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Gender-Based Violence

Indonesia’s virginity tests: A growing women’s rights violation

Indonesia’s city of Jember recently proposed imposing a state-sponsored two-finger test to check for the virginity of female high school students, preventing those who have engaged in pre-marital sex from receiving their ...
by Hina Tai
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Human Rights

Backwards Is The Future? Women, Tunisia, And Constitutional Debates

Following the Arab Spring, there has been considerable debate on whether women’s rights are under threat from Islamist political parties and the seemingly patriarchal modes of politics they espouse. Despite the very public an...
by Hugh Oberlander
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Health
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How Racist Zoning In Houston Continues To Damage Communities

Texas is the only state in America without zoning laws. Once oil was discovered in East Texas in the late 1800′s, the city of Houston became a prized location for entrepreneurs and corporations. The oil boom can be directly l...
by Natalie House
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Citizen Journalist Kidnapped And Killed In Mexico For Reporting On Organised Crime

Citizen groups in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas reported yesterday that Twitter user María del Rosario Fuentes Rubio​​ had been kidnapped and murdered. Although it is unknown who was responsible for her death,...
by Tlanonotsalistli
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No #YebInLima?

The 11th hour sacking of climate superstar Yeb Saño casts a pall over Lima as the UN climate negotiations kick off. The Philippine Climate Change Commissioner, and world famous icon of the climate movement Yeb Saño, has repo...
by Hamish McKenzie
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WATCH: The Syrian Puppets of Freedom

Demonstrations calling for freedom at the heart of the palace of Bashar al-Assad (or Bisho, as a sarcastic nickname); puppets taking the forms of children, martyrs, shabbiha, and freedom fighters; a dictator screaming, “I am ...
by Syria Untold
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Health

Critical Health Epidemics On The Rise In Prisons

Critical health epidemics are on the rise in prisons internationally. Just this week, new controversy surrounds the issue in the light of breaking news that American prisons may have to invest in expensive drug treatment for in...
by Abbie Saunders
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Human Rights
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If I Were A Dictator, I Would Consider You My Enemy

This post is part of a special series of articles by blogger and activist, Marcell Shehwaro, describing the realities of life in Syria during the ongoing armed conflict between forces loyal to the current regime, and those seek...
by Marcell Shehwaro
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International Political Forum

Guide To The EU Elections

Some of the most exciting and dramatic politics are centred on the democratic notion of elections. So with EU elections around the corner and a predicted low turnout, it seems that most of Europe is not quite as excited about t...
by Mayda Margarita De La Fuente
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