Women's Voices
16 posts todayKenya — 22 women were jailed for four months for undergoing FGM. Why are they punishing these women who have already been tortured? @HiboWardere #NoFGM https://t.co/dKA6j5...
Women's Voices
16 posts todayRT @UNFPA: “Only by working together, we can end female genital mutilation (FGM)” Aja, a former organizer of cutting ceremonies in the #Gambia, travels far and wide to convince others to #EndFGM. Be inspired by everyday heroes like her: ...
Women's Voices
16 posts todayEvery day a man tries to kill his partner or ex-partner. Every third day an attempt is successful. Figures show increased violence and a high number of femicides for 2019. In the EU Germany topped the list in the number of femicides in 2018. ...
Women's Voices
16 posts today"I am one kind of alive: I see everything the water sees. I told you a turn was going to come & turn the tower did. What are the master’s tools but a way to dismantle him." — Lisa Ciccarello https://t.co/uJmj3l... https://t.co/792zMr...
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16 posts todayPoland's biggest protests in four decades have erupted, challenging church and state. Karolina Więckiewicz is a lawyer with the charity Abortion Without Borders, which helps Polish women receive safe, legal procedures overseas. #StrajKobiet ...
Women's Voices
16 posts todayI wonder if the fertility clinic told her that pregnancy later in life increases risks of breast cancer, or that children born from frozen embryo transfers have double the rate of childhood cancers. https://t.co/y8hplS...
Women's Voices
16 posts todayThe Supreme Court of Kyrgyzstan has ruled that a police crackdown on a feminist group in Bishkek earlier in March was illegal. Instead of protecting the women, police violently dispersed them while arresting 11 activists. #SexNotGender ...
Women's Voices
16 posts todayFrida Kahlo was a fierce and powerful woman. She survived polio, a terrible bus accident, and an abusive relationship. The world tried to kill her, but the genius of Frida is how she turned pain into beauty and flourished. https://t.co/pKkjoS...
Women's Voices
16 posts today"[Re-framing] an entire sex class as 'breeders' only ever seems to target one sex. Few well-intentioned and committed activists are waging war online over the definition of 'men.'" It's about controlling how women see ourselves, the enforced ...
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16 posts today"Irish girls as young as 14 are being targeted by forums which share pictures of image-based sexual assault. In some cases, information such as the victim’s name, age, address, and where they work or go to school is attached to the image." ...
Women's Voices
16 posts todayRT @LGBAlliance_USA: "Why are we giving teenagers the choice to have cross sex hormones almost ten years before the part of the brain responsible for decision making and understanding consequences has even developed? There is no evidence that hormone ...
Women's Voices
16 posts todayThe censorship of those who ask questions about gender ideology is seemingly never-ending. https://t.co/Dnq8t5...
Women's Voices
16 posts todayEach women's clothing size also included an adjective used to describe it: Small sizes were "skinny" and medium sizes were "beautiful," while large sizes were "rotten" or "terrible" and XXL sizes were "extremely terrible." #SexNotGender ...
Women's Voices
16 posts todayProminent Libyan lawyer and women's rights activist Hanan al-Barassi was gunned down by men in Benghazi just a day after she shared comments on social media criticizing the son of renegade military general and LNA leader Khalifa Haftar. ...
Women's Voices
16 posts todayUK legislator Baroness Helena Kennedy demands world leaders shun Saudi Arabia from the G20 summit until women's rights activists, including Loujain al-Hathloul, are released #FreeLoujain #LoujainHungerStrik... #SexNotGender https://t.co/xI9Ar3...
Women's Voices
16 posts todayFor some reason, many people don't put together Biden's creepy leering and touching of women and girls with his agreement that women are objectified stereotypes, and that men and boys should have access to their spaces of undress. #SexNotGender ...