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Saudi Arabia Mulls Lifting Women Drivers Ban

Saudi Arabia has moved a step closer to lifting its ban on female drivers – but women would still be banned from wearing make-up behind the wheel. The Saudi king’s advisory council has recommended that the government drop the restriction, a member of the council told The Associated Press. The decision was taken in a …

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Self-ruling region in Syria issues women’s rights decree – monitor

BEIRUT, Nov 9 (Reuters) – Officials in a predominantly Kurdish province of northeastern Syria have issued a women’s rights decree, monitors said on Sunday, in an apparent rebuke to the hardline views of Islamic State insurgents who have advanced in the region. Islamic State, which has declared a “caliphate” across large areas of Syria and …

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EU equal treatment law: we’ve been waiting too long!

Joint media statement:  AGE Platform Europe; European Disability Forum (EDF); European Network Against Racism (ENAR); European Women’s Lobby; European Youth Forum; ILGA-Europe; Social Platform As high-level EU Member States’ representatives meet today to discuss how to make equality a reality for all, equality and anti-discrimination organisations call on them to show a real commitment to …

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Join International Front against Religious-Right and for Secularism

The Manifesto for Secularism was adopted at the 11-12 October International Conference on the Religious-Right, Secularism and Civil Rights. The Conference called on people everywhere to join the International Front for Secularism and strengthen a human alternative to the religious-Right. YOU CAN ADD YOUR NAME TO THE MANIFESTO HERE and HERE Our era is marked by …

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Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai donates $50,000 to Gaza schools

Pakistani teen who won Nobel Peace Prize for education advocacy donates entire sum of World’s Children’s Prize to UNRWA schools damaged during summer’s Gaza war. Malala Yousafzai, the 17-year-old Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman for speaking out for girls’ right to education, has announced that she is donating …

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