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Thursday, July 03, 2014
Women Human Rights Defenders Targeted In Smear Campaigns
To smear and disgrace women human rights defenders is a proven method that is widely used by repressive regimes and powers with the aim to silence critics. The latest person to fall victim to a “dirty” smear campaign intent on subjecting women to...
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Thursday, July 03, 2014
Female Lawmaker Describes Harassment in Parliament
A lawmaker in the Japan Restoration Party was jeered during a meeting at parliament and told by a male lawmaker she “should give birth to a baby.” The incident took place in April when Rep. Sayuri Uenishi was speaking on Japan’s declining population...
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Monday, March 10, 2014
Bolivian women battle against culture of harassment
Two years after the murder of an outspoken female councillor ushered in new legislation outlawing political violence against women in Bolivia, campaigners say a culture of harassment remains, as Paula Dear reports from La Paz. Juana Quispe's...
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