Equality Now
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International women's rights organization using the law to end discrimination and violence against women & girls globally for 30 years.
Joined May 2008
"I’ve never spoken to her. I don’t know who she is. But she is my sister… and I can’t let her die for defending herself against the man who raped her." Meet 16 yr old Zaynub Affinnih who started the #JusticeForNoura petition (.
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'We are very pleased that Noura has won the court appeal against her death sentence. However, sentencing her to five years in prison and a fine for defending herself against her rapist is still not acceptable.' @guardian .@karenmcveigh1 #justicefornoura
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BREAKING: The prosecutor in #JusticeForNoura's case has filed a petition for the death penalty to be reinstated. Noura also withdrew the appeal against her 5yr sentence under suspicious circumstances. EN is doing everything we can to get justice for Noura.
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#Beijing25 Did you know:.104 countries have laws that prevent women from working certain jobs.59 countries have no laws on sexual harassment in the workplace .18 countries have laws that allow a husband to legally prevent their wife from working.@EmmaBatha.
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Together with @GulfCentre4HR @ISHRglobal @ADHRB @CIVICUSalliance @womensmarchgbal, we demand the immediate and unconditional release of ALL Saudi WHRDs. #FreeSaudiActivists #StandWithSaudiFeminists #StandWithSaudiHeroes @KingSalman @amnestygulf
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Millions of women live with the lifelong effects of #FGM. Emily in @hulu's @HandmaidsOnHulu represents the reality these women face, like Adama, Martha & others. We want to live in a world where women & girls are not at risk of #FGM, don't you? #WakeUp
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BREAKING: Absolutely delighted to announce that Kenya’s High Court has upheld & validated the constitutionality of the anti #FGM law thereby advancing the rights of women and girls by protecting them from FGM. This is a historic win for girls and women in Kenya. #DontTouchFGMLaw
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CONGRATS @HandmaidsOnHulu for winning three #Emmys last night! 🙌🎉. @BradleyWhitford -Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. #CherryJones - Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series . Production team - Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program
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This is not fiction. This is not @HandmaidsOnHulu. These are real stories from real women. Survivors of sexual violence, FGM, forced marriage & sex trafficking. They’ve given their names. Keep hope alive by giving yours. #HopeLivesInEveryName
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One of our #FreedomMeans favorites! Thank you @lauramarano for all you do for women and girls 👏👏👏#IWD2019.
Happy #InternationalWomensDay ❤️ I am so honored to know so many amazing women from all walks of earth who have taught me and continue to teach me what true freedom for all people means. in honor of today, I wanna know what #freedommeans to you. Send a video letting me know!
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We want to live in a world where every woman and girl can make her voice heard. We are proud to partner with @hulu's @HandmaidsOnHulu to work toward this world. What world do you want to live in? #TheWorldIWantToLiveIn #WakeUp #HandmaidsTale @samirawiley
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Don't miss a mini screening of #SavingZoe today at #WD2019 at 3.30pm at the Film Festival. #ThePowerof Film. Want to know more about #SavingZoeMovie ? Read our interview with @lauramarano and @VanessaMarano . . @lisarussellfilm @Create_2030 @WomenDeliver
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Can you hear that? That's the sound of a million glass ceilings as @KamalaHarris makes history to become the first female Vice President of the United States of America. #RepresentationMatters . 🙌👏🥂🎇🎊
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“[Rape is happening] wherever there are Eritrean or Ethiopian troops. Tragic. Every single woman. Not only once. It is intentional; it is deliberate." Horrific report of rape being used as a weapon of war in the #Tigray region of #Ethiopia @tracymcveigh.
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With support from our partners, we have filed a case against the Govt of Tanzania at the African Court on Human & Peoples’ Rights @court_afchpr seeking to end the policy that bans pregnant school girls from going to school. #LetGirlsLearn .
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Equality Now is at New York City Hall gathered in support of survivors. We hear you, we see you, we believe you. #believesurvivors #IBelieveChristine #NYCStandsWithSurvivors
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Want a sexy Valentine's Day? End #UnsexyLaws. Just sayin'. xoxo Equality Now http://t.co/r0DMeKA6n6.
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📢 Amazing news from #TheGambia!.The Parliament has rejected the Bill attempting to repeal the anti-FGM ban in the Women’s (Amendment) Act, 2015. We applaud the government including the National Assembly for upholding the anti-FGM law and standing with Gambian women and girls to
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At Equality Now, we respect the voices of survivors. That's why we brought together 80+ human rights organizations who believe the same, to sign a full page statement in today’s @washingtonpost. #WhyIDidntReport
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Horrific! A 20-yr-old woman in #India who survived a brutal rape by 5 men in March was today set on fire by the same men while they were on bail. She was on her way to a court hearing in the rape case when she was attacked & has 90% burns. #UnnaoCase #EVAW.
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“Girls are our biggest & brightest hope for a better planet and yet girls around the world are in danger. Globally 1 in 10 girls faces #sexualviolence and 3 million girls are victim of #FGM every year in 92 countries, including the #USA & #UK.” @jameelajamil #MakeEqualityReality
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We stand w/ Yulia Tsvetkova, a #Russian #feminist activist who could face jail for up to 6 yrs for creating & spreading these #bodypositive illustrations. #BodyPositivity is not a crime. #freedomforyuliatcvetkova #свободуюлецветковой .#ямыЮлияЦветкова #FeministsWantSystemChange
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It's U.S. #HumanTraffickingAwarenessDay & the cast #SavingZoe have tips on using the #internet safely & positively --> #SavingZoe will be on @netflix on Jan. 15th in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand & South Africa! @lauramarano @VanessaMarano.
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“Only 31 states have laws against FGM & yet hundreds of thousands of girls are at risk in the U.S. We need to enshrine the protection of women & girls in the constitution. This is the moment for the #ERA. It has never been more urgent.”.-@RepMaloney
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This is an important victory for young women who have been harassed, intimidated, & exploited online. Thank you to @lauramarano & @VanessaMarano, our partners in raising awareness about internet predation & online gender-based violence! #SavingZoe.
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Tonight’s the night! @VanessaMarano & @lauramarano are here and taking over our Instagram! Don’t miss out on the night, follow along to watch our Gala unfold! #makeequalityreality
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.@VanessaMarano & @lauramarano are passionate about #womenrights. Together w/ their mother Ellen they're determined to get people talking about #genderequality. Check out our interview w/ these amazing women! 💪 Don't miss their #instagramtakeover June 14!
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U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Maryland) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) have announced the introduction of a Senate Resolution (S. J. Res. 6) that would immediately reopen consideration of the Equal Rights Amendment. #ERANow #RatifyERA
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#YesAllWomen because violence against women+girls is not something which happens 'over there'. It affects every single country in the world.
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Marriage under 18 is legal in 48 #US states & there is no minimum age for marriage in 18 states. Married girls are x 2 as likely to live in poverty & x 3 more likely to be physically abused by a spouse than married women. Pl help us to #EndChildMarriage
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For generations, the women and girls of #Iran have come together to protest inequality. Tonight Equality Now is delighted to recognize their activism with the 5th annual Changemaker Award presented by @ggequilibrium. #ChimeForChange #WomenLifeFreedom .
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Thrilled @JahaENDFGM has announced her candidacy for President of #TheGambia. Jaha is an inspiration - Nobel Prize Nominee, UN Goodwill Ambassador, Equality Now gala honouree, #EndFGM campaigner, & if elected, will be world's youngest female president.
Traveling across The Gambia for system change and the reason why I joined politics is so these children don’t have to inherit the burden we inherited. Let’s come together and do it for them. Let’s do this for ourselves. #PDOIS
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Wow, amazing turnout at #London Women's March, thousands on the streets standing up for equality & human rights @womensmarchlon @womensmarch
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"By forcing his daughter to undergo a "virginity" test, T.I. is telling his daughter that her body is not her own, that men can and should monitor it. This is one of the most dangerous things we can teach young women." EN Americas Director @ShelbyRQuast .
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TODAY the #Tanzania Court of Appeal upheld the landmark 2016 ruling by the High Court that marriage under the age of 18 was illegal and directed the government to raise the minimum age of marriage to 18 for both boys and girls within one year. #EndChildMarriage #AChildIsNotAWife
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Women’s inclusion in leadership at local level leads to improved outcomes for projects & policies. On the contrary, if policies or projects are implemented w/o women’s meaningful participation it can increase existing inequalities & decrease effectiveness #COP26 #WomensLeadership.
🤔 Did you know…?. 🌍 Women produce 60-80% of all crops in most developing countries. 🌱. Ahead of #COP26, learn how #ClimateAction and each #SDG are related!.More info on COP26 👉 #GlobalGoals
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Today is #InternationalWomensDay & we are thrilled that this #IWD2020, @Versace will donate 10% of all purchases from the 6th-8th March to Equality Now. ✨✨✨. Thank you #Versace for investing in women & girls:
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@josswhedon: You either believe women are people or you don't. It's that simple #MakeEqualityReality
http://t.co/9sm0DkVyfm.
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“We are happy to be the 1st County in #Kenya to establish a state-owned safe house where women, girls and anyone at risk of SGBV can seek temporary shelter because we know how hard it is to be confined in the same space as your abuser,” @ndetomwau. #SomeGoodNews #MondayMotivation
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Locking pregnant school girls out of the education system is discriminatory because it denies girls an education on account of their gender and status and not because they are unable to learn. #ZeroDiscriminationDay #Letgirlslearn #Tanzania.
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Happy Birthday🌟 to #MerylStreep, a woman who has always led with passion and perseverance in the fight for #genderequality. For over a decade, she has generously offered her time, brilliance and kind advice to Equality Now. Watch her video tribute to mark our 30th Anniversary⬇️
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.@Janefonda has something to ask you. Would you like to join her and many more celebrity activists at the #MakeEqualityReality 2020 Virtual Gala next Thursday, December 3rd? . RSVP 👉
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“I grew up in a predominantly Muslim community and vowed to be a voice for the marginalized Muslim girls, appreciating how culture, religion, and restrictive family laws have limited the lives of women," @nadia_abdalla_. #AfricaFamilyLaws #FreeOurFamilyLaws
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When @HabibaAlHinai started to research the prevalence of #FGM in #Oman she was shocked. Almost 4 in 5 of the 100 women she spoke to reported being cut. Ahead of #FGMZeroToleranceDay2021, learn more about the global movement to #EndFGM.
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The internet has completely changed #trafficking w/ an increase in access for buyers & sellers plus rapid increase in activity w/out regulation. We must work together to develop new ways to address it. Join our campaign to address it ➡️ #AntiSlaveryDay
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We're absolutely thrilled to let you know that the government of #SierraLeone has lifted the ban that denied pregnant school girls their right to education by prohibiting them from attending school, heralding the start of a remarkable era for girls in the country. #LetGirlsLearn
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We are thrilled to launch the world premiere of our #HopeLivesInEveryName video with Emmy-award winning @hulu series @HandmaidsOnHulu. Violence against women depicted in the show is reality for millions. Help keep hope alive. Give your name today.
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#EqualityNow has been awarded the International Gender Equality Prize by #IGEPFinland. #IGEP seeks to accelerate #genderequality globally. EN was chosen from 300 nominees for our high-impact work in using the law to deliver #equality for #women & #girls. #deliverforgood
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📣Launch Alert! We are pleased to announce the launch of our joint advocacy brief ''Enhancing policy responses to addressing Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (CSEA) in Kenya.'' 🔗#EndCSEA #OOS122 #EndViolence
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Tune in today to hear actresses and advocates @lauramarano & @VanessaMarano discuss the issue of online sexual exploitation on the @tamronhall show today! As the world becomes increasingly virtual, this issue is of paramount importance. #TechForGood .
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@UNGeneva @RanaAyyub @UN_SPExperts @Irenekhan @MaryLawlorhrds UN human rights experts @Irenekhan @MaryLawlorhrds call on Indian authorities to investigate “relentless misogynistic & sectarian” #OnlineAbuse of journalist @RanaAyyub, “maliciously targeted with anonymous death & rape threats by organised groups online” .
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.@LoujainHathloul's charges include: . - Contacting @amnesty and @hrw. - Applying for a job at the @UN. - Demanding an end to male guardianship. Yet #Saudi authorities are charging her with terrorism for her activism. #ActivismIsNotTerrorism @KSAMOFA #FreeLoujain!
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We haven’t forgotten Noura. Six months on and there is still no #JusticeForNoura after her second appeal was withdrawn under suspicious circumstances. #Sudanese officials seem to have forgotten her case, but we haven’t. Help us fight for justice.
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“In rape, men think they have a right to grab women. In prostitution, men think they have a right to grab women, with the difference that the state agrees with them because they’ve paid money for it.” - @IngeReed speaking #NeitherSexNorWork #EndDemand #EVAW
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Although #Gilead and #TheTestaments are fictional, they hold a mirror up to the state of women’s rights today. The patriarchal and discriminatory practices of Gilead are the kinds of practices Equality Now tackles every day. Join us to help #makeequalityreality.
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BREAKING NEWS: Congress to vote on the ERA!! Thank you @JerryNadler for your leadership on bringing us one step closer to constitutional equality for ALL women! #ERANow . @VAratifyERA @ERACoalition @EqualMeansEqual
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#Ohio law allows boys to marry at 18 & girls at 16. But with permission from parents & a judge, children can marry at any age. State Rep @lauralaneseohio cited marriage of a 14yr old girl to a man, 48, as an example of why lawmakers must #EndChildMarriage
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“We must define child marriage as the violation that it is - it is the brutal violation of a child, and we must call it out and take ownership of the campaign to #EndChildMarriage,” Ms. Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda - Former @_AfricanUnion Goodwill Ambassador for Ending Child Marriage.
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"There is no doubt that #sexualviolence is being used as a weapon of war, as a means to humiliate, terrorize, & traumatize an entire population today & into the next generation.” @UNReliefChief on the situation for women & girls in #Tigray #Ethiopia.
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"No one understands #trafficking better than those who have lived through it. It is our responsibility to protect survivors, learn from them, & believe them. When it comes to policies & law, we need survivor-informed solutions," @lauramarano @VanessaMarano
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#HarveyWeinstein has been sentenced to 23yrs. He is being held to account for harm he has done to so many women in a sustained pattern of abuse perpetrated over 4 decades. This a watershed moment in society's understanding that rape is about abuse of power. #HarveyWeinsteinGuilty.
Breaking News: Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison for sex crimes, a stunning downfall for a Hollywood mogul whose abuse of women ignited #MeToo
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Our virtual annual gala is almost here! On Oct 12 at 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT join us & some of your favorite celebrities & activists for an incredible evening to help #MakeEqualityReality. Register for free: #DayoftheGirl #GirlsJustWannaHaveFundamentalRights
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She was fined by police for time wasting after reporting that her ex-boyfriend was #stalking her. 4 months later he slit her throat. Now, police admit 13 other women had previously made complaints about the killer's behavior.
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Today, on World Day to #EndHumanTrafficking, inspired by @JaneTribune, we've corrected some of the language too often used in the media when reporting on #SexTrafficking & #SexualViolence cases. Language matters. If it's rape, say so. #FixedIt
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#JusticeForNoura Sentenced to death in #Sudan for killing 'husband' who she was forced to marry, violently raped her when she refused to consummate marriage & who she stabbed in self-defence in 2nd #rape attack .pl sign @nitabhalla.
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Amazing atmosphere out on the streets of #London, so many taking a stand in solidarity & calling for gender #EqualityNow around the globe 🌐 #WhyIMarch #WomensWave @womensmarchlon
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#SaferInternetDay aims to create a safer & better #internet, where everyone is empowered to use tech responsibly, respectfully, critically & creatively. Test your internet savvy w/ this #Quiz we made w/ @lauramarano & @VanessaMarano ---> #SID2020
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100,000 people march through #London in a glorious celebration of women's rights, diversity & equality #womensmarchlondon #womensmarch
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Calling @HandmaidsOnHulu fans, now is your chance to own a piece of the show! Take home this framed Waterford family portrait & cast signed poster while supporting Equality Now, bid here: #handmaidsonhulu #blessedbethefruit #makeequalityreality @hulu
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BREAKING: After years of effort, passage of both anti 'honor crimes' and rape bills in PAKISTAN is a huge moment for women and girls there.
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Congrats @RebecaGyumi from @MsichanaUwezo for winning the #UN 2018 Human Rights Prize for your pivotal role in #Tanzania's 2016 landmark ruling to raise the #childmarriage age for girls from 14 to 18, and for your continuing work for girls rights. #Shero
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We are very pleased Noura won her court appeal against her death sentence. This is a positive step for her and Sudanese women. However, a five year prison sentence for defending herself against rape is not acceptable. We are looking at next steps to support her. #justicefornoura.
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"Prostitution is not a way out of poverty. Poor, black women in #SouthAfrica come out poorer and scarred emotionally, physically and mentally'" says Mickey Meji @Embrace_Dignity .#SPACEWOC .#ListentoSurvivors.
Ending the panel presentations is Mickey Meji shedding light on the horrific racism her and others faced and still face in South Africa #SPACEWOC
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1 in 4 women in the #USA aged 18+ will experience severe physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime. “I want the statistics to change & I hope that telling my story might prevent more stories like mine from happening,"@MelissaBenoist #EVAW.
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Today we launch our new report “Ending Online Sexual Exploitation & Abuse of Women & Girls: A Call for International Standards,” highlighting the urgent need for global collaboration in tackling online sexual abuse and exploitation (#OSEA). 1/4.
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"The men in the hip-hop community have failed @theestallion. On social media she was mocked and memed, diminishing the gravity of the violence enacted upon her. It points to a larger problem: the sadistic nature of #misogynoir." @taylorcrumpton .
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“Rape is being used as a weapon of war. Multiple displaced people have given eye witness accounts of mass rape. Women who are assaulted are in need of multiple levels of care, including emergency contraceptives & drugs to prevent HIV in addition to psychological support." #Tigray.
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"Through her activism and philanthropy," writes @emmaatheparty, EN's Global Head of Communications. "@AnnieLennox is helping to keep the issue of women’s equality in social discourse." . Read our full #30For30 list today: #MakeEqualityReality
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Together, we can build a world where girls are not at risk of sexual violence. That is what it will take: every one of us, everywhere. Join us & help create the world you want to live in. #TheWorldIWantToLiveIn #Wakeup #HandmaidsTale @HandmaidsOnHulu
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Enacting laws that prohibit child marriage is a win because girls who are married before 18 are at increased risk of experiencing violence, unwanted pregnancy, and lack of education. #ChildMarriage is a #HumanRights violation. While we celebrate the Senate passing Bill 359, we.
This is New Hampshire Republican State Rep Jess Edwards arguing in favor of child marriage this week and referring to girls as “ripe” and “fertile.”. Thankfully, the bill passed and child marriage will soon be illegal in New Hampshire.
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"I remember my arms & legs being held down & somebody covered my eyes. It was awful. I think I blacked out & when I came to they had tied my legs together. my mum told us we weren't ever to talk about what had happened." #EndFGM #USA by @EmmaBatha @TRF.
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Here’s to #MaleAllies fighting for #EqualRights for women! May the work of Senator Bayh and all others supporting #TitleIX and the #ERA continue until we make their vision a reality! #ERANow #HandsOffIX #RatifyERA
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Tomorrow, 9 Sept., we are thrilled to be attending @WaterstonesPicc's midnight book launch of @MargaretAtwood's #TheTestaments! We'll be #LIVE all night, tune in b/w 7pm-12am GMT & see some special guests! #Gilead #TheHandmaidsTale
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When a woman from a minority background in India holds those in power to account, she's trolled with sexist #onlineabuse including rape & death threats, says @khanumarfa Sr Editor @thewire_in. #WomenJournalists are especially targetted. @MariyaS87 @ipsnews.
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Congratulations to the 8 teams that have made it to the 2022-2023 Africa Gender Equality Moot Court Competition. It has been an extremely tight race, and we look forward to the final stages of the competition this week. #AGEMCC2022
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"The clitoris is an organ, like any other part of your body, and should not be harmed" - Her Excellency, the First Lady of #BurkinaFaso at our side event 'Ending #FGM by 2030: It's a Global Issue' at @WomenDeliver #EndFGM. Read more:
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#ThankYouThursday to @themoms for hosting a fabulous screening of #SavingZoe last week & special shout out to @AlysonNoel @lauramarano @VanessaMarano & Ellen Marano for making it possible. We are proud to work together to discuss & promote an end to online sexual exploitation.
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According to activists in #Tigray, the widespread use of systematic rape as a weapon of war has been “integral to the conflict." @VOANews @heather_murdock #Ethiopia.
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Tell me you support constitutional equality without telling me you support constitutional equality. 👏👏👏@RepMaloney for the #MetBall win! . #ERA #ERANow
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As we celebrate women’s contributions to history, culture and society this #WomensHistoryMonth✨, we salute trailblazers like @phumlambongcuka . Throughout her long career, she has created space for civil society to influence the #genderequality agenda.
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