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7 April 2023

 

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15 posts today

For those enjoying a long weekend, take time to catch up on the FiLiA blogs and podcasts. And don't forget to buy your #FiLiA2023 ticket!! https://t.co/X6dOC6... https://t.co/3O76L2...

April 7th @ 3:36 am |

FiLiA

15 posts today

'A group of women protesters in Rabat on Wednesday denounced a verdict that was deemed lax against three men accused of repeatedly raping an 11-year-old girl, a case that is stirring emotion and anger in Morocco.' https://t.co/wUvdLg...

April 7th @ 3:23 am |

FiLiA

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'Individual testimonies from some of those affected include parents missing meals, children unable to join school clubs and outings, and women who feel forced to return to work when their babies are only a few months old.' https://t.co/WNdzHt...

April 7th @ 3:14 am |

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'Women have fought against these social conditions for hundreds of years, and it was struggles led by women that established many of the international conventions on labour and on human rights.' https://t.co/Yg5rDd... https://t.co/EIOZxD...

April 7th @ 3:09 am |

FiLiA

15 posts today

'Gonul spoke passionately from the dock, explaining that the entire case against her was due to her being a trade unionist, a woman, Kurdish and a health worker.' https://t.co/J26H0U...

April 7th @ 3:02 am |

FiLiA

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'Prof Mererid Hopwood, the chair of the Peace Petition Partnership, said she was so excited she could hardly breathe and, though it was an overcast day in Wales, quoted the Welsh phrase mae’r haul yn gwenu – the sun smiles.' https://t.co/yP7VXp...

April 7th @ 2:55 am |

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'In order to transport clothing from the port to the market, women are hired as kayayei. Kayayei carry the 120 pound bales on their heads causing serious health effects and injury.' https://t.co/qW12bw...

April 7th @ 2:26 am |

FiLiA

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'Shenna Darcheville ... coordinator at the police monitoring organisation StopWatch, said the disproportionality was attributable to the “adultification” of young Black girls, in which some officers fail to see them as children.' ...

April 7th @ 2:17 am |