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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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Asia
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Virginity Tests: Proposals Made to Test School Girls

Muhammad Rasyid the Education Chief in Indonesia has made proposals of virginity tests for senior high school girls aged 15 to 16 year old. The results of which will ultimately decide on their progression onto the next grade. ...
by Ozlem Unat
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Death to the Rapists?!

We gave her the name Nirbhaya – ‘fearless’. We made an icon of a terrified woman, brutalised by six men on the night of 16th December – a date we will not be soon to forget. On Friday afternoon, friends texted friends, ...
by Shambhavi Saxena
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Women

Disney Princesses Demand Equal Pay

When a serious issue like equal pay for women hits Disney, that’s when you know things have gotten bad. We’ve all read about it in the news when the issue is occasionally brought up, causing a media storm for a few ...
by Priyanka Mogul
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Africa
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Aspirations for Tanzanian Women Become More Hopeful as Legislation Improves

With regards to the general status of women in Tanzania, there is a lot left to be desired. While women provide around 80% of the agricultural labour force in rural areas and 60% of the food production, it is very difficult for...
by Katie O'Reilly-Boyles
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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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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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Religion

Radical or Conservative: Pope Francis and the future of the Catholic Church

On the rare occasion of a newly-anointed Pope, it seems appropriate to take a look at where the Catholic Church is today, and what steps Pope Francis could take to make it a more effective force for good in the world. What are ...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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Africa

The African Women’s Decade

We Celebrate! My twitter timeline was on fire a couple of weeks ago, just as it was in April when Joyce Banda was sworn in as the commander in chief of Malawi, making her the second female president in Africa, 6 years after Ell...
by Ruth Nyambura
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