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International Women’s Day: Missing the Point Holds Us Back

As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, celebrating it in the Arab world comes with mixed reactions. In a region that has embraced more change in the past two years than it has in the past two decades, the issue of...
by Yara Al Wazir
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WATCH: We Need Male Leaders Against Gender Abuse

Jackson Katz PhD is an anti-sexist activist, filmmaker, author and educator. In this TED talk he discusses his “bystander approach” to eradicating sexist abuse, in which witnesses of abuse – and male ones in particular ...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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Educating Women

Emma Watson Brilliantly Explains Why Gender Equality Isn’t Only A Women’s Issue

“You might be thinking – ‘Who is this Harry Potter girl? And what is she doing speaking at the UN?’ And it’s a really good question. All I know is that I care about this problem and I want to make ...
by Priyanka Mogul
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The ‘Invisible’ Scar, Crime

I wrote a Facebook update asking my friends to share on what to do in the event of rape. And, Moraa Osoro a pal wrote in caps: REPORT. REPORT. REPORT. Adding, “If it is not reported, it never happened.” The last bit was p...
by Eunice Kilonzo
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Violence Against Women in the UK: The Horror we are Afraid to Admit

Recently, several horrific attacks took place against innocent women in India. These attacks were highly publicised and have spurred women across the country to fight for their rights; a cultural shift is taking place and one c...
by Ved Menon
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Human Rights

WATCH: A 21st Century Perspective on “Feminism”

In a 21st century world, it should come as a shock to many people that we still need to campaign for women’s rights. Yet women all over the world are forced to demand basic rights as though they don’t deserve to already hav...
by Priyanka Mogul
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Women

#FreeTheNipple: does the nipple need to be freed?

The #FreeTheNipple movement resurged last week, with women taking to social media in protest when an Icelandic teen became the victim of online trolls after she announced an upcoming “Free the Nipple” day at her school. 17...
by Tessa Evans
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