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women’s rights
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One Year After A 22-Year-Old Was Killed For Not Wearing Hijab ‘Properly’, Iranian Women Are Defiantly Saying “I Wear What I Like”
15 Sep 2023 by Maya-Rose Torrao / No Comments
While uncertainty looms over whether protests will be sparked again in Iran, the brave women standing up to the brutal government systems keep their fists raised high.
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Texas Teen’s Off-Script Speech On Abortion Rights Goes Viral [Video]
03 Jun 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
This graduating Texas teen surprised the audience, and her high school administration, when she ditched her pre-approved speech and spoke about Texas’ new restrictive law on abortions instead.
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Check Out This Very Cool Letter Obama Wrote To 9-Year-Old Girl
01 Apr 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Barack Obama, now into his 7th year as president, has had a few ups and downs. Here’s a happy story about one of his “up” moments.
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In Egypt You Can Kill Your Wife If You Catch Her Cheating (+ Other Mind-Blowing Laws Against Women)
17 Feb 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
This list doesn’t make for pretty viewing ladies and gentlemen. The only plus side? You can now cross a few destinations off that list of places you can’t wait to visit.
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Eish – Self-Proclaimed Feminist Aborts Baby Because It Was A Boy
11 Feb 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
Sometimes people, be they man or woman, need a serious talking to. After she made public her reason for having an abortion, one blogger may be on the receiving end of a tongue-lashing or two.
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Mugabe: Same Sex Marriage Leads To Human Extinction
25 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe says that Zimbabwe and other African countries will never recognise gay marriage because it leads to “extinction”. Speaking at a women’s HIV/Aids conference in Harare yesterday, Mugabe, 88, stated emphatically that homosexuality goes against nature AND women’s rights. Why Mugabe – known for his anti-gay standpoint – was invited to talk at such an event is another question entirely.
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Inspirational Kenyan Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai Has Died
26 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Kenya’s Wangari Maathai has died while undergoing cancer treatment in Nairobi at the age of 71. An activist for conservation, transformation and women’s rights, she was the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Benassi Remakes The ‘Satisfaction’ Video For Equal Pay
08 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In support of Equal Payday, which seeks to address the disparity between male and female salaries around the world, Benny Benassi has remade the sexy-construction-outfits video for ‘Satisfaction’ to mark International Women’s Day. It’s a little bit amazing. Satisfaction came out in 2002, by the way.
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