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Dolls made by the inmates of the Women’s Prison of Thebes

Dolls, appliqué and beadwork made by the inmates of the Women’s Prison of Thebes 12. 13. 14. Dec. from 11 am to 8 pm Deligiorgis 33, Metaxourgio, Athens ARSIS- Association for the Social Support of Youth and ergastiri mairivi are organizing for the 11th year their doll exhibition with dolls made by the inmates of the …

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High time for legislative action to combat violence against women

After staging a group action outside the Parliament’s hemicycle before the debate on combatting violence against women (see here), GUE/NGL MEPs this afternoon called for legislative action at EU level as well as ratification of the Istanbul Convention by all member states.  “We have talked about statistics – terrible statistics that show the terrible realities …

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La Via Campesina: Day of Action Against Violence Towards Women

On this International Day of Action Against Violence Towards Women, La Via Campesina is again denouncing the structural violence that women have to confront each day and that has been systematically silenced, made to appear natural, and rendered invisible by patriarchal capitalist society. In 2008, in its Vth Conference, La Via Campesina launched the Global …

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The nursery school of equality

STOCKHOLM — At an ocher-color preschool along a lane in Stockholm’s Old Town, the teachers avoid the pronouns “him” and “her,” instead calling their 115 toddlers simply “friends.” Masculine and feminine references are taboo, often replaced by the pronoun “hen,” an artificial and genderless word that most Swedes avoid but is popular in some gay …

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