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Iraq: OWFI Campaign to Stop the Execution of Female Prisoners
The Organisation for Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI) has launched an on-line petition calling on the Iraqi Government to end capital punishment.
Read more...Embryo Rights Laws Go Viral in Mexico
In a backlash to Mexico City's move to decriminalize abortion two years ago, states across Mexico have been rewriting their constitutions to grant embryos legal rights. So far 13 states out of 32 have approved the changes and six are debating it.
Read more...Feminism and M-16s: transforming macho policing in Rio
Female drugs unit members on the frontline of battles with gangs in slums.
Read more...Education to boost popularity of female condom
A year after the female condom was re-launched in Malawi amid high hopes it would empower women to have more control in their sexual relationships and better protection against sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unwanted pregnancies, usage has remained relatively low.
Read more...Gender Sensitive Disaster Management: A Toolkit for Practitioners
Social networks, power relationships, knowledge and skills, gender roles, health, wealth, and location, all affect risk and vulnerability to disasters and the capacity to respond to them.
Read more...Violence against Women and Girls: a Compendium of Monitoring and Evaluation Indicators
Violence against women and girls (VAW/G) is increasingly being seen as a critical issue to be addressed in the international arena. However, the dearth of rigorous evaluations of VAW initiatives has resulted in a lack of data to support recommendations for best practices in the field.
Read more...Can Nepal women ‘untouchables’ outlive tired caste systems?
“On March 20, Kumari was accused of practicing witchcraft by the villagers, and was mercilessly beaten up and forced to eat her own excreta in public,” said the Asian Human Rights Commission in an urgent April 2009 appeal letter to Nepal’s leading legislators.
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