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Are heroes who want to rescue those sex-trafficked really the heroes?
Jess Richardson – WNN SOAPBOX (WNN) Los Angeles, California, UNITED STATES, AMERICAS: Former sex worker and sex-trafficking survivor Jes Richardson …Continue reading →
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In spite of campaigns gender equality remains “elusive,” say experts
Lisa Anderson for TRF – WNN SOAPBOX (WNN/TRF) United Nations, New York, UNITED STATES, AMERICAS: When it comes to women’s …Continue reading →
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Why is it so important for women to be included in peace processes?
Vanina Serra – WNN SOAPBOX (WNN/OD/50:50) The Hague, The Netherlands, WESTERN EUROPE: On 27 March 2014, a historic first was …Continue reading →
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First-ever Menstrual Hygiene Management Day
Kriti Sharma for HWR – WNN SOAPBOX (WNN) New York, UNITED STATES, NORTHERN AMERICA: Some girls stop going to school. …Continue reading →
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Gender equality and empowerment is not just a female fight
Anna Leach for GDN – WNN SOAPBOX (WNN/GDN) London, UNITED KINGDOM, NORTHERN EUROPE: Gender empowerment projects that focus on girls …Continue reading →
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‘Women human rights defenders deserve our protection’, says Nobel Laureate...
Jody Williams for The Nobel Women’s Initiative – WNN SOAPBOX Iranian rights defender Parvin Ardalan’s work has been pivotal to the creation of the Million Signatures Campaign in Iran, who’s goal is to...
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To stop FGM – Female Genital Mutilation we must first define it
Hilary Burrage – WNN – Women News Network – WNN SOAPBOX A stop FGM – Female Genital Mutilation sign in Bakau New Town, Gambia shows that attitudes on the ancient practice of FGM are changing. Image:...
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The root cause of violence. Can we explain it?
Jessica Murrey for CGN – WNN SOAPBOX A 2002 sculpture of hundreds peoples hands across the globe as a statement for peace can be found at the top of the steps at the Queen’s Gardens the centre of...
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Putting women at global decision making tables requires action!, says...
Shelby Quast – WNN SOAPBOX Without the work of women health workers in Syrian displacement camps the desperate need for midwives as well as child and reproductive health services would go unmet. This...
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Why are more women than men censored?
Meredeth Tax for Open Democracy 50:50 – WNN SOAPBOX A re-edited image of British author Virginia Woolf from the original photo by George Charles Beresford 1902 (WNN/Open Democracy/50:50) New York,...
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Are heroes who want to rescue those sex-trafficked really the heroes?
Jess Richardson – WNN SOAPBOX Katia was trafficked from Moldova to Russia. At the age of 19 she returned home where she sits on her bed with a new kitten. Image: Mimi Chakarova/CIR (WNN) Los Angeles,...
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In spite of campaigns gender equality remains "elusive," say experts
Lisa Anderson for TRF – WNN SOAPBOX A mixed math class shows both boys and girls studying together in a Sri Lankan classroom on February 26, 2013, but policy makers in the region are almost always men...
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Why is it so important for women to be included in peace processes?
Vanina Serra – WNN SOAPBOX Professor Miriam Coronel-Ferrer (middle) acts as the Peace Panel chair for the Philippine government as she receives a certificate of appreciation for speaking at the...
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First-ever Menstrual Hygiene Management Day
Kriti Sharma for HWR – WNN SOAPBOX Women watch as hundreds of Somalis play in the surf at Lido beach in Mogadishu. Image: AU UN IST PHOTO / TOBIN JONES (WNN) New York, UNITED STATES, NORTHERN AMERICA:...
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Gender equality and empowerment is not just a female fight
Anna Leach for GDN – WNN SOAPBOX Rwanda father and son join other men and boys in the audience of the arrival of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Mrs. Ban to the “Village of Hope” Project to the...
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