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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2015

This year’s international day of eliminating violence against women coincides with the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Beijing Platform for Action, where for the first time, after centuries of silence, it was established that violence against women is a manifestation of historically unequal power relationships between women and men, one of the …

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International Day to End Violence Against Women 2015 #ourfuture

[Brussels, 25 November] On this year’s International Day to End Violence Against Women the European Women’s Lobby calls once more on the European Commission and the European Union Member States to deliver a concrete and ambitious EU new Strategy for Equality between women and men. With a social media action under the hashtag #ourfuture, the …

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The massive movement of the refugees/migrants in the hot summer of 2015

Contribution to the meeting of the Feminist Network of the European Left Party-EL-FEM in 24th of November The massive movement of refugees this summer exceeded anything after the Bosnian war, but some say after the 2nd World War. Of course, it is the result of wars in the whole Asia area, and more. “Regular” imperialist …

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Kabul Women Seek Justice For Rokhshana Stoned to Death

Dozens civil society activists gathered in capital Kabul to seek justice for 19-year-old Rokhshana who was stoned to death by the Taliban in western Ghor province. The activists, mainly women, strongly denounced the public execution of a woman and called it an un-Islamic and inhumane act. Forced to marry against her will, the young Rokhshana …

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