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Bashir Ahmad: The law must emphasise that forced marriages are unacceptable
The Scotsman - 4 Hours ago
THE BBC2 documentary Forced to Marry on Monday night would have been incredibly difficult for many to view and digest. The programme followed the UK government's Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) in a trip to
Bashir Ahmad : Scotland must not divorce itself from the harsh reality of forced The Scotsman
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Signs for breastfeeding
BCLocalNews.com - 90 Minutes ago
Nursing mothers will find it easier to feed their babies when away from home. Dietician Erin Harrison and Promising Babies coordinator Chris Koop are asking businesses to place a sign in their window
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Post-war rapes of German women confronted in new film
Yahoo! Canada - 3 Hours ago
What's this BERLIN (AFP) - One of the long-ignored chapters of World War II hits German screens with a harrowing account of the mass rapes of German women by Russian soldiers as the Nazi regime crumbled
Postwar rapes of German women confronted in new film AFP via Yahoo!
Faerberboeck tackles postwar rape of German women Arab Times
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Every Feminist's Nightmare
LewRockwell.com - 13 Hours ago
Rumor has it that when Professor Walter Block presented a lecture at Loyola College recently in which he argued that free-market competition diminishes rather than exacerbates the male/female 'wage gap'
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Conservatives wrong to call for protest against coalition government on day to end
Globe Investor - 12 Hours ago
OTTAWA, Dec. 3 /CNW Telbec/ - Women's groups are indignant that protests in support of the Harper government are being scheduled on December 6th, which is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on
IBP calls for nationwide protests against govâ??t ABS-CBN News
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MECs to march against women, child abuse
BuaNews - 16 Hours ago
Title: -------------------- eThekwini - Female MECs in KwaZulu-Natal are to join throngs of women from all parts of the province to participate in a march to display their discontentment with women and
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Jordan grants $1.4m for new businesses
MENAFN - 16 Hours ago
(MENAFN) Jordan's Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Suhair Al-Ali, announced that the ministry has signed an agreement with the French Development and Employment Fund (DEF) to extend
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Pain and Protest on the Day of the Butterflies: Violence Persists Against Women
IRC Americas Program - 17 Hours ago
A 1995 novel by writer Julia Alvarez retold the story of the three Mirabal sisters brutally assassinated by the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic in 1960. Decades later, the date of the
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Bombs greet efforts to promote women's rights
Globe and Mail - 18 Hours ago
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN -- The Canadian military has launched an initiative to promote women's rights in the deeply conservative Panjwai valley, provoking debate among tribal elders about the foreign influence
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Fortnight on Crime Against Women
E Pao - 18 Hours ago
Even as men and women are equal in the eyes of the law, there is vast difference between men and women in a male-dominated society. Under such a system which recognised male dominance over women as socially
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Marking the day against women abuse
Pretoria News - 19 Hours ago
The 25th November marks the start of another campaign to eliminate the violence against women and children which is so pervasive in our society. The Commission for Gender Equality says that one in every
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SSC Supports Project to Help for Afghan Women
Construction Equipment Guide - 23 Hours ago
SSC supports Project Artemis â?? a unique business-skills training program that aims to build the entrepreneurial skills of promising Afghan business women. Thirty women from Afghanistan have participated
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Women Victims of Torture And Rape in Picket in SA
AllAfrica.com - 6 Hours ago
As desperate Zimbabweans continue to fight a daily battle to survive, a group of young refugee women have taken their struggle against the Robert Mugabe regime to the streets of South Africa. The group
Women victims of torture and rape in Zim picket in South Africa SW Radio Africa
Women demand asylum for rape victims The Voice Online
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IEDs on highways greet rare shura for Afghan women in Panjwaii
Portage Daily Graphic - 5 Hours ago
Posted By Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press KANDAHAR, Afghanistan � In what was once a hotbed of Taliban activity, the burka-clad women filed slowly into a local community centre, eager for a
IEDs on highways greet rare shura for Afghan women in ... Metronews
IEDs on highways greet rare shura for Afghan women North Bay Nugget
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A Ugandan Lawyer's Passage From Skeptical Little Girl to 'Pleader for Women'
Washington Post - 12/2/2008
By the time she was 7, Miria Matembe was already aware of the unfairness women and girls endured in Uganda. Her father ran a small kiosk in Mbarara, a trading center in western Uganda, where he sold banana
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High Court Hears Sex Discrimination Case
CBS News - 12/2/2008
A Massachusetts girl's awful experience on a school bus is at the heart of a case argued in the Supreme Court Tuesday over limits on lawsuits about sex discrimination in education. The 5-year-old kindergarten
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With Decrease in Violence in Baghdad, Iraqi Women Slowly Go Back to Driving Cars
Washington Post - 12/2/2008
BAGHDAD -- The black-masked militias have vanished from most Baghdad streets, and the car bombings are down to one or two a day. So one recent afternoon, Hadeel Ahmed, a ponytailed college student in
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Nesrine Malik: Women in anguish over forced marriage
Guardian Unlimited - 12/2/2008
Yesterday's BBC2 documentary, Forced to Marry did not make for easy viewing. Saira Khan spent time with the Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) at the British High Commission in Islamabad and followed their efforts
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Abortion Causes Mental Ill Health In Women
Scoop - 7 Hours ago
A new study conducted by the Otago University reveals that women having an abortion have a 30% risk of developing mental ill health, higher than other women who chose life for their baby. The study was
How the mentally ill can protect their health HeraldNet
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College women more likely to be drugged, raped
Webindia123 - 14 Hours ago
College women are more likely to be drugged and raped if they fail to recognise certain risky behaviours like leaving drinks unattended. The statistics for sexual assault are unsettling. One in five college
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350 women in Afghan prisons, many for 'moral crimes:' UN
E-Ariana - 15 Hours ago
By KABUL - Afghanistan has some 12,500 prisoners, including 350 women, many of whom are being detained for 'moral crimes' such as running away from home, the United Nations said on Monday. 'In 2001 in
Half of Afghan prisoners have not faced trial: UN PakTribune.com
Half of jailed Afghan women are in prison for 'moral crimes' UN says Telegraph
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Gov't rallies 'drown out' victims of violence against women
Canadian Business Magazine - 16 Hours ago
OTTAWA, Dec. 3 /CNW Telbec/ - 'As the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women approaches, Stephen Harper has reason to hang his head in shame at his government's abysmal track
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Malaysia Reviewing Domestic Violence Act 1994, Says Ng
Smart News Network - 17 Hours ago
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3 (Bernama) -- Malaysia is currently reviewing its Domestic Violence Act 1994 with the aim of expanding the scope of domestic violence definition and extending the duration of interim
Domestic Violence Act, a messiah to most women - Ngwenya News Net
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Papua New Guinea NGOâ??s sceptical on new timber legality scheme
Greenpeace International - 23 Hours ago
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea â?? A timber legality scheme announced today by Rimbunan Hijau (RH) and the Papua New Guinea Forest Industries Association (PNGFIA) was met with scepticism by Greenpeace
Somare Touts Papua New Guinea's Natural Resources Pacific Islands Report
NGOs in PNG Skeptical Of New Timber Legality Scheme Pacific Magazine
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Abortion and mental health
Sunday Journal - 12/3/2008
'Women who have an abortion are 30 per cent more likely to develop a mental illness', reported the The Sunday Telegraph. It warns that, based on a recent study, women who have an abortion are also three
Abortion Increases Womens Mental Health Problems: New Study Catholic Exchange
Abortion and mental health "Women who have an abortion are 30 per cent more likely Fleetwood WeeklyNews
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