11/21/2008
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Phillipine Reproductive Health Bill Likely to be Defeated
A family planning bill currently moving through the Philippine legislature that would promote sex education and contraceptive use is expected to be defeated... |
11/18/2008
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Professional Japanese Baseball League Drafts First Woman Player
Sixteen-year-old pitcher Eri Yoshida became the first woman to be drafted by a professional Japanese baseball league this week... |
11/17/2008
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Forced Abortion Planned by Chinese Officials
Arzigul Tursun, pregnant with her third child, is hospitalized under orders by Chinese officials who plan to forcibly terminate her pregnancy... |
11/17/2008
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Sex Traffickers Plead Guilty to Fraud and Prostitution Charges
Ten members of an internet-based sex trafficking network were sentenced last week in the United Kingdom after pleading guilty to money laundering and prostitution charges... |
11/14/2008
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UN Population Fund Releases 2008 Report
The United Nations Population Fund released its annual State of the World Population Report this week... |
11/14/2008
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Uruguayan President Vetoes Abortion Rights Legislation
Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez vetoed legislation Thursday that would have legalized abortion in the first trimester... |
11/14/2008
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Increasing Attention on Sex Selection in India
Sex selection practices are gaining increased visibility and criticism in India, where the sex ratio has declined significantly... |
11/13/2008
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Afghan Schoolgirls Targeted in Acid Attack
A group of Afghan girls walking to school were sprayed with battery acid by two men on motorcycles Wednesday... |
11/12/2008
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Feminist Activist Released from Iranian Prison
Esha Momeni, a feminist activist, was released from Evin prison in Iran Monday where she had been held since October 15... |
10/30/2008
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Despite Setback, Livni Still in Running to Become Israeli Prime Minister
Although Tzipi Livni announced on Sunday that efforts to form a new government in Israel had failed, new polls published Tuesday show that her Kadima party should triumph over its chief rival Likud in forthcoming elections, thus allowing Livni to become only the second woman prime minister of the country.
Currently the foreign minister, Livni became leader of the ruling Kadima party a month ago, but needed to put together a coalition with other parties in order to govern... |
10/28/2008
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Egypt Finally Convicts a Sexual Harasser
In an unprecedented ruling, an Egyptian man, Sharif Gommaa, was sentenced Tuesday to three years in jail with hard labor for sexually harassing and groping a woman in the streets of Cairo... |
10/24/2008
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Israel's Livni Given Extension to Form New Government
Tzipi Livni, who narrowly won the race for leadership of Israel's Kadima party a month ago, has been granted a two-week extension, until November 3, to form a new coalition government in which she would serve as Prime Minister... |
10/23/2008
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Support for Women's Rights May Cost Afghan Student 20 Years
Afghan student Parwez Kambakhsh has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for blasphemy, having circulated an article about women's rights under Islam, reports the Los Angeles Times... |
10/21/2008
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Graduate Student Arrested in Iran over One Million Signatures Campaign
Esha Momeni was arrested in Tehran last week for reportedly conducting unauthorized video interviews with Iranian women activists... |
10/21/2008
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Graduate Student Arrested in Iran over One Million Signatures Campaign
Esha Momeni was arrested in Tehran last week for reportedly conducting unauthorized video interviews with Iranian women activists... |
10/16/2008
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Women on Waves Arrives in Spain
The Women on Waves ship will arrive in the harbor of Valencia in southern Spain today where it will remain through October 21... |
10/15/2008
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Women's Ordination Conference Holds Rome Press Conference
The Women's Ordination Conference (WOC) held a press conference today in Rome in support of full inclusion of women in the Catholic Church... |
10/14/2008
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Australian State Decriminalizes Abortion
In Australia, the state Parliament of Victoria voted Friday to decriminalize abortion... |
10/10/2008
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Abortion Rights Leader Dr. Henry Morgentaler Receives Order of Canada
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10/6/2008
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Population Action International and International NGOs criticize USAID Contraception Ban
Last week's USAID decision regarding Marie Stopes International (MSI), one of the world's leading family planning organizations, is drawing criticism from prominent international organizations... |
