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Uganda: Women MPs Warn Against Female Circumcision
Kampala :: Uganda | 3 years ago
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We shall not relax when women in Ssebi and Karamoja regions are suffering," the president of the Uganda Women Parliamentary Association, Jane Alisemera, said.
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African states push for UN ban on female circumcision
Dakar :: Senegal | 3 years ago
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Lawmakers from 27 African countries gathered in Dakar on Monday for a two-day conference to push for a UN ban on female genital mutilation as a breach of human rights. International activists joined envoys from the United Nations and African Union in
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Saving girls from being cut
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 3 years ago
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You don't seek out an article about the brutal practice of butchering girls' private parts for a relaxed lunchtime read, or mention the issue during cocktail conversations. (Unless you're me, in which case you have already discovered it's a big no-no.
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Guaranteeing rights for children
Cairo :: Egypt | 3 years ago
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Egypt launched a special edition of its flagship publication The State of the World's Children . Amany Abdel-Moneim reports Throughout history, children have been subjected to exploitation and abuse, and in the years following the end of World War
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Nawal El Saadawi: Egypt's radical feminist
Cairo :: Egypt | 3 years ago
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Homa Khaleeli Nawal El Saadawi: 'I have a rebel gene.' Photograph: Felix Clay 'I am becoming more radical with age," says Nawal El Saadawi, laughing. "I have noticed that writers, when they are old, become milder.
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The untold story of women's rights in Egypt
Cairo :: Egypt | 3 years ago
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In a report published last month on violent crimes committed against women in 2009, Karam Saber Ibrahim, executive director of the Land Center for Human Rights, a Cairo-based non-governmental organization, spoke of a belief that some Egyptians
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London :: United Kingdom | 3 years ago
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Besides an ultra successful career in fashion, Dirie is a leading advocate against female genital mutilation. Biopic directed by Sherry Horman, starring Liya Kebede, Sally Hawkins, Craig Parkinson and Meera Syal. (In English/Somali) The Ghost Writer
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London :: United Kingdom | 3 years ago
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In addition to an ultra-successful career in fashion, Dirie is a leading advocate against female genital mutilation. Biopic directed by Sherry Horman, starring Liya Kebede, Sally Hawkins, Craig Parkinson and Meera Syal. (In English/Somali) Remember
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Supermodel Waris Dirie going home to save Africa’s girls
Djibouti :: Djibouti | 3 years ago
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Three decades later, after a career as a supermodel and human rights activist, Waris Dirie is planning to go home to Africa. “I dream of having my own farm and lodge in Tanzania, near Mount Kilimanjaro,” she said in an interview with The Sunday Times
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Ban calls for more protection for women
Mumbai :: India | 3 years ago
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Thursday called on UN members to offer more protections for women who are victims of violence and other crimes. 'Whether it is domestic violence, sex trafficking, so-called 'honour' crimes or female genital cutting,
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