Category: News & Current Affairs
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New Delhi: Supreme Court Rejects PIL Seeking menstruation Leave for Female Students and Working Women
On Friday, the Supreme Court ruled that it would not hear a public interest litigation (PIL) asking the court to order all states to establish policies for menstrual pain leave for women in school and the workforce.
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BBC Reports: Women Working on Lipton’s Tea Farms in Kenya Allegedly Being Coerced Into Sexual Relations With Managers.
The BBC reported online that “more than 70 women on Kenyan tea fields, owned for years by two British corporations, told the BBC they had sexually been mistreated by supervisors.”
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Malcolm X’s Daughter Plans to Sue FBI, CIA, NYPD and others For Their Roles in Her Father’s Murder.
Daughter of American civil rights activist Malcolm X says she would sue for $US100 million ($146 million), alleging the FBI, CIA, and NYPD of involvement in her father’s murder.
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Period Poverty: Northern Ghanaian Women, Girls Use Rags In Place of Sanitary Pads
30-year-old Ms Fuseini Pagnaa of Gnani, a neighbourhood of Yendi in the Northern Region, has been using rags as sanitary pads throughout her monthly periods for the past few months.
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#NigeriaDecides: What A New Administration Would Mean For Women
The top four presidential contenders for the forthcoming 2023 elections have Nigerian elections have expressed their intentions and plans on ways their administration would be addressing gender inequality.
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What a New Administration Would Mean for Women
Although the Constitution of Nigeria guarantees nondiscrimination and equal treatment of the genders, women in the country are nonetheless subject to discrimination and oppression.
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Women This Week: Around the world in 5
The ongoing series highlights women’s news and information about foreign policy. This week’s post covers February 11 to February 17
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AMA Says Childbirth is Far More Lethal for Women Than Abortion Pill As Judge Weighs Mifepristone Ban
AMA Says Childbirth is Far More Lethal for Women Than Abortion Pill As Judge Weighs Mifepristone Ban
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Quack Therapist: Lies by Faiz Aliyu
On October 12, 2022, mental health advocacy organization, She Writes Woman released a public service announcement warning all its partners, clients and the public about its now-dismissed COO, Faiz Muhammad Aliyu.
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Women’s Aid Presents Findings from Prevalence of Domestic Violence Survey on Valentine’s Day.
The findings of a questionnaire highlighting abusive tendencies in the relationships of young people were recently made public by Women’s Aid, a national charity organisation working to prevent and address domestic abuse.