#21-19 Politics as Unusual … UN, EU, Guatemala Parliament – women bring new issues to the table
Bringing new issues to the political table is a lot of work. Three stories about progress made: (1) On June
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#17-19 Rwanda Survivors … Women transformed by tragedy and cooperation
Rwanda has one of the highest percentages of women lawmakers in the world. A widowed survivor of the Rwanda genocide
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#12-19 The Finnish Election: through a feminist, leftist lens
The Finnish national election of April 2019 saw a rollback of the previous rightwing coalition government and a surge for
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#04-19 Traditional Courts Bill – Alive Again! … South Africa Politics vs Women’s Human Rights
The Helen Suzman Foundation called it “a cynical move to curry favour with traditional leaders.” Two months before the May
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#49-18 International Working Women’s Day 1909-2019
A lively history of International Working Women’s Day’s origin, its eclipse in the US, and its revival in the 1960’s.
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#44-18 Venezuela Inside-Out
An analyst in Caracas talks to Code Pink CODE PINK is a women-led grassroots organization founded to stop U.S. wars
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#30-18 Irish Abortion Referendum
Activists’ work led to success In May 2018, the Irish voted to repeal the 8th Amendment to their Constitution, which
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#27-18 The Global Gag Rule
How America hobbles healthcare aid abroad On his first day in office, Trump reinstated and expanded the Global Gag Rule
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#20-18 Asylum Seekers
Guatemalan women fleeing to the USA The inclusion of life-threatening domestic and gang violence as reasons for seeking asylum abroad
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#10-18 Women of Faith Cry Out for Immigrant Children
Interfaith protest against US border policy WOMEN RELIGIOUS LEADERS HELD A NONPARTISAN PROTEST RALLY IN WASHINGTON DC, ON TUESDAY, JUNE
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