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Tuesday, 07 November 2006 18:34 |
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The Indonesian Government has officially banned female genital mutilation.
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Tuesday, 07 November 2006 18:29 |
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Two young Pakistani women, aged 19 and 20, died in February and June this year. Zarmina Bibi, 19, married in February 2006, was allegedly shot dead by her brother-in-law two months after her marriage. Tayyaba Begum, 20, who died a month and a half after her marriage in June 2006, was said to be poisoned by her in-laws. Both women are believed to be murdered by their in-laws, said Samar Minallah, an anthropologist, human rights activist, and head of Ethnomedia and Development, a non-government organisation based in Pakistan.
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Tuesday, 07 November 2006 18:24 |
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Anti-abortion advocates in South Dakota are using women-centred messages in their campaign—highlighting a woman’s right to motherhood rather than a fetus’ right to life. Nevermind that the ban impinges upon women’s right to free choice, especially with regard to taking control over their own bodies.
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Wednesday, 04 October 2006 16:12 |
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On 19 September 2006, a military coup replaced Thaksin Shinawatra as prime minister of Thailand. Isis International-Manila spoke to Pawadee Tonguthai, Vice-President for International Affairs of the Thai Women Watch and co-convenor of the Asia-Pacific Women Watch, to get her views on the regime change and what it bodes for human rights and women's advocacies in the country.
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