Women’s Rights
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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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US Supreme Court to hear major abortion case with ramifications for Roe vs Wade
The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case with massive implications for the country’s abortion laws, setting up…
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We are failing women if a man still has the right to rape his wife
We must speak out, writes Johanna Higgs. ΙΑ I WAS on Rarotonga, the biggest of all of the Cook Islands — a…
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‘See What You Made Me Do’ is must-watch TV. Here’s what needs to happen now to address domestic abuse
ANALYSIS: As SBS airs See What You Made Me Do, a landmark documentary series about domestic abuse, two experts explain…
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Afghans fear women and minorities could lose hard-won rights after foreign troop withdrawal
Her gender and disability have made attaining her goals a constant and sometimes life-threatening struggle. Tracey Shelton and Omid Sobhani…
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The UN’s “My Body is My Own” study looked at women’s bodily autonomy around the world.
The authors of the report by the United Nations Population Fund addressed for the first time women’s bodily autonomy. AFP…
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Report due on ‘failings’ for fatal family
NSW Coroner Teresa O’Sullivan is due to release her findings and recommendations on Wednesday into the deaths of Jack and…
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Three women in Istanbul
I am quite certain that I never will. Nicholas Karides It is a city that conjures two key references for…
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‘We tried it the other way’: Morrison and ministers push Liberals to adopt quotas
Separately, a hunt is on for Coalition staff involved in sharing videos of lewd acts performed in Parliament House and…
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We know what it takes to raise men who don’t rape, so why don’t we act on it?
Most contemporary men, and most teenage boys thankfully, are caring and ethical. Steve Biddulph The Age They like and value…
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‘We have a simple solution’: Lawyer for locked up Dubai princess Sheikha Latifa pushes for her release
The lawyer for a daughter of Dubai’s ruler has urged the Gulf emirate to release the young woman from almost…
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Anniversary of the National Apology to the Stolen Generations
Our thoughts are with the Stolen Generations, the men and women in our program and everyone affected by the past…
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‘They thought I was so low’: Women say they were harassed, bullied, ignored at powerful water agency
But she said that dream shattered one day on a van ride with a group of co-workers — all men…
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