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Women’s Group Sues Govt Over Abortion Rights

Submitted by Eva.Ramokobala on Wed, 06/05/2009 - 09:55
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IPS
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Author: 
Pilirani Semu-Banda
Published Date: 
2009
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An influential women rights organisation in Malawi, Women in Law in Southern Africa-Malawi (WILSA-Malawi), is suing the government of Malawi for preventing women from accessing safe abortion.
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Will Iraq Crack Down on Sex Trafficking?

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13 Apr 2009
Ravaged by rights groups and upbraided by the U.S. for failing to take measures against human trafficking, the Iraqi government has been quietly working on a draft law to tackle the scourge.

Afghanistan - President Karzai Vows to Review Family Law

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4 Apr 2009
President Hamid Karzai ordered a review on Saturday of a new law that has been criticized internationally for introducing Taliban-era restrictions on women and sanctioning marital rape.

Lecture Calls Abortion 'A Betrayal of Feminism'

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2 Apr 2009
"Look to your right, and look to your left," Karen Shablin, a deeply pro-life activist from Feminist For Life, instructed her audience. "These people [may not] be here if their mother had exercised her choice."

Sex Abuse Teachers Will Be Named & Shamed

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1 Apr 2009
Teachers who sexually abuse pupils will be named and shamed - and they will lose their jobs, the South African Council for Educators has announced.

NAMIBIA: Gender Legislation Futile If Not Implemented

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30 Mar 2009
Namibian women's rights activists say existing gender legislation has failed to improve women's lives because it is not being implemented widely enough. Last August, Namibia signed the Southern African Development Community (SADC) gender protocol but politicians have yet to ratify it.

Obama: Decriminalize Homosexuality Worldwide

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18 Mar 2009
The Obama administration said it is going to sign on to a United Nations declaration calling for the decriminalization of homosexuality worldwide.

ZIMBABWE: New Cabinet Ignores Quota for Women

Submitted by Eva.Ramokobala on Fri, 06/03/2009 - 10:05
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IPS
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Author: 
Davison Makanga
Published Date: 
2009
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Women’s rights activists in Zimbabwe are outraged by the low representation of female politicians in the new unity government. Only four women are part of the 35-member cabinet, laughably short of the equal representation of women in decision-making that Zimbabwe signed onto at a regional summit in September 2008.
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RIGHTS: U.N. Flunking on Gender Empowerment, Women Say

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26 Feb 2009
The United Nations is coming under heavy fire for the lack of vibrant leadership and the continued absence of adequate structures to advance the long-touted cause of gender empowerment worldwide.

American and Muslim Women Working Together

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5 Jan 2009
Women rights organisations and activists in America and Iraq have recently raised their concerns over the "status of women under the new Iraqi constitution".  For a long time, they lobbied for the Bush administration to look at the issue of women's rights in Muslim countries.
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