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Transgender inclusion in sport is not ‘fair’ when all champions will …
Over 350,000 pregnant women who survived Turkey-Syria earthquake need urgent care
'Pregnant women, who have lost relatives, friends, and homes in the earthquake, are being forced to put their health at risk as they take refuge in makeshift camps where it is difficult to access food and clean water' #Turkey https://t.co/dv22HB...
ECB has power to ban transgender players from female competition
'The Equality and Human Rights Commission has issued a statement declaring that there should be no legal barrier to cricket excluding transgender players from female competition due to safety concerns.' https://t.co/Coqajg...
‘It’s a war’: the doctor who wants Americans to get abortion pills before it’s too late
“If you’re in a war zone, and the war is coming, you also make sure you have enough food in your house. This is how it feels. It really is a war. It’s a war on women,” @rebeccagomperts https://t.co/Cm55QO...
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Anti-strike bill discriminates against women, say campaigners
“.... the last thing working women need is to be threatened with the sack for exercising their democratic right to strike and for trying to defend their pay and working conditions – especially in a cost of living crisis,” https://t.co/Qsnw4G...
Around 400,000 women to receive cheaper menopause treatment
'The Department of Health said that from April, women prescribed HRT as part of menopause treatment will be able to access a new scheme to enable access to a year’s worth of treatment for just under £20.' https://t.co/LSME7X...
Secret police unit did little to prevent public unrest in 14 years, inquiry told
Turkish trade union leader demands job quota for quake victims
True cost of our tea: Sexual abuse on Kenyan tea farms revealed
'A number told him that because work is so scarce, they are left with no choice but to give in to the sexual demands of their bosses or face having no income.' #Kenya https://t.co/eutMOF...
Sweden: Over 900 children were kidnapped; half of them trafficked to Iraq and Syria
'Over 900 Swedish children were kidnapped or trafficked to Iraq and Syria, Swedish media reported. Reports say that 48% of the children were taken to Iraq and Syria and that most of them were girls.' #Sweden https://t.co/FTRKlL...
Peruvian women's participation in contested politics remains active | LSE Latin America and Caribbean
'Women, particularly peasant and indigenous, have mobilised to protest their exclusion and demand social justice throughout history in alliance with peasants, students, and worker organisations.' By Mercedes Crisóstomo #Peru https://t.co/dVlT4g...
Kenyan senator targeted by online threats after period poverty protest
Seattle considers historic law barring caste discrimination