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Domestic abusers winning time with children by accusing mothers of parental alienation, study finds

Writes Maya Oppenheim Women’s Correspondent Proposed by Sissy Vovou ‘Playing the parental alienation card is proving more powerful than any other in silencing the voices of women and children resisting contact with abusive men,’ says former family law barrister Abusive men are winning time with their children by accusing mothers who have won custody of …

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Lebanon Passes Landmark Sexual Harassment Law

By Timour Azhari Proposed by Sissy Vovou New law could see perpetrators spend up to four years in prison, with the legislature also amending a controversial domestic violence law. 21 December 2020 – Beirut, Lebanon – Lebanon’s Parliament has endorsed a landmark law criminalising sexual harassment that could see the most flagrant perpetrators spend up to four …

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GAMAG EUROPE – Announcement of support to the women’s strike in Poland

As 25 November marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women members of the Global Alliance on Gender and Media in Europe express solidarity with women in Poland, united under the banner of Women’s Strike (Strajk Kobiet) in defense of their right to self-determination. Violence against women can take the form of …

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25 November: No to the police violence against women

Article, by Sissy Vovou A different 25th of November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The small meetings which some of the feminist-women’s organisations had prepared, were turned into massive arrests, after hours of waiting in the police Station of Syntagma. 14 persons-women were taken to this specific Police Station (adducted), from …

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FEMINIST WOMEN CONTINUE CALLING FOR MORE POLITICAL ACTION, PROTECTION, JUSTICE, ON HIGH VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN – SEIZE CONTROL OF A FEDERAL BUILDING

Sent by Sissy Vovoy By KATE LINTHICUM – SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 MEXICO CITY — Dressed in black hoods and armed with spray paint, the women stormed into Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission and seized control. They evicted government workers, ripped paintings of revolutionary heroes from the walls and declared that from now on, the federal building in downtown Mexico …

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