6/26/2000
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Shots Fired at Women Protesters in Cambodia
After nearly one week of protests, up to 3,000 Cambodian garment workers - the majority of whom are women - continue to demand higher wages and improved working conditions in their factories... |
6/26/2000
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Zimbabwe Women Fear Electoral Extinction
Women constitute over half of the country's population, but only 55 of the 566 candidates contesting 120 political seats are female in this year's elections... |
6/26/2000
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Lawsuit Challenges Kuwait Denial of Women's Suffrage
Women's rights advocates in Kuwait may potentially experience a historic advancement in gender equality... |
6/26/2000
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Extension of UK Abortion Law to Northern Ireland Defeated
Pro and anti abortion forces demonstrated outside of Parliament in Northern Ireland on Tuesday over the possible extension of Great Britain's 1967 Abortion Act to Ireland... |
6/26/2000
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Rwandan Women Gain Inheritance Rights
Ancilla Abondibana became one of the first Rwandan women to win a case under the new Rwandan law that gives women of Rwanda the right to inherit property... |
6/26/2000
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First Zanzibar Women to Run for President
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5/9/2000
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Hearing Begins on Afghans' Appeal of Asylum Denial
Thirty-eight Afghan passengers from a jet hijacked in February who were denied asylum in Britain by Home Secretary Jack Straw began their appeal yesterday... |
5/5/2000
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Feminist Majority Foundation Condemns Taliban's Brutal Killing of Woman in Afghanistan and Calls for US Action
The Feminist Majority Foundation condemns the public stoning of a woman to death in Northern Afghanistan by the Taliban militia for allegedly committing adultery and calls for an end to the brutal gender apartheid regime that continues to terrorize the women and girls of Afghanistan... |
2/28/1997
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Defense Secretary Sees No Reason to Segregate Military Training
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2/28/1997
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Bowing to Pressure from Feminist Groups, Vienna Philharmonic Agrees to Admit Women
An all-male institution since its foundation 155 years ago, the Vienna Philharmonic has agreed to admit women as players... |
2/28/1997
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Amelia Earhart Flight to be Recreated
A Texan woman, Linda Finch, is planning to recreate Amelia Earhart’s last and most perplexing around the world... |
2/28/1997
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Women's History Month Begins
The first International Women’s Day was March 8, 1911... |
2/27/1997
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Vast Majority of British Support Abortion Rights
A recent MORI poll has found that 64 percent of British women and men support "legal abortion for all who want it." This number represents a ten percent increase in support of abortion rights over the past 17 years; an even larger number of persons approve the right for an abortion in cases of rape and incest, or when the woman's life is at stake... |
2/27/1997
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Groups Urge Confirmation Hearing for Herman
Feminist Majority President Eleanor Smeal, together with other national women's leaders launched a campaign for the confirmation of Alexis Herman, nominee for U.S... |
2/27/1997
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Ireland Permits Divorce for First Time in 76 Years
For the first time since 1921, Ireland has made divorce permissible by a Constitutional amendment... |
2/27/1997
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Japan to Approve Use of Birth Control Pill
A Japanese government report unveiled on February 25th reported that contraceptive pills are safe and effective... |
2/27/1997
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More African-American Women Enter College Than African-American Men
A progress report on the status of African-Americans in higher education has shown that fifty percent more African-American women than men enroll in college... |
2/27/1997
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Senate Votes for Unrestricted Release of International Family Planning Funds
The Senate has voted 53-46 in favor a joint-resolution granting President Clinton’s request to release $385 million for international family planning on March 1 instead of July 1... |
2/26/1997
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Report Says Lesbians and Gay Men Are Targeted for Abuse
According to “Breaking the Silence,” a report by Amnesty International, lesbians and gay men are killed, tortured and imprisioned on the basis of their sexual orientation and face prosecution in up to 60 countries... |
2/26/1997
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Owner of Bombed Atlanta Nightclub is Sister of Abortion Doctor
The owner of the lesbian and gay Atlanta nightclub that was bombed February 21 is the sister of the late Dr... |
