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A Female Mason Perched High above Berlin (c. 1910)

With the rise of industrialization, the number of German women who worked outside the home also increased. This usually meant factory work. But in some families with their own businesses, daughters also learned a trade so that they could help out: here, we see a master-mason’s daughter during the renovation work on the old city …

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HDP co-leaders: victory belongs to the women of this country

ISTANBUL – The general co-chairs of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), in their victory speech last night in Istanbul, said the HDP victory belongs to all those who want to live freely in Turkey and the Middle East—but especially to women. The room was packed at Istanbul’s Cezayir Restaurant to hear party general co-chairs Selahattin …

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Painter Atena Farghadani imprisoned for drawing a cartoon in Iran

[youtube]https://youtu.be/BPMh2rsJbN8[/youtube] Atena Farghadani is a prisoner of conscience, sentenced to over 12 years in prison for her peaceful activism. 28-year-old Atena was tried on 19 May on charges including ‘spreading propaganda against the system’ and ‘insulting members of parliament through paintings’. She was sentenced to 12 years and nine months in prison. Ahead of her …

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Female grads reveal the worst things they’ve been asked at job interviews

Discrimination is alive and well… By Natasha Preskey Have any of your guy friends ever been faced with awkwardJOBinterview questions about whether they plan on knocking up their significant other? Thought not. “Do you plan on having children soon?” is just one of the sexist (and illegal) questions that women are often asked when applying for a job. Employment law …

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Who is benefitting from the crime of trafficking? Stop Hypocrisy. Time to act now!

Statement of EWL and partners for the 5th meeting of the EU Civil Society Platform on Trafficking in Human Beings (21-22 May 2015, Brussels) [Brussels, 21 May 2015] As the 5th meeting of the EU Civil Society Platform on Trafficking in Human Beings is about to start, our organisations call on the EU member states …

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