Showing posts with label human rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label human rights. Show all posts

Friday, November 7, 2014

SMITHFIELD FOODS CONTINUES "SUSTAINABILITY STORIES" WEB SERIES WITH A LOOK AT ANIMAL CARE

Latest Installment Features a Young Leader in Animal Welfare

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 7 (Bernama) -- At 30 years old, Ashley DeDecker, PhD., already has received accolades for her efforts to improve animal care and welfare in the pork industry. Her work, representing one of Smithfield Foods' key sustainability commitments, is featured in the latest installment of multi-media "sustainability stories" on SmithfieldCommitments.com.

For full text: http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=23323

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

MOROCCO SYMPOSIUM TACKLES ISSUE OF STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION ASSOCIATED WITH LEPROSY

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 4 (Bernama) -- A recent symposium in Morocco on leprosy and human rights was an opportunity for Naima Azzouzi to speak publicly for the first time about the disease she was diagnosed with at the age of 9. Azzouzi is the president of an association of people affected by leprosy in Morocco formed earlier this year to fight the stigma and discrimination that she and others like her face. 

For full text: http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=23314