#42-25 South Africa Traditional Courts Bill … After 15 years of opposition, it became law
Explains the struggle against the Traditional Courts Bill, which after 15 years of successful opposition has now been signed into law,
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#32-25 Peacewomen – In Kashmir and around the world
In 2025, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a woman who is working to bring down the current leader
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#29-25 Iceland Women’s Strike – 50 years of progress
Description: Fifty years ago, on October 24, 1995, 90% of the women in Iceland (and on board a ship) stopped work for a
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#28-25 Ovalizing Power: Lani Guinier on who makes the rules
Lani Guinier (1950-2022) was one of the most prolific and sought-after legal scholars in the United States, and became the first black
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#27-25 Women in Prison learn to defend their cases fairly in court
Anybody getting arrested will be stressed – even more so if she’s the mother of a child under 4 years
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#25-25 30 Years Later – Progress on the Beijing Platform for Action
On September 22, 2025, the President of the United Nations General Assembly convened a high-level meeting with heads of nations,
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#24-25 Beijing+5 – Review of the accord reveals discord
The third and final episode of our retrospective on the UN 4th World Conference on Women covers the 5-year review
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#23-25 4th World Conference on Women, Beijing 1995 – contrast between official and non-governmental activities was stark
Part 2 of our 3-part, 30th anniversary retrospective on the UN 4th World Conference on Women. Features Sharon Hom on her feminist
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#20-25 Unbroken Wings – Disability is not inability
Nafisa Khanbhai is the Chief Executive Officer of Dear Diary Initiatives, a Community Based Organization in Mombasa, Kenya, dedicated to
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#04-25, Unions vs. Gender Based Violence: There’s a treaty for that!
In 2018, international women union organizers called for a treaty against gender based violence in the workplace. In 2019, it
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