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Protesters Say NYC Pornhub Shop Promotes Sexual Violence Against Women

By Sonia Rincon – December 8, 2017  NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Women’s rights groups and anti-human trafficking advocates spoke out against the Pornhub pop-up shop in SoHo. Demonstrators say the pornography website, which launched the store for a limited run late last month, promotes objectification, abuse, trafficking, violence and racial slurs degrading women. “Pornhub sells sexual violence,” protesters …

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Lebanon – Memorial Statue Dedicated to Women Victims of Domestic Violence

Unusual act from a head of state, former leader of the Armed Forces, as we don’t know of similar example of a statue dedicated to violence against women. We shall see if he will fulfill his promises, at least about reform of legislation. To Mov President of the Lebanese Republic General Michel Aoun unveiled on …

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Remembering women killed fighting for human rights in 2017

Women from Colombia’s Kokonuko community accompany the coffin of Efigenia Vásquez, a Kokonuko journalist killed in October. Photograph: Tom Laffay for the Guardian To mark International Women Human Rights Defenders’ Day, we pay tribute to some of the women killed this year because of their activism More than half of the women cited in AWID’s …

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AFGHANISTAN – GIRLS’ ACCESS TO EDUCATION – CONTINUING BARRIERS

This report examines the major barriers that remain in the quest to get all girls into school, and keep them there through secondary school. These include: discriminatory attitudes toward girls by both government officials and community members; child marriage; insecurity and violence stemming from both the escalating conflict and from general lawlessness, including attacks on …

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