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Igbo women campaign for rights (The Women’s War) in Nigeria, 1929

By November 1929, Igbo women in southeastern Nigeria had had enough. From the perspective of the British colonizers, the women became loud, angry, and disruptive. They marched through cities and towns and demanded political leaders to step down. The women took their British rulers completely by surprise. The British were ignorant of the discontent among …

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LEGO is slipping a feminist message into its newest line of characters

Women aren’t entering fields of science and math in large numbers, so LEGO is encouraging them on the minifig scale. The trend of men dominating STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering, math) has been omnipresent in the US, but not for any biological reason, many experts say. Most girls just aren’t pushed in that direction. Now the …

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Ανοικτή επιστολή προς τον Αντιπρόεδρο της Ευρωπαϊκής Επιτροπής Frans Timmermans

Brussels, 24 March 2015] This morning, the European Women’s Lobby and ILGA-Europe, the European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association sent an Open Letter to European Commission Vice President Timmermans and European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality on the topic of the promised EU LGBTI strategy and the …

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A European Union architecture for women’s rights and gender equality

EWL Beijing+20 in March – The equality house : a sustainable and strong European Union architecture for women’s rights and gender equality [Brussels, 2 March 2015] Did you know that only five Member States have a separate designated body for the promotion of equal treatment of women and men ? That in 2012, only two Member States …

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