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Rights groups demand more reform after 'marry your rapist' law repealed
LEADIN:
A controversial Palestinian law that allowed rapists to escape punishment if they married their victims was repealed in March of this year.
But rights groups in the West Bank are calling for further...
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AP Explains: Impact of Kennedy's Retirement
AP Reporter Mark Sherman looks at what's next now that Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy has announced his retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court.
The 81-year-old Kennedy said Wednesday he is stepping down after more than...
Sky News
Bianca Jagger Addresses Women Gathered Ahead of March for Women's Rights
CLEAN: People gathered in London to march for women's rights ahead of International Women's Day on March 8th. Shows Bianca Jagger, actress and human rights advocate speaking to women gathered outside City Hall, London, on March 5th, 2017.
Sky News
Reverend Jesse Jackson On Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama
CLEAN: Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr. attended a Hillary Clinton campaign event in Greensboro, North Carolina. Interview with Rev Jesse Jackson on Hillary Clinton and how Michelle Obama can help her campaign. There are less than two weeks to...
Bloomberg
BofA Vice Chair Looking Forward to Meeting Ivanka Trump
Apr.24 -- Anne Finucane, Bank of America vice chair, discusses women in business and Dodd-Frank regulations with Bloomberg's Matt Miller on "Bloomberg Markets."
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Anti Trump Handmaids protest in Warsaw
Around 100 demonstrators protested in Warsaw against Donald Trump's visit including some dressed as Handmaids from Margaret Atwood's feminist novel The Handmaid's Tale
Sky News
Interview With Helen Jones MP On Discriminatory Dress Codes
CLEAN: MPs say dress codes which discriminate against women are still widespread in UK workplaces. Parliament held an inquiry after twenty seven year old Nicola Thorp lost her job as a receptionist because she refused to wear high heels....
Sky News
Vox Pops Protesters at Women's March London
CLEAN: Hundreds of thousands of people rallied together around the world in the Women's March as a show of solidarity against new U.S. President Donald Trump. Vox pops with Women's March participants, on marching against Donald Trump and...
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Hillary Clinton, Cuomo, tout abortion rights
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has joined New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in calling for codifying abortion rights in New York state law.
Bloomberg
Alma Har’el Leads The Charge for Diversity in Hollywood
Oct.18 -- After decades of under-representation, women directors are finally on the rise in film and advertising. Alma Har’el lead the charge for equality with her initiative Free The Bid in 2016 and has now launched Free The Work, a...
Bloomberg
Standard Chartered & Mubadalah Investment on Promoting Women in Middle East Business
Jun.30 -- As firms across the globe try to promote diversity and inclusion of women, Bloomberg Middle East’s Manus Cranny speaks with two powerful women: executive director of upstream at Mubadalah, and the regional CEO of Standard...
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Federal Judge Blocks Idaho Abortion Ban In Medical Emergencies
The ruling means the state temporarily cannot prosecute anyone who is performing an abortion in an emergency medical situation.
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President Barack Obama says he won't insist that his Supreme Court nominee pass any "litmus tests" over supporting abortion rights, but made clear he will choose someone who will consider personal privacy and women's rights when ruling on cases.
HEADLINE: Obama: No litmus tests on abortion for court pick
CAPTION: President Barack Obama says he won't insist that his Supreme Court nominee pass any "litmus tests" over supporting abortion rights, but made clear he will choose...
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Naomi Campbell, Trudie Styler among participants in UN March in March to end violence against women
Naomi Campbell, Trudie Styler, Kim Cattrall, Kelly Rutherford and more visited took part in the United Nations Women for Peace annual "March in March" event on Friday (7 MARCH 2014), to end violence against women.
Styler, who is known...
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Abused housemaids receive IT training to help rebuild their lives
File, Singapore July 2006
1. Various maids sweeping
2. Various maid ironing
3. Various maids preparing food
4. Various maids working in a garden
Singapore, February 2007
5. Migrant worker Leah Pasquin conducting computer lesson
6. Rows...
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Gaza - Women's rights
International Women's Day on Sunday (8/03) is welcomed in Gaza
as a day to celebrate the gradual improvement in social and
political status for women since the signing of the peace
accords between the PLO and Israel in 1993 and the...
Bloomberg
Sheryl Sandberg: How Men Benefit From Gender Equality
Jan.19 -- At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg addressed how companies can shift unconscious biases and why it's more important than ever for men to get on board. This is part of Bloomberg's ongoing Walk the...
Sky News
Interview With Ann Francke On Gender Discrimination Research
CLEAN: MPs say dress codes which discriminate against women are still widespread in UK workplaces. Parliament held an inquiry after twenty seven year old Nicola Thorp lost her job as a receptionist because she refused to wear high heels....
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Muslim Advocate: Genital Cutting Case Shocking
A Muslim community leader in the United DStates says it's "simply inaccurate" that female genital mutilation is an approved practice in the Islam faith.Fatina Abdrabboh, who heads up the American Muslim Advocacy League, spoke to The...
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Muslim Advocate: Genital Cutting Case Shocking
A Muslim community leader says it's "simply inaccurate" that female genital mutilation is an approved practice in Islam.Fatina Abdrabboh (fuh-tee'-nuh ab-DRAH'-buh), who heads up the American Muslim Advocacy League, spoke to The...
Sky News
Women pressured to be 'sexier' in workplace, lawyers claim
Women pressured to be 'sexier' in workplace, lawyers claim
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Fears of HIV explosion among African sex workers at World Cup
VOICED: Fears of HIV explosion among African sex workers at World Cup