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A couple more weeks for the Early Bird #FiLiA2023 tickets. - Building Sisterhood and Solidarity - Amplifying the Voices of Women - Defending Women's Human Rights https://t.co/X6dOC6...
How a Century of War Changed the Lives of Women — FiLiA
Himachal: Tibetan women protest against China in Dharamshala on Tibetan Women Uprising day
"Hundreds of Tibetan women in-exile gathered in Dharamshala and shouted slogans for the freedom of #Tibet. Tibetan Women's Association @TibetanWomen organized the protest march," said one of the activists. https://t.co/7lsdmy...
Women across Iran are refusing to wear headscarves, in open defiance of the regime
'"People went out into the streets asking about corruption, about inflation, why they can't pay for their rent anymore." And the government, she said, can no longer hide behind the headscarf. ' #Iran https://t.co/pi8G3c...
Girls’ education and the future of healthcare in Afghanistan
Girls’ education and the future of healthcare in Afghanistan 'Under Taliban control, women in medicine are caught between the growing demands for healthcare and the insecurity of services.' #Afghanistan https://t.co/XmxpNN...
Afghanistan dispatch: ‘women’s ability to access the court system has been completely wrecked’
'Despite the fact that women are trained in law, the present bar directorate at the Ministry of Justice canceled all the bar licenses of female attorneys and continues to not accept any applications from women.' #Afghanistan https://t.co/EUtFY1...
Borders woman accuses Police Scotland of being racist and misogynistic
“A sexist attitude has been normalised and allowed to permeate the senior and lower ranks of the police service, and I believe this is a reason for not taking my complaint seriously." https://t.co/xuCRGQ...
Suspected Iran schoolgirl poisonings: what scientists know
'If these are cases of poisoning, they “cannot happen without the approval of the government”' @EnciehE #Iran https://t.co/Ux3Vuu...
Fraction of police officers and staff accused over treatment of women sacked
'Less than one per cent of more than 1,500 police officers and staff who faced complaints about their treatment of women in a six-month period were sacked, figures show.' https://t.co/x7bHi9...
Demand for deepfake pornography is exploding. We aren’t ready | Moira Donegan
'Deepfake revenge porn, then, merely fulfills with technology what mainstream porn has offered men in fantasy: the assurance that any woman can be made lesser, degraded and humiliated, through sexual force.' By @MoiraDonegan https://t.co/H8HlA7...
German university quietly removes “comfort women” statue amid pressure from Japan
'this is a huge win – not just for women’s choice and agency but also in helping identify #abortion as a health issue.' Nilanjana Bhowmick #India ...
'this is a huge win – not just for women’s choice and agency but also in helping identify #abortion as a health issue.' @nilanjanab #India ...
Revealed: the real story of Mahsa Amini’s death
'They told her that she would be going to an hour-long “hijab tutorial”. Amini did not believe them. In the back of the van, she shouted and begged to be released.' https://t.co/S00Nz3...