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Abortions not safe, legal or rare in Latin American and the Caribbean #Womenrights

  MCT MCT BY MIRTA OJITO [email protected] Seven countries in Latin America and the Caribbean — El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Chile, Suriname, Dominican Republic and Haiti — do not allow abortions for any reason, not even to save the life… Continue Reading →

#India – include hysterectomies in NFHS #womenrights #healthcare

AARTI DHAR, The Hindu Health activists and civil society groups have demanded inclusion of hysterectomies as a component in the fourth round of National Family Health Survey, and the data so generated be used for formulating guidelines to conduct surgeries… Continue Reading →

#India – The Lady Sings Strength #womenrights #Sundayreading

Women, the underprivileged, the weak—they have always found a voice in Indira Jaising ANURADHA RAMAN ON INDIRA JAISING Sterling Record Born in Mumbai to Sindhi parents who migrated from Pakistan and educated in Bangalore, Indira Jaising got her law degree in 1962…. Continue Reading →

#India – Why not Aam Aurat Party? #AAP #Womenrights

  BY KALPANA SHARMA, The Hindu, Dec 21 The HinduConsider the woman voter. Photo: Akhilesh Kumar Gender plays a role in politics. Which is why women as candidates, and as voters, make the difference. Even as Arvind Kejriwal cogitated about… Continue Reading →

Sex Work no longer crime in Canada #goodnews #womenrights

Supreme Court strikes down Canada‘s prostitution laws Parliament has 1 year to bring in new law as Criminal Code provisions remain in place CBC News Posted: Dec 20, 2013 9:53 AM ET Last Updated: Dec 20, 2013 10:40 PM ET Prostitution laws… Continue Reading →

Califia Feminists Took Education Out of Classrooms #womenrights

By Clark A. Pomerleau WeNews guest author Sunday, December 8, 2013 Launched in 1975, this group of Southern California feminists provided an alternative to mainstream academia’s attempts to tie feminism to university courses, focusing on community education, says Clark A…. Continue Reading →

#India – Bombay HC – Married daughter can get govt job on compassionate grounds #WOMENRIGHTS

: Bombay high court Swati Deshpande,TNN | Dec 7, 2013, 04.44 AM IST MUMBAI: Striking a blow for gender equality, theBombay high court on Friday held that a married daughter too is eligible for a job on compassionate grounds in place of her father, after his demise. To allow only… Continue Reading →

A trend in U.S. Maternity Care #womenrights #maternalmortality

Two Events on  Suggest a Trend By Rita Henley Jensen WeNews editor in chief Thursday, December 5, 2013 In a one-week period last month two major developments–both tied to Women’s eNews‘ coverage–could signal a rousing from complacency. One was a… Continue Reading →

Realizing women’s rights to land and other productive resources #womenrights

  Authors/Editor(s): UN Women and OHCHR         Women’s access to, use of and control over land and other productive resources are essential to ensuring their right to equality and to an adequate standard of living. Throughout the world,… Continue Reading →

#India – Mumbai Court- Denying wife physical relations is cruelty’ #goodnews #justice #womenrights

Woman Gets 3L As Permanent Alimony Rebecca Samervel TNN Mumbai: A city court has held that depriving a woman of a physical relationship and suspecting her amounts to cruelty. The court granted divorce on this ground to a 27-year-old woman… Continue Reading →

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