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Support a UN 5th World Conference on Women-so far 6493 signatures

February 14, 2010

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6493 Signatures Published by Jean Shinoda Bolen on Oct 12, 2009 Category: Women’s Rights & Empowerment Region: GLOBAL Target: United Nations: Secretary-General and all relevant components & NGOs. Web site: http://www.5wcw.org/ Background (Preamble): A UN 5th World Conference on Women (5WCW) would be the most influential and far-reaching women’s conference ever held. Grassroots activism and… [Read more…]

The poster child of the Iranian protest: Lovely Neda

June 23, 2009

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“I am sitting here enjoying my freedom while women are dying for theirs around the world.” ~ Bobbi Miller-Moro As a woman, I have a responsibility to speak for other women, and the example of what happened to a precious beautiful 26 year old philosophy student Iranian woman while protesting is unspeakable. Allegedly shot in… [Read more…]

Our women, their slaves

April 7, 2009

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By Susan Ople INQUIRER.net First Posted 15:20:00 04/06/2009 Filed Under: Migration, Women, Justice & Rights, LabADAM SMITH, economist, had this theory about an invisible hand. A person out to promote his self-interest, Smith said, tends also to promote the good of his community. The reverse is true in the underworld where human traffickers prosper in direct proportion to the… [Read more…]

Police Charge Women’s Rights Protest

March 23, 2009

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  5:48pm UK, Sunday March 06, 2005 A women’s rights demonstration in Turkey has ended in violence.Police were ordered to forcefully break up the rally that was being held to mark the upcoming International Women’s Day.   Riot police charge past a female protester in Istanbul   Officers dispersed the 300-strong crowd on the grounds… [Read more…]

Hardline Saudi clerics urge TV ban on women, music, newspapers

March 23, 2009

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      Mar 22 03:09 PM US/Eastern By DONNA ABU-NASR Associated Press Writer RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) – A group of Saudi clerics urged the kingdom’s new information minister on Sunday to ban women from appearing on TV or in newspapers and magazines, making clear that the country’s hardline religious establishment is skeptical of a new… [Read more…]

AMBIGA’S SPEECH WHEN RECEIVING 2009 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE AWARD!

March 14, 2009

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  The First Lady Mrs. Obama, Madame Secretary Hillary Clinton, ladies and gentlemen, I am humbled to be in the company of seven extraordinary women receiving this award for courage, and I am deeply honored to now speak on their behalf and on mine. We accept this award in all humility, remembering that we have… [Read more…]

Astonishing facts about women’s discrimination in the world.

November 21, 2008

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From the incredible site: WOW Womans AID: http://www.womenaidlive.com/issues.html The Issues       “Discrimination effectively squanders human capital by denying one half of humanity the right to realize their full potential.”U.N. report, Oct. 12, 2005.      The dire global statistics on the plight of   women are overwhelming: Two-thirds of the world’s 876 million illiterates are women 4… [Read more…]

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