Showing posts with label women's rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label women's rights. Show all posts
Saturday, March 15, 2025

Democracy At Work: Capitalism Hits Home: What’s in Store for Women under Trump?

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Premiered Mar 6, 2025 | What’s In Store For Women Under Trump? In this week's episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad delves into t...
Tuesday, November 05, 2024

The Mother and Daughters Divided over Trump and His Attitudes towards Women

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Nov 5, 2024 | What would a Trump presidency mean for women? “A future where women’s rights are stripped more and more” “People who don’t...
Saturday, September 16, 2023

Iran's Women a Year after Mahsa Amini's Death - BBC News

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Sep 16, 2023 | One year on from Masha Amini's death, Iran’s protests may have subsided, but women have found new ways to defy the countr...
Thursday, September 07, 2023

Mexico’s Supreme Court Decriminalizes Abortion Nationwide

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: The decision builds on an earlier high court ruling and reflects how Latin American countries are expanding women’s righ...
Saturday, August 12, 2023

Growing Segregation by Sex in Israel Raises Fears for Women’s Rights

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: Ultra-Orthodox members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right coalition want to expand the powers of all-male ...
Thursday, July 20, 2023

Women Employees of Beauty Salons in Kabul Protest Taliban’s Ban

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Jul 20, 2023 | Employees of beauty salons in Kabul, Afghanistan, staged a protest following a recent Taliban order that will close all women...
Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Male Guardianship Rules Restrict Women's Mobility | DW News

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Jul 18, 2023 | Many women across the Middle East and North Africa are not free to go where they want. A new report from Human Rights Watch l...

‘I Am a Prisoner’: Women Fight Middle Eastern Laws That Keep Them Trapped at Home

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THE GUARDIAN: Rules restricting a woman’s freedom to live, work and study persist in countries including Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Israel, sa...
Monday, May 29, 2023

Erdoğan and His Hardline Allies Have Won Turkey – Women and LGBTQ+ People Will Pay the Price

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THE GUARDIAN: For civil society and rights defenders, five more years of the Turkish president and his radical backers are a daunting prospe...
Thursday, December 15, 2022

UN Expels Iran from Women's Rights Panel

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Dec 15, 2022 | Iran was ousted from a United Nations Commission on the Status of Women on Wednesday. 'It's a technical move,' sa...
Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Taliban Further Restricts Rights of Afghanistan Women - BBC News

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Nov 30, 2022 | In Afghanistan, an increasing number of restrictions have been imposed on women by the Taliban government. In the past month,...
Friday, October 14, 2022

Iran's Protests and Activism Four Weeks on from Mahsa Amini's Death - BBC News

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Topple the reactionary bastards! Throw the concept of a ‘mullocracy’ into the dustbin of history, where it belongs; and put the mullahs out...

Authorities in Iran Forced to Remove Poster of Women in Hijabs after PR Fiasco

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THE GUARDIAN: Montage in Tehran taken down within 24 hours after prominent women and relatives denounce use of their photos At least three...
Wednesday, October 05, 2022

Women around the World Cut Their Hair in Solidarity with Iranian Protesters | DW News

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In Iran, there has been no let-up in the anti-government protests that have been sweeping the country. The unrest was triggered by death of ...
Monday, August 15, 2022

Democracy Now! After a Year of Taliban Control, "Women and Girls of Afghanistan Have Lost Their Right to Be Human"

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Aug 15, 2022 One year ago today, the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, promising to bring stability after two decades of war and U.S...
Sunday, July 03, 2022

The Long Path to Reclaim Abortion Rights

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: The Supreme Court decision to reverse Roe, far from settling the matter, instead has launched court and political battle...

Kamala Harris Calls Supreme Court Ruling on Abortion 'Outrageous'

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Jul 3, 2022 Kamala Harris said the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe vs Wade was "outrageous". The US Vice President...
Saturday, May 14, 2022

Taliban Plan New Restrictions for Women, Demanding Full Covering from Head to Toe | DW News

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May 14, 2022 • Women and girls in Afghanistan face an onslaught of decrees from the Taliban designed to erase women from public life. The la...
Friday, December 10, 2021

The Arguments about Abortion in the US Are about One Thing: Controlling Women

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THE GUARDIAN: Anti-abortionists are intent on enhancing men’s privileges, while women cannot even have rights over their own bodies Pro-ch...
Thursday, November 04, 2021

Poland's Battle for Abortion Rights

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Nov 4, 2021 • When Poland introduced a near-total ban on abortion it divided the nation, sparking mass protests. Dateline explores how churc...