Women’s Rights
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France vows to fight violence against women after three killings in 24 hours
This article contains references to domestic violence. SBS News The French government on Tuesday promised to step up the fight…
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Cyprus: Turkish Occupation and Unpunished Crimes Against Women and Children
On December 16 and 17, Democracy Today, an NGO that focuses on human rights issues, organized its annual international conference in…
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How we can use the law to make the fashion industry fairer to women and the earth
Management had locked the doors. Authors The Conversation In the following years, women workers mobilised… How we can …
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Her Voice
A ground-breaking collection of personal stories from Greek women and their friends is published and available now. Her Voice, Greek…
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Preventing violence against women needs greater focus on perpetrators, Our Watch says
Violence against women is a problem of epidemic proportions in Australia, and one that is overwhelmingly perpetrated by men, Our…
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Spotty data and media bias delay justice for missing and murdered Indigenous people
There are estimates. In 2019, 8,162 Indigenous youth and 2,285 Indigenous adults were reported missing to the National Crime Information Center, or…
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How Athens became the unexpected hub for Afghan women
ATHENS — The women of Afghanistan’s deposed democracy have found a temporary home in an unlikely location: Athens. Nektaria Stamouli…
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Friday essay: invisible no more – putting the first women archaeologists of the Pacific back on the map
In our Pacific Matildas research project, we are recovering the hidden traces of the first female archaeologists in the Pacific. Authors…
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Royal commission told of ‘heartbreaking’ abuse faced by women with disability
The disability royal commission was told 90 per cent of women with intellectual disability have experienced sexual abuse. By disability…
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Family and domestic violence survivors are ‘being failed’
The Justice for Women in Rape Cases forum was hosted by the Geelong Women Unionists Network (GWUN) and March4Justice Geelong,…
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Shackling of Women in the Name of Mental Health
Global Movement to #BreakTheChains “I’ve lived in chains for many years. It’s very uncomfortable. I was shackled around the waist…
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‘Collective strength’: the LRA captive restoring dignity to survivors in Uganda
When Victoria Nyanjura was abducted from her Catholic boarding school in northern Uganda by members of the Lord’s Resistance Army, she prayed…
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A Hindu married a Muslim for love. Her parents called the police
A Sikh by birth, Bali converted to Islam to marry a Muslim man, Shahid Nazir Bhat. Sameer Yasir, Emily Schmall…
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Majority of women in Victoria’s prisons have not been found guilty
Ava often feared for her safety when they argued, but kept the police out of it. Megan Pearce The Age…
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MEPs condemn Poland’s near-total abortion ban
MEPs on Tuesday condemned Poland’s almost total ban on abortion and called on the European Union to step up its fight against…
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Friday essay: rethinking the myth of Daphne, a woman who chooses eternal silence over sexual assault
You can even find advice on how to look like a Greek goddess or heroine on your wedding day, with…
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