_CBRE92F06R900_RTROPTP_2_NIGERIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women Michelle Bachelet of Chile dances with women upon her arrival at Ushafa pottery village in Abuja" align="left" title="Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women Michelle Bachelet of Chile dances with women upon her arrival at Ushafa pottery village in Abuja" border="0" /></a>By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. policy-making body agreed upon a declaration Friday urging an end to violence against women and girls despite concerns from conservative Muslim countries and the Vatican about references to women's sexual and reproductive rights. Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Libya, Nigeria and Sudan, along with Honduras and the Vatican, expressed reservations about the declaration of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, but did not block adoption of the 18-page text. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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