Benghazi women’s rights activist Salwa Bugaighis murdered

TO SALWA  - WOMAN WHO HAS CARRIED A TORCH My life as a woman, belongs to the whole community. And as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatsoever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die. For, the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no "brief candle" to me.  It is a sort of splendid torch which I have for the moment. I want to make...

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#NoIraqWar

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Jane Goodall

This video highlights Dr. Goodall's life and impact for people, animals and the environment. From her ground-breaking research with the chimpanzees of Gombe, to her world wide efforts to promote conservation this video highlights the power of how every individual can make a difference. Dame Jane Morris Goodall, ; born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall on 3 April 1934) is a British primatologist, ethologist,...

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Equity or Equality ?

Equity or equality is a current debate among women’s groups  from around the world as they link up and prepare  for the great UN debates and decisions that are taking place with regard to Sustainable Development Goals,  the Post 2015 Development Agenda as well as the forthcoming celebration of Beijing plus 20 in 2015. Through the emails that are circulated on the subject, one can see the...

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Sudan - Woman Condemned to Death for "Apostasy," Released after International Pressure

Meriam Ibrahim was released from Omdurman Woman’s Prison today after an appeal court found her not guilty of the charges of 'apostasy' and 'adultery'. © AFP/Getty Images 23 June 2014 - “Today’s ruling is a small step to redressing the injustice done to Meriam. However, she should never have been prosecuted. Meriam was sentenced to death when eight months pregnant for something which...

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International Campaign to End Gender Discrimination in Nationality Laws

Twenty-seven countries worldwide continue to discriminate against women in their ability to confer their nationality on their children on an equal basis with men. Gender discrimination in nationality laws contravenes Article 9(2) of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and can lead to statelessness when fathers are stateless or also...

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Nigeria - Eight Pregnant Girls/Women Rescued From "Baby Factory"

Eight pregnant ladies including teenage girls have been rescued by the Ogun State police command at an alleged baby making factory located at number 9 Sebanjo Crescent, off Fabolude Busstop, Akute area of Ifo local government of Ogun State. The police also arrested a middle aged man and a 26 year old woman running the factory. While parading the suspects at the Ajuwon Divisional Police Headquarters,...

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Forbidden Voices: How to Start a Revolution with a Computer

CYBERFEMINISTS TAKE RISKS IN CONNECTIONS & ACTIVISM - FILM - CUBA, CHINA, IRAN Forbidden Voices: How to Start a Revolution with a Computer, A film by Barbara Miller, Switzerland, 2012, 96 minutes, Color, DVD, Subtitled Their voices are suppressed, prohibited and censored. But world-famous bloggers Yoani Sánchez, Zeng Jinyan and Farnaz Seifi are unafraid of their dictatorial regimes. These fearless...

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Help Zeynab Jalalian Receive Proper Medical Attention

Zeynab Jalalian, a 30 year old Kurdish activist who has been convicted and sentenced to death by an Islamic Revolutionary Court in Iran for allegedly being a member of the Kurdish political party. Her trial only lasted a few minutes. Based on her membership of a Kurdish political party, she was accused of Fighting against God and was given the death penalty.  After a long period of follow-ups with...

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UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN CALLS FOR STRONGER LAWS TO FIGHT VAW WORLDWIDE

GENEVA (16 June 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Rashida Manjoo, warned that persisting and new challenges still obstruct efforts to promote and protect women’s rights and gender equality, and called for the adoption of different norms and measures to fight violence against women around the world. In her latest report* to the...

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Afghan Women’s Six Point Petition to the Front-Runners of the 2014 Presidential Election

We, of the 117 women-led organizations that work for women’s promotion and empowerment and more than 3000 Individual members of Afghan Women’s Network working in all 34 provinces, call on you, the finalists of the Presidential election, to endorse AWN’s Six Point Petition. The petition outlines a plan for a just Afghanistan wherein women and men enjoy equal rights and protection under the law.We recommend...

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Can Mothers Stop Terrorism?

Social scientist and activist Dr Edit Schlaffer affirms so. She tells Nona Walia why mothers have the power to stop radicalisation of their children, and make this world a peaceful place. Recent reports suggest that the Boston Marathon bombers' mother, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, had a fair knowledge about her children's radical ideas, though she may not have known about the act of terror. The question is...

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Free Mahnaz Mohammadi

Mahnaz Mohammadi, Iranian women's rights activist and filmmaker arrested in notorious Evin prison (Via Anna Julia Müller-Funk) On Saturday, June 7, 2014, the Iranian women's rights activist and filmmaker Mahnaz Mohammadi was again arrested.  She has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison for "endangering national security" and "propaganda against the Iranian regime." She has been advocating...

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A Father Burned His 13-Year-Old Daughter to Death for Walking Home With a Boy

A man in Tunisia has been accused of burning his 13-year-old daughter to death after she walked home from school with a boy in her class. The girl, a middle school student named Aya, spent nine days in the hospital before succumbing to her fourth-degree burns on June 7th. Her father has since been arrested. Tunisia Live reports that her murder is believed to be an “honor crime” — a killing made...

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Tajikistan: Making the law on domestic violence a reality for women

The NGO “Nasl” in cooperation with the Center of Human Rights in Sohgd area conducts the trainings aimed at increasing knowledge on the Law on Prevention of Domestic Violence. The trainings  are addressed to the representatives of local authorities as well as the medical workers, police and teachers who are obliged to report whenever they witness or suspect violence against women or girls. The participants...

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NEPAL: Women demand end to sexual harassment

Photo: Joseph Mayton/IRIN Sexual harassment is on the rise in Nepalese cities KATHMANDU, - Sexual harassment is an everyday issue for women in Nepal, particularly in urban areas. Although exact numbers are unavailable, activists say the problem is on the rise and are demanding change.  “Harassment is all over Nepal against women and the problem is big. It’s more of a problem where more people...

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