In Oman,women have made gains in areas of higher education, the work force and politics.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

In many parts of the world we've seen that if governments introduce social protection programs, measures for example which give family benefits to families with children, particularly poorer families, this can have an important impact in enabling people to keep their children in school and out of the work force."

VOA: special.2010.05.17

Vanani says that nearly 50 percent of the work force has been laid off.

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

The president will waste no time in Japan, getting to work almost immediately after Air Force One touches down at a Tokyo airport.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

Others claim union officials have used violence and other intimidation tactics to force them back to work.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

O'Hanlon says even though the aim of modern day terrorists is to force a change in policy, so far,the tactics do not work.

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

Fortier says that might force Democratic congressional leaders to pull back a bit on their reform plans when they come back to work next month.

VOA: standard.2009.08.12

That they defended themselves well is considered a victory, but NATO and Afghan police officials say there is still a lot of work to do before Afghanistan has a police force it can depend on.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16