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Libyan Youth Voices
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Libyan Youth Voices: Addressing Harassment Now

I dream of a Libya where I feel free and liberated. Where I can do whatever I want, wherever I want, however I want… as a woman. Yes, the country fought its way out of a tyrannical upper hand. Granted, Libyan women are celebr...
by Danya Hajjaji
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Human Rights
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Alien in Lebanon: Why I Can Never Call My Country Home

A month ago, I was having dinner with my friends. I don’t know how in so many years of friendship we still manage to always stumble upon topics that we have never discussed before. On that night one of my friends was caught o...
by Lama Miri
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Politics
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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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Europe
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Getting Away With Rape

On 2 March this year, a 15-yearold girl went to a party in the suburb Tensta outside Stockholm, Sweden. By the end of the night, she found herself locked in a room and repeatedly raped by a group of teenage boys. Eight of the b...
by Boel Marcks von Würtemberg
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Human Rights

Top 5 Human Rights Successes Of 2014

Today marks World Human Rights Day. However, in today’s world, the term “human rights” often takes a somber tone. As we look back on 2014, it’s disappointing to note the sheer number of high profile h...
by Jamal Russell Black
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Human Rights
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Enough About The Driving Ban – Saudi Women Have Bigger Problems

Last October, Saudi women made headlines once again by challenging their country’s ban on female drivers and getting behind the wheel. The October 26th driving campaign saw over a dozen women take to the streets, undeterred b...
by Miriam Puttick
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Asia

Cartoon Character ‘Meena’ Changes South Asian Attitudes Towards Girls

Only two decades ago, the status of many women in some South Asian countries was low. Many girls in rural areas were not allowed to study. Girls were inevitably married off as soon as they grew up, so what good was studying? Bo...
by Pantha
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Afghanistan
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Afghanistan Law To Silence Victims Of Honour Killings, Domestic Violence And Forced Marriage

A new law in Afghanistan might allow the perpetrators of domestic violence, honour killings and forced marriages to commit these crimes without any consequences – simply because they are related to the victim. The controv...
by Priyanka Mogul
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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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