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Indian women fighting cancer with sanitary pads
In a country where many still view menstrual blood as a prop for black magic, a team of scientists in India have dared to convince rural women to hand over used sanitary pads to help detect cervical cancer.
Pakistani women join the #MeToo Campaign
Millions of women across the world have been sharing their experiences of sexual harassment and abuse in an online campaign using the hashtag #MeToo on Twitter and with rolling posts on Facebook. The hashtag has been trending in Pakistan too.
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Comments deactivated Patriarchy and religious extremism challenged by a Pakistani woman
Gulalai Ismail, a Pakistani human rights activist from the Swabi district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, was recently awarded the Reach All Women in War (RAW) Anna Politkovskaya Award alongside the late Indian journalist, Gauri Lankesh.
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Comments deactivated #MeToo – Best Tweets
Dinosaurs felt the same confusion when they saw a light in the sky 65 million years ago. #metoo #TuesdayThoughts @amy_siskind @RVAwonk pic.twitter.com/am2239YbjW
— Bill Auclair (@bill_auclair) October 17, 2017
According to Huffington Post, more than 25.000 people have responded to Alyssa Milano’s call for sexual abuse victims to come forward. Here are some of the most retweeted tweets.
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Comments deactivated What public amenities would you like to see provided for the women in your country?
Toilets for men and women on Ciliwung river in Jakarta, Indonesia
A recent protest called Power to the Peepee saw women from five cities in the Netherlands posting pictures of themselves on Instagram trying to answer nature’s call at men’s urinals. They were reacting to the case of a woman who was fined EUR 90 for public urination in a place in Amsterdam where there was no toilet available for women.
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Comments deactivated Cultural appropriation – the muse for the fashionably forward?
German actress Stephanie Stumph during a film production in India (2012).
A few months ago, a white South African friend of mine went to India. She asked me how I would feel if she wore a sari (traditional dress for many Indian women) there. I was somewhat indifferent and wondered why she was asking me since I was not even in India. Since she was there, why shouldn’t she wear a sari, I thought. People from other cultures have worn it for years and I’m always pleasantly surprised by how much more welcome they are in Indian circles when they do wear traditional dress.
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Comments deactivated What if women ruled the world?
Total of 2981 women from Syria and Kilis gather to collect signature in Turkey’s Kilis on February 2, 2016 to invite German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Turkey’s Kilis for the International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8, 2016.
Many a time I’ve entertained this intriguing possibility: often, admittedly, as a knee-jerk reaction to the rhetoric of certain male leaders that continues to “shock and awe” us.
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