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Thursday April 1st, 2021Thursday April 1st, 2021

Women’s Voices Now

Films Inspiring Change. Women’s Voices Now uses film to drive positive social change that advances girls’ and women’s rights globally.About Us Support Our Mission. People like you are essential to advancing our mission and maximizing our impact. Join us in amplifying the voices for girls’ and women’s rights, and take an active role in the fight for global …

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Sunday March 14th, 2021Sunday March 14th, 2021

Covid-19 derails gender equality gains

In the lead up to International Women’s Day on 8 March, the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has released new findings on the impact of the coronavirus crisis on gender equality in Europe. From job losses and reduced working hours to spikes in domestic violence and overwhelmed counsellors, the effects of the pandemic have …

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Saturday March 13th, 2021Saturday March 13th, 2021

The Socialist Origins of International Women’s Day

Proposed by Julie Copeland From the beginning, International Women’s Day has been an occasion to celebrate working women and fight capitalism. In 1894, Clara Zetkin took to the pages of the Social Democratic women’s magazine Die Gleichheit (Equality), which she had founded three years earlier, to polemicize against the mainstream of German feminism. “Bourgeois feminism …

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Thursday February 11th, 2021

Misogyny: Women ‘should be protected’ under hate crime laws

Sent by Sissy Vovoy Women should be protected under expanded hate crime laws, according to a new report from the Law Commission. The independent body that advises government said misogyny should be treated in the same way as other discrimination when it is the motivation for a crime. Campaigners welcomed the proposal, including Labour MP …

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Sunday September 20th, 2020

Equal pay essential to build a world of dignity and justice for all, UN says, commemorating first International Equal Pay Day

20/9/2020 Sent by Sissy Vovoy UN Women/Piyavit Thongsa-Ard – A migrant worker sews clothes in a factory in western Thailand. Working more than 12 hours a day, with overtime, they earn less than the minimum daily wage, leaving them with barely enough money for rent, food, or savings. 18 September 2020 – The United Nations is marking the …

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