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“women's rights”
April 10, 2015
Women’s rights: A daunting task for the Afghans
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Women’s rights
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Shadi Khan Saif
Amnesty International report has blamed both the Afghan government and the international community for turning their back on the women rights activists.
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April 08, 2015
Defenders of womens rights in Afghanistan need better protection
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Vanessa Ellingham
Womens rights defenders in Afghanistan have made significant gains in the last 14 years, but as American troops continue to be withdrawn, the [...]
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March 08, 2015
Culture is no excuse for abuse
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Crowd Funding, Donation, Project
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Deniz Zehra Tavli
Honor Diaries features nine courageous women’s rights advocates who have witnessed firsthand the hardships women endure. By engaging in a dialogue about gender [...]
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March 03, 2015
A girl can do anything, if she won't get raped
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Murat Suner
Jyoti Singh had just completed her medical exams to become a doctor. Speaking excellent English, she spent nights working in a call centre from 8pm [...]
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February 17, 2015
The length of your skirt
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Murat Suner
Özgecan Aslan, a 20 year old psychology Turkish student from Mersin was kidnapped on Wednesday on her way home. The driver of the minibus [...]
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November 12, 2014
Film: Abortion Advocacy at Sea
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Vanessa Ellingham
A new documentary tells the story of Women on Waves, an abortion advocacy group which operates at sea. Dutch gynecologist Rebecca Gomperts started the project [...]
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September 13, 2014
The Rooms of Horror in Badush Prison
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Murat Suner
Pakhshan Zangana, Head of High Council of Women Affairs of the Kurdish Regional Government, reports that about 700 Kurdish Yazidi women have been kidnapped by [...]
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September 12, 2014
Peruvian women stripped of their maternity
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Pablo Pérez Álvarez
Laura Mancheca, a 21 years old quechua indigenous from Peruvian Piura region, close to Ecuador frontier, was visited up to three times by nurses in [...]
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August 11, 2014
Ending domestic violence in Europe
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Vanessa Ellingham
While news of wars raging far and wide have largely held the world's attention this month, a groundbreaking treaty to combat domestic violence came into force in Europe on [...]
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March 18, 2014
Press Review: Nutrition advocates push for big changes in 2014 & Iraq to vote on bill detrimental to women's rights
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Rebecca Silus
Scaling Up Nutrition (Sun) is spearheading the movement by enlisting 45 countries to participate in its movement, which combines a multi-sectoral [...]
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February 25, 2014
Press Review: Woman convicted of "indecent acts" after rape in Sudan & Women in poorest nations not benefitting from strides in health care and education
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Rebecca Silus
Her arrest followed the release of a video showing the rape, which prosecutors used to prove she participated in “indecent acts.” In addition to [...]
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December 19, 2013
After the Occupation: Afghani Women
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Jonathan Lutes
Four years ago, The Law on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW) was passed that, among other things, made violence against women a crime. But [...]
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September 12, 2013
SAVING FACE piling up nominations
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anko
After years of abuse, 39-year old Zakia asked her husband for a divorce. His response was that he would make a spectacle out of her, and he threw a can of undiluted [...]
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June 12, 2013
Saving Face: The story of two acid-attack survivors
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anko
SAVING FACE tells the stories of two acid-attack survivors: Zakia and Rukhsana, their arduous attempts to bring their assailants to justice, and the [...]
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June 08, 2013
Too Young To Wed: The Secret World of Child Brides
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Jack Bicker
"During sex I was crying and begging him to stop, but he didn't listen. He put his hand over my mouth, I couldn't breathe and I was crying, but he used [...]
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May 06, 2013
MIDDLE-EAST NEWS ROUNDUP: Google & Palestine, Israel & Syria, Women's Sport in Saudi Arabia
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Sara Jabril
Google Recognises Palestine: If the twenty-first century truly is the century of the internet, it is no wonder that the recognition of Palestine by [...]
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