They also use the day to call attention to some of the major social, political and economic crises affecting women and girls.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

They say new policies are needed to deal with these long-term crises.

VOA: special.2010.10.18

"With more stable infrastructure, once it's rebuilt, with a more robust health system, there's an opportunity to not only deal with the immediate tragedy of the earthquake, but hopefully, some of the longer-term crises that Haitians have experienced day in and day out."

VOA: special.2010.02.01

"How do you make sure you are designing a system where you are going to constrain risk taking, you can prevent crises from spreading,and -- if a major institution managed itself to the edge of the abyss -- that we are able to put them out of their misery."

VOA: special.2010.04.16

It has been 3.5 years since the bombing of the mosque triggered one of the worst displacement crises in recent times.

VOA: standard.2009.09.20

While the crises in these three countries are relatively well known, there are a number of countries that remain largely forgotten.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

The conference, also known as GCARD, follows the twin crises of soaring food prices in poor countries and the global recession.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

The report finds the combined food and economic crises have pushed the number of hungry people worldwide to historic levels.

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

" Any of the crises we have seen since the second World War, you have not had this level of international cooperation."

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

Despite the crises the country faced, Atul Khare,the U.N.special representative for East Timor, is optimistic about its future.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

A security analyst in Lagos,Patrick Keku, says the government has not paid enough attention to security issues, despite the country's numerous crises.

VOA: standard.2009.07.30

These crises are most acutely felt in the 28 countries that figure in the Humanitarian Action Report.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

He is encouraging banks to adopt new rules to limit payments to top executives in future crises.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

"And as so often in major crises, the top man has to take that responsibility and walk."

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

Sinclair-Thompson says the travel industry and governments gained experience in dealing with health crises in 2003, when Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome hit the region.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

The announcement appears to indicate that Pakistan's powerful military, which has intervened in political crises before, is backing the government in the current standoff.

VOA: standard.2009.03.14

World Health Organization Director-General,Margaret Chan, says the world is facing multiple crises, on multiple fronts.

VOA: standard.2009.05.18

The Kremlin leader says Russian security is threatened by NATO expansion,local crises, and international terrorism.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20