Theres an army of women ready to support the, and theyre all over the world. That kind of confidence comes from knowing that they exist. But what we found when we did a study in 2013 is that women are sadly left behind in terms of internet access. In our report women in the web which we did with your assist and you with women in polls, we identified how large this gap is. Unfortunately, in Subsaharan Africa is the largest gap that we identified. These women and girls are being left behind for a variety of reasons that been mentioned today. We found that when they have access to the internet have access to education, the information that can help them with health care, job creation, Society Development and disempowerment that comes to meeting others that are like you. And so we know that by closing that gap we can make a tremendous impact. We have been committed to a goal of reducing the gap in Subsaharan Africa by 50 in the next five years, and we have numerous, tremendous partners tha
On the upper right side of the page. New York University professor Marion Nestle sat down with booktv to talk about her book, food politics, about the power and influence of the Food Industry in the u. S. This 30minute interview, recorded in new york city, as part of booktvs college series. The book is called food politics how the Food Industry influences nutrition and health. The author, marian nestle, who is a professor of Public Health at new York University. Professor nestle, how big is the u. S. Food industry . Guest oh, its more than a trillion dollars a year. Its enormous. It employs a vast percentage of the nations people. Everybody eats every day. It couldnt be more important. Host in your book you compare it to the tobacco industry. Guest only in certain ways. Food is very different from tobacco. Tobacco is really simple one product, really bad for health, clearly responsible for a terrible form of cancer and deaths, and theres one message, dont smoke. Food is much more compl
Palestinians have died. Any indications of deal can be met . There are three options. Complete wreck down in the talks that can lead to a resumption of hostilities. That is a scenario that israel is prepared for. Israeli premier was speaking alongside his defense minister fire had come from gaza the response would be forceful. The implements of hamas would be heart of the delegation. Israel should prepare for a war of attrition. Should their demands not be met. Calm is met with this and allows both parties to keep talking. It would be for both of them to reach a full agreement through egypts mediation which would and theend to the war complete satisfaction of the palestinian and the israelis. That does not seem likely at this point. Is there any room for compromise on these issues . The very latest rumors we are , what is going on behind closed doors is kept under tight lock. Bites from hamas they were aying the war is behind us and what we will have is extension. Obstacles have been o
Welcome to the program. The situation for some 18,000 people trapped by fighting right now in a Palestinian Refugee camp has been described by the u. N. As beyond inhumane. They have seized most of the camp from Syrian Government troops and residents have been going without food, water, and medicine for weeks now. The organizations say conditions in the camp are deteriorating dramatically. Pescape routes have been blocked and many of the buildings have been reduced to rubble. Clashes are continuing in the camp, which has been home to displaced Palestinian Refugees since 1948. Brine Islamic State has been very active as well in neighboring iraq. And it conquered to create their last summer, we received reports of a bloodbath of hundreds of young cadets into greek. With that city back in our Iraqi Government hands, evidence is emerging that is said to confirm those earlier reports. Uncovering the remains of what may be as many as 1700 iraqi recruits, many just in their teens. The executi
Details on senator ted cruz and his decision to run for president in 2016. And hans nichols is in berlin as the greek Prime Minister meets with the german chancellor. First lets hit you to the top stories we are following at this hour. Shares of previously owned homes came up short for the second month in a row. They were again below and annual sales rate of 5 million homes will stop the Real Estate Industry is struggling because of higher prices and a lack of inventory. We heard from the Federal Reserve ice chairman, stanley fischer, speaking in new york. He said raising Interest Rates from near zero will likely be warranted before the end of the year and subsequent increases probably wont be uniform or predictable. The Interest Rate is expected to lift off before the end of this year as the normalization of Monetary Policy gets underway. The extra gary Monetary Policy accommodation the fed has undertaken in response to the crisis has contributed importantly to the economic recovery.