Author: Azeezat Okunlola
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Klasha Becomes First Tech Company In Nigeria To Implement Period Leave Policy
Female employees at Klasha receive five days of paid menstruation leave per year in addition to the annual and sick days to which they are legally entitled.
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Woman gets £90k in settlement after sexual harassment case at work
The woman added that once she complained to her former employer, they told her she had “dressed and behaved provocatively.” For privacy reasons, neither the woman nor the company is being named.
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Nigeria, 7 Others Voted Against Expulsion Of Iran from UN Women’s Rights Commission
Twenty-nine countries voted in favour of expelling Iran, eight countries voted against it (including Nigeria, Russia, and China), and sixteen countries did not participate in the vote.
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Russian Army Deserter Discusses Crimes Against Civilians, Says They Raped a Mother and a Daughter
Chibrin is certain that Russia will be defeated in its battle with Ukraine, but only after a tremendous loss of life.
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Three Unilorin Students bag death sentences for Sexual Assault and Murder
The three defendants were found guilty by Justice Yusuf of culpable homicide punishable by death, as well as conspiracy to commit robbery and murder. They should be hanged till they die.
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Women-only Rape Support Clinic Funded by J.K. Rowling in Edinburgh
In response to the prevalence of sexual assault, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has established a support service for female victims.
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Danish Women find contraceptive coils implanted in their bodies without their consent
During the 1960s and 1970s, the Danish government attempted to curb the burgeoning Inuit population in Greenland by implanting contraceptive devices in thousands of women, some as young as 12.
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Israeli Military Admits to Shooting 16-year-old Palestinian girl, Claims It Was An Accident
The Israeli military revealed Monday that its troops had fired the fatal shots, stating the child had been killed by “unintentional” Israeli fire “aimed at armed gunmen.”
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Pregnant Airline Passenger Detained After ‘Faking Labor’ to Force Emergency Landing, 14 Others On The Run
The Spanish police are currently searching for 14 passengers who bolted from a plane that was diverted to Barcelona’s airport after a passenger allegedly “faked labor.”
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13-year-old Alyssa Defeats Leukemia in World-first Clinical Trial
Following a world-first trial using a cutting-edge form of medicine, a 13-year-old girl named Alyssa was declared free of her fatal cancer. A bone marrow transplant and chemotherapy were performed on Alyssa, but her leukaemia persisted.