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Young Pakistani advocate for girls’ rights shot by Taliban
TweetBeing engaged as a young woman is something that should be encouraged, but in some places it’s still dangerous and could cost you your life. Tragedy, heroism and inspiration come together with this story of a 14-year old woman gunned down by members of the Taliban in Pakistan for advocating for young women’s rights. Her [...]
Australia to make the abortion pill easier to get
TweetYesterday, Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration announced that RU486, the abortion pill, will soon be more widely available. RU486 has been legal in Australia for six years, but until now very few doctors – about 187 physicians in a country of 22 million people – could import or prescribe it. Thanks to Marie Stopes International, that’s [...]
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Quick hit: Sex strike as a political weapon
Tweet The women of Togo have been called to withhold a sex from their husbands and partners for one week in protest to the power and policy of the current regime: “We have many means to oblige men to understand what women want in Togo,” Ms. [Isabelle] Ameganvi, leader of the women’s wing of the [...]
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Northern Ireland’s first abortion clinic to open next week