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Pooja | Sep 30 2006
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The government of Bangladesh has proposed an amendment in their law according to which jail officials would be entitled to release the women convicts on parole. If the released convicts were found violating the conditions for parole, they would again.
Pooja | Sep 30 2006
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According to Morocco Times, a body called National Observatory for Fighting Violence against Women in Rabat as been set up by the native government. The aim of such an organization is to look into the matters of social services. It has been reported..
Pooja | Sep 30 2006
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While talking to the reporters after addressing Mahila Shakti Samaroh at Lehra, Renuka Chowdhury, Union Minister for Women and Child Development asserted the need of a severe law concerning sexual harassment against women and stated that a bill in this...
Pooja | Sep 30 2006
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Col. Atef Zahar's petition for an appeal to the High Court has been discarded by the military appeals court at IDF Headquarters. The military court has condemned him six years of imprisonment for raping a junior female soldier. Zahar's lawyer...
Pooja | Sep 29 2006
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Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Governor of California, has signed a bill, which aims to shield patients and staff of reproductive health clinics from activists who are against abortion and might use violent behavior against them. He also signed bills...
Pooja | Sep 27 2006
nigeria
According to the International Organization for Migration, Nigerian women are subjected to sex trafficking when offered jobs in Europe. Jemini Pandya spokesperson of International Organization for Migration states that on arriving Europe a woman has..
Pooja | Sep 27 2006
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Human rights groups in Tunisia have stated that girls in educational institutes are being forced to remove their headscarf or else, they are being subjected to harassment. However, the establishments refuted the charges but are of the view that they.
Pooja | Sep 27 2006
uzma saeed
Uzma Saeed is a Legal Activist in Lahore. She is working on a legislative watch programme, urging Parliamentarians, media and political parties to raise awareness regarding the Hudood laws. Her aim is to abolish the law because it has been created...
Pooja | Sep 26 2006
 bangalore safe fo women
Lately, the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) in collaboration with the National Commission for Women (NCW) has put forward a study according to which, Bangalore offers the most security to its women employees. The same.
Pooja | Sep 26 2006
uterine cancer
Recent research done by the US reported that the chances for survival are less for black women as compared to white women, with uterine cancer. Director of the Gynecologic Disease Center Dr. G. Larry Maxwell stated that even if equal treatment is...

Interview

sara and suzanne swift

Suzanne Swift, the then twenty one year old Army Specialist, was arrested for showing her reluctance in going back to fight in Iraq. She served in Iraq for a year but decided she won’t return and went AWOL. Not only did she feel the war lacked purpose, Swift said her superiors repeatedly sexually harassed her while serving in Iraq.

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