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3/12/2012
Kenya: Rita, "I feel cheated of my right to decide whether to give birth or not".

NAIROBI, 30 November 2012 (PlusNews) - In August 2012, the African Gender and Media Initiative, a Kenyan NGO, released a report documenting cases of forced and coerced sterilizations of HIV-positive women, carried out by both private and government-run health facilities.

3/12/2012
Sierra Leone: Shifting Tide On Abortion Law.

FREETOWN, 27 November 2012 (IRIN) - The new government is responding positively to health workers and youth groups who have long called for a change in the 1861 law banning abortion except in exceptional circumstances.

3/12/2012
Egypt: Egypt's new constitution limits fundamental freedoms and ignores women's rights.

‘It is appalling that virtually the only references to women relate to the home and family’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui.

2/12/2012
Day 8/16 of Activism Against Gender Violence: Fighting Back-Reclaiming The 'Public'

In the evening of June 2nd I found myself heading to Tahrir Square, in the heart of Cairo, with no interest in protesting. I really just wanted to check out the scene – by this point, I was frustrated by the fact that the Egyptian people were not united. Everyone seemed to be looking out for their own interests, rather than the interests of the country and its people.

1/12/2012
Day 7/16 of Activism Against Gender Violence: My Name is Rana...

My name is Rana Hadi and I am 24 years old.  I am in my fourth year of study at the Science College in Baghdad. I have always known that a human being has only one life. Yet I have had two, and I will share them with you.

My first life

30/11/2012
Day 6/16 of Activism Against Gender Violence: Mother Of The Martyr!

 

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Mother of the martyr. I still feel the place where you used to sleep, I still hear your voice rising as you skip up the stairs quickly, "I need to have lunch quickly before I go out again,” I still feel your little fingers on my cheek…

30/11/2012
Palestine: Palestinians Celebrate Status Upgrade at UN.

Jubilant Palestinians have rejoiced at the historic - but largely symbolic - vote at the UN General Assembly in New York granting them non-member observer status.

30/11/2012
Palestine: Interview with Janan Abdu.

Some people seem to be born with the ability to rouse the passion of crowds with speeches or compel youth to rethink their lives with a poem, but most talents are cultivated over years. Janan Abdu’s multi-faceted talent for advocacy, however, was hatched out of necessity when her husband, Palestinian activist Ameer Makhoul, was arrested and sentenced to nine years in an Israeli jail. 

30/11/2012
Day 5/16 of Activism Against Gender Violence: In Honor Of Our Sisters- Bahrain WHRD

This International Women Human Rights Defenders Day, we would like to celebrate the brave women of Bahrain, who combat all social and cultural barriers to defend their equal rights and work to achieve social justice and freedom. Bahraini WHRD impart valuable lessons in determination and resistance to their sisters worldwide.

Where does one begin when talking about Bahrain’s courageous women? It is difficult to decide where to start, and what to tell.

29/11/2012
International: Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery Marks International Day for Abolition of Slavery.

GENEVA – “Women and girls who are forced to marry find themselves in servile marriages for the rest of their lives,” warned United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, Gulnara Shahinian, in a statement to commemorate the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, which is celebrated on 2 December. “They are deprived of their genuine right to make their own choice for their future.”