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Russia: Protestor shows support for feminist punk band facing 7-years in...
July 13, 2012RTA 22-year old woman spent almost an hour on a cross outside a central St. Petersburg church in protest against the prosecution of Pussy Riot, the punk band being tried over an anti-Putin...
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USA: Nuns Weigh Response to Scathing Vatican Rebuke
July 28, 2012New York TimesAmerican nuns are preparing to assemble in St.
View ArticleRussia: Young women in Chechnya
April 30, 2012BostonPhotojournalist Diana Markosian spent the last year and half covering Russia's volatile North Caucasus region.
View ArticlePoland: Polish bishops fight pro-women text
July 13, 2012The TabletPoland's Bishops' Conference has denounced a Council of Europe convention aimed at prohibiting violence against women and urged the country's liberal government not to sign...
View ArticleTurkey: Vendetta Song
July 13, 2012AljazeeraA young Turkish woman, now resident in Canada, travels to Turkey in an attempt to unravel the story behind her aunt Guzide's murder, some 30 years earlier in a remote Kurdish...
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Facebook attempts to shut down the voice of The Uprising of Women in the Arab...
November 7, 2012The Uprising of Women in the Arab WorldOn the morning of November 7, 2012, the 5 admins of The Uprising of Women in the Arab World log into Facebook, to find out that one’s account has...
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موقع التواصل الاجتماعي "فايسبوك"يحاول إخماد صوت انتفاضة المرأة في العالم العربي
November 7, 2012The Uprising of Women in the Arab World
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Facebook tente de faire taire la voix du soulèvement des femmes dans le monde...
November 7, 2012The Uprising of Women in the Arab World7 Novembre, 2012 - Le matin du 7 Novembre 2012, les 5 admins de la page “The Uprising of Women in the Arab World” se connectent à Facebook pour...
View ArticleHonour the Dissenters
October 16, 2012Secularism is a Women's Issue (SIAWI) / Free Thought BlogsIn the past few weeks, in several countries, groups of citizens have openly taken a stand against Muslim fundamentalists,...
View ArticleHonneur Aux Dissidents
October 16, 2012Secularism is a Women's Issue (SIAWI)Au cours de ces dernières semaines, et dans plusieurs pays, des groupes de citoyens ont ouvertement pris position contre les fondamentalistes...
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UK: Forced marriage phone app launched to help youngsters
December 18, 2012BBC NewsA new smartphone app to help young people who may be at risk of being forced into marriage has been launched by a London charity.It has been designed by the Metropolitan Police...
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Ireland: Inquiry Into Savita Halappanavar's Death Already Tainted
November 25, 2012RH Reality CheckAlready, there are suggestions of tampering, given revelations that hospital records have been edited to delete her multiple requests for an abortion.
View Article"Traditional Values" vs Human Rights at the UN
February 18, 2013OpenDemocracyA dangerous process is taking place in the UN system that threatens the universality of human rights by seeking to make them contingent on subjective ‘traditional values’...
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UN Women: culture must not block progress on stopping gender violence
March 4, 2013The GuardianCommission on Status of Women opens in New York, but Iran, Russia and Vatican thought to be lobbying against key proposals.Culture and religion must not be allowed to block...
View ArticleAct Now to Oppose Russian Resolution on Traditional Values: Universality of...
September 6, 2012ARC-InternationalAt the current session of the UN Human Rights Council, Russia has tabled a resolution seeking to promote “traditional values” as a basis for human rights. Numerous UN...
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