European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 b the stars and stripes monday july 29, 1991number of 3rd world women in poverty rises Washington a the number of Rural women living in poverty in developing countries around the world has increased 50 percent Over the past 20 years according to a report by a . Agency released sunday of the 930 million people living in poverty in the developing world 550 million Are women said Idriss Jazaery president of the United nations International fund for agricultural development based in Rome. Of the 550 million impoverished women 363 million live in Asia 130 million live in Africa 43 million live in latin America and the Caribbean and 18 million live in the near East and North Africa. The fad said the increase in poverty for women has come despite the economic gains made by Many developing nations Over the past 20 years because poor Rural women Are among the most vulnerable groups in the world. A the problem with these Rural women is basically that they re invisible a Jazaery said. A they have a key role As an agricultural producer in their own right not just As an agricultural but traditional Aid programs Jazaery said have often ignored the role of Rural women in developing countries. He cited programs that provide animal traction for cultivation and transport traditionally work for men while women continue to cultivate their Fields with hand hoes and carry their produce on their Heads. Jazaery said programs should instead give Rural women the same Access to credit agricultural Extension programs agricultural inputs and transportation facilities to Market their produce. A these women Are caught in a Down Ward spiral of poverty a Jazaery said. A poverty is forcing them to work Ever harder to provide for their families but they just keep getting poorer because of forces outside their fad said the majority of poor Rural women Are Farmers who spend 14 to 17 hours a Day working in the Fields and caring for their families. A Survey of 114 developing countries found that 67 percent of their agricultural labor Force was made up of arrests in Wichita reach 1,050 Bork predicts rough Senate Battle before Thomas makes High court Lisa Tolle a worker at Wichita family planning inc., peeks through a window As police arrest demonstrator Boston mayor plans to seek a third term Boston apr mayor Raymond Flynn who has gained National prominence As a spokesman on Urban problems announced saturday that he would seek a third term in City Hall. A the Best social program that i have Ever seen is a Job a the democratic mayor told about 300 people during a festival in a working class neighbourhood. As president of the . Conference of mayors Flynn has been mentioned As a possible candidate for National office but has not commented on that speculation. Flynn said he recently met with 21 . Senators who asked him How to fight drugs and crime. His answer was through education and jobs. A if you want to see an end to the violence the end to the crime then give Young people an Opportunity instead of drugs and despair Quot he said. Flynn mayor since 1983, is expected to have Little trouble in his re election bid this fall. Others who have announced their candidacies Are a the Rev. Gravlun Eilis Hulger a Community activist. A Boston teachers Union president Edward Doherty. A Dorchester resident Wilner Borgella. Wichita Kan. Apr police made another 250 arrests of anti abortion protesters saturday bringing the total number of arrests to More than 1,050 in a 12-Day-old demonstration. Demonstrators were arrested outside two of the three health clinics besieged by operation Rescue a National anti abortion group. Police said Many of the same protesters have been arrested again and again. Those arrested were issued notices to appear to answer charges of loitering a City ordinance violation. In Boston another 75 operation Rescue members were arrested saturday outside a health clinic where several chained themselves together with bicycle locks. They Are charged with violating a statewide court order against obstructing entries to clinics that perform abortions. In Wichita today 100 . Marshals and other Federal officers were to Start helping enforce a Federal court order barring the anti abortion protests Wichita police department and Federal courthouse sources told the associated press. Dennis Amico supervisor of the . Marshals office in Wichita would not comment. A a Pat Mahoney a fort Lauderdale fla., radio Host and operation Rescue Leader left Wichita for Washington in Hopes of talking Federal officials out of bringing in agents. Mahoney was released from custody Friday after being jailed for contempt of court for defying a temporary injunction that . District judge Patrick Kelly issued barring protesters from blocking Access to the women a clinics. Randall Terry of Binghamton n.y., operation rescues founder remained in jail by the los Angeles times Long Beach Calif. A Robert Bork the conservative . Supreme court nominee rejected by the Senate in 1987, predicted saturday that nominee Clarence Thomas would face similar unfriendly treatment by Senate liberals but ultimately would be confirmed. A the nomination process has become a bloody Crossroads where Law and politics clash a Bork said. A a. Clarence Thomas is the current Battlefield. The keynote speaker at the National conservative forum meeting in Long Beach Bork told the crowd of about 2,000 that it a must make sure Thomas is confirmed adding that Thomas could provide the fifth vote on the court necessary to overturn Roe is. Wade the supreme court decision that affirmed abortion rights. A the has to be confirmed a Bork said. Then there May be five votes or More to overrule Roc is. Wade which ought to be done no matter what ones views on abortion Bork also lauded Thomas who is Black for his opposition to affirmative action programs. A judge Thomas views Are entirely appropriate for a supreme court Justice a Bork said. Bork a former Federal court judge got two standing ovations from the nearly Allwhite crowd As he lampooned Liberal politicians and Law school professors. A today More than Ever before the Law is viewed both As a political prize and As a political weapon a Bork said. A my own episode is not important in and of itself but it does illustrate the struggle and Mark the turning Point in the explicitness with which politics comes into judicial Bork resigned from the Bench in 1988 and has since written a Book. Man held in deaths of parents Brothers St. Louis apr a 26-year-old Man whose parents and two younger Brothers were found slain Friday was arrested on a murder warrant at his California Home saturday officials said. Emory futo or. Was arrested at his Home in Rubidoux Calif., about 50 Miles East of los Angeles said Mary Tighe of the Riverside county sheriffs department. She said the warrant was issued in St. Louis. Neighbors said futo had been expected to visit his family a Home in St Louis late last week. Futo was seen Friday working at his Job in a brewery in Riverside police said. The bodies of Emory futo 53, and Euna futo 50, were found late Friday in their ransacked Home where police recovered at least two knives. Their son Joseph 23, was found in a car parked two blocks away and son Nick 24, was found on a nearby cemetery Road police said. The sons had been shot to death and the couple had been stabbed and Post blk shot in what appeared to be a struggle said capt. Robert Bauman St. Louis police homicide division commander. The four appeared to have been killed late thursday or Early Friday. No sign of forced entry was found at the Home Bauman said
