Nicaraguans Support Law Protecting the Integrity of Women

Global Voices 3 days ago Region: Nicaragua

Written by Norman Garcia · Translated by Marianna Breytma In April, a campaign called “I Support Law 779″ was launched on social networks to demand that a law protecting the physical, psychological an... more

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Women and Change in Afghanistan

Global Voices 3 weeks ago Region: Afghanistan

Written by Omid Bidar Noorjahan Akbar, 22, is an Afghan women's rights activist and a prolific blogger. Although she is now studying in the United States, Noorjahan writes about the issues confronting women in Afghanist... more

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Mexico:Femicides on the Rise

Global Voices 3 weeks ago Region: Mexico

Written by Andrea Arzaba Violeta, an 18-year-old student, was found [1][es] dead on a dirt road in the state of Chiapas with signs of violence on her body. Meanwhile, in the state of Guanajuato, the body of another wo... more

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Indonesia: Women's Emancipation Day

Global Voices a month ago Region: Indonesia

Written by Carolina Every year, Indonesians celebrate the birthday of Raden Ajeng Kartini on April 21, who is popularly known for championing women's rights. Kartini was born into an intellectual noble family, her fathe... more

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Lebanon: Civil Marriage Legally Approved

Global Voices a month ago Region: Lebanon

Earlier this year, Kholoud Succarieh and Nidal Darwich initiated Lebanon's first civil marriage [1]on Lebanese soil, in a country where only religious marriages could be contracted until then, and where civil status is ... more

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Is A Second Revolution Brewing in Libya?

Global Voices 3 months ago Region: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

By Fozia Mohamed On February 15, 2011, two days before the scheduled ‘Day of Anger', Libyan women relatives of the prisoners of Abu Salim correction center, staged one of their usual protests in Benghazi to demand... more

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Angola Shocked Over Video Showing Brutal Beating

Global Voices 3 months ago Region: Angola

By Vania Negrao [All links lead to Portuguese language pages.] On February 7, 2013, Angola awoke to the sounds of screams of pain and the sound of two women customers of a store being whipped. In just three days the 13... more

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Gang Rape in Delhi Sets Off Vigils Across India

Global Voices 4 months ago Region: India

By Lakshmi Sarah The victim of a gang rape on a bus in Delhi died December 29th in a hospital in Singapore. The Delhi gang rape occurred on the 16 of December after the victim and a friend attended a movie. After boar... more

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Ghana: Parliamentary Candidate Agnes Chigabatia.

Global Voices 6 months ago Region: Ghana

By Kofi Yeboah There have been considerable efforts by women to have chance in Ghanaian politics. Ghana Decides [1], a non-partisan project which aims to foster a better-informed electorate for free, fair and safe 2012 ... more

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Guinea-Bissau: Women's Groups and Citizenship

Global Voices 8 months ago Region: Guinea-Bissau

 By Sara Moreira   In a country which has experienced constant political instability, how can civil society mobilise itself to prevent further coups d'état and to build a participative democracy based ... more

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