Tag: women’s rights

Women in Saudi Arabia hold massive conference to inspire girls in the Kingdom

Women in Saudi Arabia hold massive conference to inspire girls in the Kingdom

The women only unique only event took place in capital Riyadh on Saturday, and involved women from a wide range of careers. Key note speakers was Raha Moharrak, 31, who made history in 2013 as the first Saudi woman to climb Mount Everest. She wanted girls to be taught that they were not less than […]

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Human Rights Observers conference on Women’s rights and Environment

Human Rights Observers conference on Women’s rights and Environment

Human Rights Observers an organization in special status with UN ECOSOC has organized conference on Women’s rights and Environmental awareness Speaking on the occasion prominent senior advocate smt. Venkateshwari, stated that Violence against women and girls, a gross human rights violation, devastates lives, causes untold pain, suffering and illness. She has given various examples of […]

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Afghan woman bids for power to halt slide in rights

Afghan woman bids for power to halt slide in rights

Mar 31, – A fair election would mark Afghanistan’s first democratic transfer of power, a monumental achievement for Afghans struggling to end decades of bloodletting and cement fragile gains in education, health and human rights. The deeply conservative, all-male crowd at Afghanistan’s Kandahar stadium stared in disbelief as the small woman in a modest black […]

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Study shows one-third of EU women are subjected to violence

Study shows one-third of EU women are subjected to violence

Mar 05, – A third of women in Europe have suffered a physical or sexual assault and five percent have been raped, a major new study revealed Wednesday, uncovering “extensive human rights abuse” throughout the European Union. In addition, just over one in 10 women indicated that they experienced some form of sexual violence by […]

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Police break up topless protest in Berlin

Police break up topless protest in Berlin

June 7, Berlin AP – The demonstration came ahead of Merkel’s meeting in the building with Tunisian Premiere Ali Larayedh. The women chanted “Merkel free Femen” repeatedly before being removed. After the two leaders met, Merkel told reporters that they had discussed the issue and that she had “made clear the hope for a fair […]

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Afghanistan: Hard-line Islamist students protest women’s rights decree

Afghanistan: Hard-line Islamist students protest women’s rights decree

May 23, KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The protest came days after conservative lawmakers’ vehement opposition blocked an attempt to cement the decree’s provisions in legislation. Most of international force that ousted the Taliban is now preparing to withdraw by the end of next year, and activists fear an erosion of the women’s rights will follow […]

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Afghan conservative lawmakers block law on women’s rights

Afghan conservative lawmakers block law on women’s rights

May 19, KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The fierce opposition highlights how tenuous women’s rights remain a dozen years after the ouster of the hard-line Taliban regime, whose strict interpretation of Islam once kept Afghan women virtual prisoners in their homes. Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women’s […]

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UN Mother’s Day motorcycle ride to Seneca Falls Women’s Rights National Park

UN Mother’s Day motorcycle ride to Seneca Falls Women’s Rights National Park

May 14, AP – As many countries around the world celebrate Mother’s Day, on 12 May a group of United Nations staff and their friends ride their motorcycles from the United Nations headquarters in New York City to Seneca Falls Women’s Rights National Park, in upstate New York. The ride is hot off the back […]

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