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Nesrine Malik: For all the progress on some minor points, touchstone issues such as the ban on women driving are barely addressed
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Eiffel Tower lit up to mark change, seen as way of protecting law that decriminalised abortion in 1975
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It was the first time auditors checked such goals as a whole — and found major differences in how these priorities were incorporated into the 2021-2027 budget.
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Survey confirms culture of sexual harassment in classrooms amid influence of ‘incel’ movement
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In today’s Russia, feminists form one of the most active social movements defying state repression. Now they’re uniting to resist Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine.
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"Condemning Turkey’s recent decision and Poland’s announced intention to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, in a new report the European Women’s Lobby calls attention to the Treaty’s crucial role in protecting women and girls from male violence. Simply put: the Istanbul Convention saves women’s lives."
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"Critical UN report says the legislation is ‘deeply wrong’, subjugates women and shifts the burden of guilt on to the victim."
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Trends and best practices in efforts to stop violence against women are outlined in a new report based on 17 countries in Europe, covering its work from June 2019 to December 2020. It has been published by GREVIO, the Council of Europe’s independent expert group responsible for monitoring implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention). The report : https://rm.coe.int/grevio-s-second-activity-report-2021/1680a2165c
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The UK’s cycling infrastructure is hostile to women – and smart new measures in Paris and Lisbon show that it’s time to overhaul the system
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"More than 8,000 allegations have now been made by school pupils on a website gathering testimonies of sexual violence and abuse. Rape culture" was a problem for all schools, said Soma Sara, founder of the Everyone's Invited website. Many of the perpetrators are claimed to be at the same school or in the same social groups."
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"Virtually all young women in the UK have been subjected to sexual harassment, according to a survey from UN Women UK, which warns that most women have lost faith that the abuse will be dealt with."
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Women are bearing the brunt of the economic fallout and taking on a greater share of domestic work and childcare – while visits to the Refuge website are up 950%. Is this the biggest ever leap backward for women?
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Years of collective mobilization, strategizing and innovation by women’s rights groups culminated in the repeal or reform of archaic laws across the Northern Africa and Western Asia region
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A wave of opposition in Central Europe to so-called “gender ideology” has led Bulgaria on 15 February, and then Slovakia (22 February) to oppose ratifying the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence.
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There’s a distinct gender divide in the attitudes toward the concepts of feminism and women’s equality, and the divide is most jarring among the young.
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Over 20 human rights, pro-choice, and international aid groups, and the Norwegian and Danish Governments, have called on the UK Government to reverse its decision to arbitrarily strip ‘sexual and reproductive health and rights’ and ‘bodily autonomy’ from an international human rights statement it...
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On Sunday, thousands of women gathered outside the Russian Embassy in Vilnius to protest against Russia’s invasion o
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Finally, safety remains a huge issue for women, as they feel less safe than men in cities. Good urban design will help make women and girls feel safer at all times of the day and night. Most cities have community safety strategies many of which have been developed and enhanced after pressure from...
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Mona Eltahawy: ‘Feminism is not a T-shirt or a 9 to 5 job. It’s my existence’ | Books | The Guardian
One of the fiercest voices of Middle Eastern feminism, the author of The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls explains her mission to ‘destroy patriarchy’
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"Children are natural negotiators. [...] However, recent research suggests that negotiation in childhood may share at least one of the key features of negotiation in adulthood: namely, girls ask for less than boys."
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"Since the start of the year, well-known men from diverse fields have been accused of sexual abuse and placed under investigation. [...] The recent accusations have not only led to official investigations, the loss of positions for some men and outright banishment from public life for others. They have also resulted in a rethinking of French masculinity and of the archetype of Frenchmen as irresistible seducers [...]".
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The late Egyptian author, activist and physician tirelessly exposed the intersections of patriarchy, religious fundamentalism, and Western neo-colonialism
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Nawal El Saadawi, who has died at 89, drew outrage and admiration in her conservative home country.
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A new study shows bias is deeply ingrained in algorithmic models, generating sexualized images of women while creating professional images of men.
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"Female voices and expertise have been marginalised in media reporting of the coronavirus crisis, a new study has found. The research, by the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at King’s College London, is based on an analysis of 146,867 articles related to Covid-19 published between 1 March and 31 July."
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More than three in five students have been sexually assaulted or harassed while at university, a new survey suggests. But only two per cent felt able to report the experience to their university and were then satisfied with the subsequent treatment of their complaint, the survey of nearly 4,500 students and recent graduates reveals. The poll, carried out by campaign group Revolt Sexual Assault and student website The Student Room, found 50 per cent of respondents had experienced sexual harassment as students.
Caiya Foster's comment,
October 26, 2020 2:24 AM
The stats on this really upset me, “50 percent of respondents had experienced sexual harassment as students.” That shouldn’t be possible especially when you know not everyone spoke up.
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