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It isn’t justice for Purvi Patel to serve 20 years in prison for an abortion

please sign the petition here Abortion is illegal in the United States. So is having a stillbirth – not officially, perhaps, but thanks to a case in Indiana, we’re halfway there. On Monday, Purvi Patel, a 33 year old woman who says that she had a miscarriage, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for …

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Honduran Court Declares Feminist Leader Guilty

Gladys Lanza’s defense indicates they will continue fighting for her. Feminist leader Gladys Lanza has been found guilty on the charge of defamation against the public official Juan Carlos Reyes, and is facing up to four years in prison and is barred from participating in political organizations. However her defense says that this is not …

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Άστεγη από το Οχάιο περπατά χιλιόμετρα για τη δίκη του βιαστή της

A homeless woman in Ohio said that she sometimes had to walk three hours to court or the man who raped her would have been free to victimize another woman. The Columbus Dispatch reported that the homeless woman had been raped on March 12 last year while she was sleeping under an E. Broad Street bridge. She …

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83-Year Old Woman Arrested Protesting Outside Dick Cheney’s Window

An 83-year old woman was one of two arrested on Saturday, outside the former Vice President Dick Cheney’s home, in Mclean, Virginia. Tighe Barry, 57, and Eve Tetaz, 83, were there with about 20 activists from Code Pink andWitness Against Torture. Some of the protestors, risking arrest and weathering freezing cold temperatures, reportedly squeezed through the security gates and …

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Γυναίκες το 48% του κοινοβουλίου της Βολιβίας

Bolivia is reportedly the second country in the world to reach this level of representation of women in national legislative body. The Plurinational Legislative Assembly, Bolivia’s parliamentary body, will be comprised of 48 percent women in the upcoming session of 2015 to 2020.  According to the president of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, Wilma Velasco, Bolivia is the second …

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