"I€™m very excited to hear from this group of women and know more about how events unfolded." | "I was here then, too €” I remember this vividly, along with the many other things that were going on €” fights for civil rights, women€™s rights, the anti-war movement. It was an important time." | "Because I€™m a good feminist."
The U.N. said "anti-government elements" — shorthand for the Taliban and other insurgent groups — were responsible for 2,332, or 77 percent, of conflict-related deaths in 2011, up 14 percent from 2010. | A leading Afghan politician and women's rights activist labeled Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar a hypocrite and called his followers terrorists in the wake of a U.N. report into civilian casualties in Afghanistan.
In the UK last year, there were 2823 victims of 'honour-based' violence, a figure revealed by (limited) UK police statistics for 2011 obtained by the Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation through a freedom of information request:...
It was a difficult career for women at that time but I come from a very long line of people who believe in women's rights , and no one was keener than my father. It was never assumed I would have a 'little job' to keep me going until I married.
The first rule of The Craftivists is simple: It has to be fun. | The notes were a thank-you for restoring funding to Planned Parenthood and a criticism for his work with Sunflower Electric Power Corp. on a power plant expansion in Holcomb. | "Thanks for standing up for women's rights, wish you could have found a better way to keep on the lights," one note read.
Staff: A Saudi female activist who hit headlines last year for spearheading a women's campaign to allow women to drive cars in the conservative Gulf Kingdom has resorted to court to force the traffic police to end the ban. | Manal Al Sharif filed a suit case at the court of grievances (administrative court)
Western feminists have often denounced Islam with regards to the rights of women . They should perhaps look at their traditions that are extremely negative to women. If Muslim women today reject some of the so-called freedoms that the West offers them...
According to advocate Flavia Agnes, who is the director of Majlis, an NGO for women's rights , "Apart from income, we look at the husband's lifestyle; what kind of car he drives, air tickets of his trips abroad and so on. If for example, a husband...
Their remarks prompted criticism from women's rights activists. The shot of Choi, an ardent fan of Chung, is seen as an attempt to counter the condemnation. But it has triggered more criticism, even from progressives who support the show.
Keywords: “She smiles sweetly and she also spoke of women's rights ,” said Purnima. The women added they would not be swayed by their spouses' choice even if that briefly disrupted domestic peace. Priyanka Vadra campaigns in Amethi on Saturday .
Mexican human rights activist Norma Andrade suffered a knife wound to the face in an attack in this capital and has been hospitalized, officials said. | An unknown assailant attacked Andrade at around 8:00 a.m. Friday while she was walking her granddaughter to school, a spokesman for the Mexico City District Attorney's Office told Efe, adding that she is receiving treatment for a five-centimeter (two-inch) gash in her cheek.
Keywords:... first time in the history of Pakistan, passage of 18th Amendment, passage of a women's rights bill in the National Assembly, restoration of the judiciary, introducing reforms in FATA and materialising the dream of the people of Gilgit-Baltistan.
Lee Berthiaume: "The Taliban did not indicate that they are ready to renounce violence, respect the Afghan constitution, including women's rights , and sever ties with al-Qaida or other terrorist organizations," spokesman Rick Roth said in an email.
On Thursday, the Senate unanimously passed the bill that envisions the establishment of a commission with the mandate to examine policies, programmes and other initiatives on women's rights and gender equality, and to make recommendations...
Hofmeister said that UNICEF is encouraging donors to increase or maintain their commitments, in order to protect the basic rights of women and children. "We are aiming for 100 percent funding, (which is) the only way we can achieve the results that we...
As UN Women celebrated its first birthday, its executive director Michelle Bachelet stressed that political upheveal and shrinking budgets are no excuse to push back the hard-won gains made by the women's movement globally.
In 'The Lives of Margaret Fuller: A Biography,' John Matteson details the world of the 19th century intellectual, journalist and women's rights advocate.
The claims were filed to preserve the women's rights to pursue individual and regional class-action suits against Wal-Mart over alleged discrimination on pay and promotions, their attorneys said. | "The fight continues to seek justice for the women employees of Wal-Mart," said Joseph Sellers, one of the attorneys representing the women, in a statement. "The Supreme Court did not give Wal-Mart a free pass to discriminate."
Keywords: “He's had a significant impact as it pertains to education, the environment, civil rights and women's rights ,” Hughes said. Last year, Republicans redrew election districts and placed Hackney in the same district as Rep. Verla Inkso, D-Orange.
Our notions of our historical heroes can become somewhat romantic with times. Perhaps we lose sight of their trials. | For example, women€™s suffragist Susan B. Anthony was born in 1820 and spent much of her life locked in battles over for justice and equality. She lived in a time when few were open to giving women a voice, vote or livelihood. | Yet somehow her work as a civil rights activist may have been preordained.
Keywords: “We're dependent on companies that don't respect rights of women the way we do, and just have a different culture and a different system of justice. Of all the countries we receive energy from, we're the most like Canada and they're the most like us.
Kansan.com has dropped support for Internet Explorer versions 6 and below. | You can still view this website, but parts of the pages might not be rendered correctly. | To fix this, you should move to a more advanced web browser by choosing an option to the right. | February is more than a month of the year to 30 former students; it's a reminder of the challenges women faced in the 1970s.
The Senate unanimously passed a bill for establishment of a commission aimed at promoting social, economic, political and legal rights of women . – File Photo ISLAMABAD: The Senate unanimously passed on Thursday a bill for establishment of a commission...
Keywords:... with full administrative and financial autonomy to monitor and oversee compliance with national laws and international conventions; to advocate for the rights of women ; to highlight discriminatory practices, abuse and violations of women's rights ;
"Our challenge is not only to protect the gains achieved, but to move forward women's rights ," she insisted in a press conference at the UN headquarters on Thursday. Bachelet called the journalists on occasion of the first year of work of UN Women...
uploader: It will also have the authority to investigate and gather information on issues regarding women's rights and would attain responsibilities to oversee international commitments made by the government on all women issues.
GateHouse Media, Inc.: Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) women fired the revolutionary vision of early American feminists by providing them with a model of freedom at a time women experienced so few rights. That was the basis of a lecture Sally Roesch Wagner, executive director of the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation and author of "Sisters in Spirit," delivered to Herkimer County Community College's Gender Studies program on Thursday. During her presentation, she recounted...
Anyone who believes in the equal rights of women cannot ignore the deadly role a woman played in the Shafia family tragedy. This feminist can't at any rate. | Whether you want to call it "femicide" or "honour-killing,"
Documents and photos related to their civil rights fights are part of an exhibit that looks at the struggle for freedom at various points in US history, including Susan B. Anthony's push to allow women to vote and the internment of Japanese Americans...
It was a sight that broke all taboos and came at a time when some medical opinion said it was unsafe for women to play sports such as football. | So when a group of women had the "temerity" to gather to play football in Hull in 1886, it stopped people in their tracks and the authorities made every effort to stop the game.
Reuters: Swedish authorities are looking into whether the Nobel Peace Prize has been going to the "wrong" type of people, like human rights campaigners and environmentalists, in violation of prize founder Alfred Nobel's will. | The issue has dogged the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which gives the prize, since 2008 when an Oslo-based author began arguing that the prize had drifted from Nobel's intent to promote only disarmamen...
Gorski and Bruscia chose Jahangir for her focus on women's rights , a subject Bruscia said the pair has been interested in since the human rights club at S-GI put on a play, “Ripples of Hope,” that focused on the subject. Digati added that the decision...
PETALING JAYA: Do you know the country€™s laws and whether some of them are undermining your rights as a citizen or human being? | Malaysians in general are not well versed in legal matters and often they are not aware of the legal implications for their lives and those of their loved ones.
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The programme seeks to facilitate behavioral change in society by enabling women to access information, resources and institutions, and improve societal attitudes towards women's rights issues. Azhar Bashir from DTCE said that violence against women...
If elected she would address the oddity that, apart from Margaret Beckett's brief period as a stand-in, the party of women's rights has never had a woman leader. Unlike her bulldozer husband, she is happily free of contamination by toxic Gordon Brown.
Keywords: €” A federal judge is considering whether Washington state can require pharmacies to stock and sell Plan B or other emergency contraceptives, even in the face of religious objections by druggists who believe they destroy human life. | U.S. District Judge Ronald Leighton heard closing arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit that claims state rules violate the constitutional rights of pharmacists by requiring them to dispense such medicine.
This is a problem. Every person who doesn't have a basic interest in or understanding of how to look at the world scientifically or think critically is less than fully equipped for democratic citizenship. And every citizen with this problem weakens their democracy in turn. I'll let one of my heroes, Neil Degrasse Tyson, explain in this short clip.
On Jan. 30, the Women's Center hosted a panel talk regarding reproductive rights. | It was also co-sponsored by the Health and Wellness Center, the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, the Women's Studies Program and Health, Medicine and Society, a university program directed by Beth Dolan. It was one of the many events in the 2011-2012 Women and Health Speaker and Event Series.
Mhonga Said Ruhwanya (Chadema) and Magdalena Sakaaya (CUF) — became furious in the House yesterday over government's failure to halt escalating humiliation and gross mistreatment to which women prisoners are subjected. | "It seems the government has failed to control this problem...women prisoners are mistreated, harassed and humiliated by women prison officers, but concerned authorities are quiet," said Ruhwanya.
A federal judge is considering whether Washington state can require pharmacies to stock and sell Plan B or other emergency contraceptives, even in the face of religious objections by druggists who believe they destroy human life. | U.S. District Judge Ronald Leighton heard closing arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit that claims state rules violate the constitutional rights of pharmacists by requiring them to dispense such medicine.