Women’s Rights
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Irish prime minister to make formal apology over deaths of 9,000 children at Catholic-run care homes
The report, which covered 18 so-called Mother and Baby Homes where young pregnant women were hidden from society for decades,…
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South Korean court orders Japan to compensate 12 Korean sex slaves from WWII
The landmark ruling is set to rekindle animosities between the Asian neighbours — Japan immediately protested, maintaining that all wartime…
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Saudi activist who campaigned for women’s right to drive to be released from prison within months
A Saudi court has handed prominent activist Loujain al-Hathloul a prison term of five years and eight months for terrorism-related…
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Saudi activist who campaigned for women’s right to drive sentenced to nearly six years in prison
A Saudi court sentenced prominent women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul to nearly six years in prison, her family said, after…
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Fear of child removal preventing Indigenous women from reporting family violence
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are not reporting family violence for fear of having children removed, according to new…
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COVID-19 could drag millions back into poverty and roll back women’s rights. But it doesn’t have to be this way
But in reality, hard times are hardest for those who were disadvantaged to begin with. Peter Walton The Canberra Times…
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‘Intimate terrorism’: why the murders of Hannah, Aaliyah, Laianah and Trey must spark change
The crime shocked the country, and strengthened calls to criminalise coercive control. Madonna King The Age “Lou, I think he’s…
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Calls for countries like Australia to boycott Saudi Arabia’s G20 summit over the jailing of female political prisoners
The G20 summit will be held virtually due to COVID-19, but Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will have the…
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Poland abortion ruling sparks ‘women’s strike’
Crowds have protested in several cities for the seventh-day running against the decision that outlawed terminations on the grounds of…
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India’s caste system is under scrutiny after the mysterious cremation of an alleged rape victim
It had been two weeks since a 19-year-old woman had been allegedly raped and assaulted by four men from her…
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Indian police accused of cremating alleged rape victim against family wishes and religious custom
This article contains references to rape and sexual assault. SBS News Indian police were accused Wednesday of cremating the body…
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Vale Susan Ryan, pioneer Labor feminist who showed big, difficult policy changes can, and should, be made
In 1983, new Prime Minister Bob Hawke appointed Ryan Minister for Education and Youth Affairs and Minister Assisting the Prime…
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Susan Ryan, former minister, age discrimination commissioner, dies aged 77
Ms Ryan served as a minister in Bob Hawke’s Labor government, holding titles including special minister of state, minister for…
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‘If you call 000 … I will send you back to your country’: how COVID-19 has trapped temporary visa holders
It was also feared that, at the same time, conditions would prevent women from coming forward. Authors The Conversation We…
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Beenham Valley Road
Six years on, the wheels of justice are finally starting to turn. Mayeta Clark Australian Story It was code 2:…
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The teen activists who have stopped hundreds of child marriages in Bangladesh
When Dola Akter Reba was only 12, ‘matchmakers’ in the neighbourhood came knocking on her mother’s door, believing the young…
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