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International Womens Day Marks 100
08 Mar 2010
celebrating IWD, it was more of a way to bring publicity to women’s rights issues. Today, the day is honored more to celebrate how far women’s rights have come all around the world – from voting to women ...
Saudi Bloggers Shatter the Kingdom's Sil
04 Mar 2010
Mutlaq, whose "Saudi Amber" Web site is among the kingdom's most sophisticated English-language advocates for women's rights. The majority of Saudi blogs dwell on personal and lifestyle issues, avoiding contentious political issues that many Saudis ...
Paris Hilton Beer Ad Tries Take Two
03 Mar 2010
one," he told O Estado de Sao Paulo. Four complaints were filed against the ad, including one by a government women's rights organization which criticized it for its "sexism and lack of respect for the condition of women." Hilton, heiress ...
03 Mar 2010
harassment. "She owns a business, and they were making things very difficult for her," said Nadya Khalife, an HRW women's rights researcher for the Middle East. "She didn't keep things quiet." Two local judges, including Aqsa, countered ...
Brazil Upset by Sexy Paris Hilton Ad
25 Feb 2010
pictures, is being investigated by Conar, the self-regulator for Brazil's ad industry, and the government's women's rights special secretariat. According to the Web site of the news magazine Veja, the ad, for national beer brand Devassa ...
Iran Moving to a Military Dictatorship
15 Feb 2010
to be their partner," she said. "But the will of the people means the will of all the people, men and women. Women's rights are an issue of singular importance to me personally and as secretary of state." She also cited the issue of violence ...
Muslim-Hindu Punk Bands Part of Movement
03 Jan 2010
on social-networking sites. The artists say they are just trying to reconcile issues such as life in America, women's rights and homosexuality with Islam and old East vs. West cultural clashes. "This is one way to deal with my identity ...
Iran Shuts Internet on Eve of Rallies
06 Dec 2009
that 28 journalists and bloggers are currently being held — including two arrested last week: a blogger supporting women's rights and a reporter for a business daily. The group said reporters have been repeatedly threatened, summoned by the intelligence ...
Tom Hanks '4-D' Film at WWII Museum
04 Nov 2009
without question," Hanks said, were the economic and human costs and the war's roots in the civil rights and women's rights movements. "We had a Jim Crow society when all that happened," Hanks said. "We still had segregated armed forces ...
Domestic violence focus of event
17 Oct 2009
Immigrant and women's rights advocates in Massachusetts plan to take on the issue of domestic violence among immigrants. ...
Taliban Leader Tells 'Invaders' to Study
19 Sep 2009
s message said the international community has "wrongly depicted" the Taliban as a force against education and women's rights. It did not elaborate. Taliban militants force women to wear the all-encompassing burqa and don't allow females ...
Model to be Caned for Drinking Beer in M
19 Aug 2009
authorities to cane her soon so that she can resume her life with her husband and children. Some politicians and women's rights activists have criticized the penalty as too harsh. A woman and a man, both Muslims, were also arrested during ...
Sexy Bikini Dissolves in Water
31 Jul 2009
A bikini being sold in Germany is driving men crazy and outraging women's rights groups. The sexy thong swimsuit looks like a real bikini but it disappears after just a few seconds in water. ...
Iranian Police Tear-Gas Protesters at Pr
17 Jul 2009
said. As she headed for the university, a prominent women's rights activist, Shadi Sadr, was beaten by militiamen
away, Mousavi's Web site www.mowjcamp.com and a women's rights site www.meydaan.com said. Inside the prayers
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Top Iran Cleric Blasts Hard-Liners Over
17 Jul 2009
spoke on condition of anonymity fearing government retaliation. Two pro-reform Web sites reported that a prominent women's rights activist, Shadi Sadr, was beaten by plainclothes militiamen and taken away as she headed toward Tehran University ...
Study: Generation Gap in U.S. Biggest Si
29 Jun 2009
about 74 percent reported major differences in an era of generational conflicts over the Vietnam War and civil and women's rights. In contrast, just 60 percent in 1979 saw a generation gap. Asked to identify where older and younger people differ ...
04 Jun 2009
Africa or providing relief after a natural disaster. The sixth issue -- the sixth issue that I want to address is women's rights. (APPLAUSE) I know... (APPLAUSE) I know, and you can tell from this audience, that there is a healthy debate ...
Obama's Keywords: America, People, World
04 Jun 2009
Africa, or providing relief after a natural disaster. The sixth issue -- the sixth issue that I want to address is women's rights. I know... I know, and you can tell from this audience, that there is a healthy debate about this issue. I ...
Kuwaiti Women Win First Parliament Seats
17 May 2009
became a lawmaker. She is an independent Shiite. The other winners were Westernized liberal Aseel al-Awadhi, women's rights activist Rola Dashti, and independent university teacher Salwa al-Jassar. ...
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