Reem Alsalem UNSR Violence Against Women and Girls
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Account of Reem Alsalem UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and Girls, A.K.A.“the person from the UN” Retweets, "likes" don't always equal endorsing
Joined August 2021
I take this opportunity to remind all stakeholders that the deadline for submitting input to my forthcoming report that I will present at #HRC59 session in June 2025 on “Forms of sex-based violence against women and girls: new frontiers and emerging issues” is fast approaching.
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@oliverbrown_tel #Angelacarini rightly followed her instincts and prioritized her physical safety, but she and other female athletes should not have been exposed to this physical and psychological.Violence based on their sex.
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What is the “end game” here? Forbid #women in #Afghanistan to breathe?.What is particularly astonishing to me is that like the rest of humanity, every single one of those issuing and enforcing these edicts came from a woman’s womb and has/had a mother at some point. To be so keen.
Shocking new directive: Today, the Taliban's Minister of Vice and Virtue announced a ban on adult women's voices in each other's presence. In August, the Taliban banned women's voices in public, deeming it provocative. Women protested to this ban by singing and poetry.
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I am very concerned by the increasing onslaught on women-specific language, which seeks to erase the reality of womanhood itself and deny its innate and sex-related specificity. A number of influential media outlets, organizations, academic and health institutions, and experts.
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I will be following this with great concern.
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Not only disappointed but also very concerned about this dystopian ruling on #TickleVGiggle , which distorts key concepts like sex and discrimination while dodging Australia's international human rights obligations vis-à-vis women. If unchallenged, this decision would set a.
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Very concerned about these statements by the IOC at #Paris2024. There are multiple international treaties and national constitutions that specifically refer to #women and their fundamental rights to equality and non-discrimination, so the world has a pretty good idea of what
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V. concerning that in last few weeks, physical, political + online violence has intensified against #women asserting sex-based needs +spaces in several countries. Even where one may disagree with their views,that shouldn’t translate into a green light to threaten and attack them.
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Arrived in Glasgow to participate in the @FiLiA_charity conference tomorrow. I guess i’ll be witnessing in real time what i have been reading about over the last few year: The concerted attempts to censor #women and prevent them from meeting and discussing issues that are.
Another attempt to bully women & stifle #FreeSpeech in Scotland has been seen off & #FiLiA2023 will proceed in Glasgow with over 1000 international feminist delegates discussing #VAWG #FGM, forced marriage, coercive control & femicide
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Together with others colleagues, I have expressed our alarm regarding accounts of rape by the Israeli occupation forces in February this year. It is abhorrent that such reports of sexual violence continue unabated - not to mention that this is but one of multiple forms of.
‘Women in Gaza are being raped and this is not being investigated or reported’ Canadian doctors volunteering in Gaza have reported.
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Very welcome news out of Alberta in Canada regarding the protection of the female category in sport.
💥Breaking News out of Alberta💥 . It's DONE! The Fairness and Safety in Sport act, bill 29, has just passed its 3rd reading. @coachblade we did it!. @UNSRVAW Alberta leading the way. #abpoli #bill29 #keepfemalesportsfemalexx
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Within the context of the Tickle versus Giggle case before the Federal Court of Australia, the @AusHumanRights recently asked me to give it input on the meaning of the word #woman in the CEDAW. The following statement is based on my reply to the commission while expanding some.
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We know that #humanrights are indivisible, interrelated and interdependent. #scotland had the opportunity to set an example on how to address and resolve the tension between rights and manage risks in an effective manner. Yesterday the @ScotParl decided to bypass that opportunity.
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I regret the adoption of the #GenderRecognitionReformBill by @ScotParl as is. While some important amendments were introduced, other key ones were disregarded; they would have been key to bringing about the strengthened safeguards many are demanding.
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I appreciate the strong support by many #women and feminist organizations to the mandate and the work that I do. 🙏.
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Appalled and horrified by every aspect of this crime. As one of the daughters of the perpetrator and victim said, this case demonstrates once more just how “well-integrated” predators and perpetrators of violence against women are in our societies. These were not marginalized.
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Good time to bring out this opinion piece. The UK’s grooming gangs and the lessons never learned by @bindelj via @AJEnglish . "But the problem is neither immigration nor a particular racial or religious group. The problem is the incompetence of those.
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Excerpt from my report on violence against women and girls in sports to the UNGA (A/79/325) that feels particularly relevant this week: . Para. 30. "There are circumstances in which sex screenings are, however, legitimate and proportional in order to ensure fairness and safety.
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Sincere congratulations to @MoiraDeemingMP for this important win that not only vindicates her but all women in Australia and beyond that have stood firmly for the rights of women to speak and advocate for their rights. Shortly after she was expelled from her party, i had sent.
Breaking: Ousted Liberal MP Moira Deeming has won her high-profile defamation case against Opposition Leader John Pesutto.
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My letter to the UK Government concerning the #GenderRecognitionReformBill of #Scotland currently before the Scottish parliament is now public and can be accessed here: .
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I am appalled by the reported gang rape of a 12 year old Jewish girl in France by a group of boys, in an apparent and very concerning expression of antisemitism. The increase in the gang rape of adolescent girls by boys in some countries on its own is worrisome. Add to it when.
Hundreds protest across France after horrific rape of 12-year-old Jewish girl.This is a description of a truly horrendous attack and we hope the girl is getting all the help and love she will need.
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Many of the inputs I have received for my upcoming report on violence against women and girls in sport and which i will present at #GA79 in October, stress the need to maintain single-sex spaces for safety, fairness and basic human dignity. This week at #PARIS2024 we may all.
Spoke to IOC and few others for this. Imagine it might blow up further >>> Boxers who failed gender tests at world championships cleared to compete at Olympics.
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Remembering the many times we were told that the idea that predatory and violent males may want to take advantage of the presence of loopholes in system and weak safeguards to enter spaces reserved for females was ludicrous!.
Cannot quite believe that the Scottish justice system has just put a violent man convicted today of raping two women in women’s prison Cornton Vale housing some of the most vulnerable women in our country. Ministers need to explain why and take responsibility.
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The advanced unedited version of my upcoming report to #UNGA79 (Report A/79/325) on violence against women and girls in sport, which I will present on the 8th of October in NY is now out: The edited translated official report is expected at the end of.
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Good to see @wesstreeting take a strong and principled approach on the administration of puberty blockers to minors and do the right thing! . As I said in my press release on the CASS review, its implementation is key to protecting children, including girls (who are of concern.
Puberty Blockers. A 🧵 . Children’s healthcare must always be led by evidence. Medicine given to children must always be proven safe and effective first. I know there’s lots of fear and anxiety. Let me explain why this decision was taken. 1/9.
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“The result of this is girls who were raped so brutally they needed hysterectomies. Some died. So excuse me if I am not interested in your petty party political point scoring or your piety. If every case of child sexual abuse in this country was prosecuted, the police would do.
I think I have made this free? Not sure. The police don’t value vulnerable girls – that’s the ugly truth of the grooming scandal
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I’ll be following the proceedings of this case with a lot of interest.
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I have sent a letter to @WHO in response to its announcement of its intention to develop guidelines on the health of trans and gender diverse people and its invitation for comments any interested party. The letter can be accessed here:
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I warmly welcome this federal court decision on #TitleIX restoring common sense and facts in policy making on women and girls’ rights. Congratulations to all that have worked tirelessly to protect sex- based rights and spaces of women and girls in the #US -including in.
🚨BREAKING: Federal judge overturns Biden's Title IX revision, preventing biological men from participating in women's sports and using women's bathrooms nationwide, per Virginia AG.
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Deeply concerning that rather than engaging with the grave conclusions of @FranceskAlbs report on the anatomy of #genocide, the US Government has moved to slander and smear her. Whereas many of us are attacked for doing the work we were mandated to do by the #HRC, it is.
US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller has accused UN special rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese of having "a history of antisemitic comments," dismissing her findings that there are "reasonable grounds" to believe Israel is committing "genocide" in Gaza.
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Whether officially sanctioned by the Taliban or not, this development is outrageous and constitutes a new unacceptable low. The sex and gender -based persecution of women in #Afghanistan are unprecedented, vile and amount to collective punishment of women and girls for merely.
Afghan women 'banned from midwife courses' in latest blow to rights
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This is very welcome news.
The U.K. ban on puberty blockers, previously an emergency order, has been made indefinite. Decision to be reviewed in 2027. Ban on puberty blockers to be made indefinite on experts’ advice -
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@SexMattersOrg @metpoliceuk I’m also interested in the response you will get from the @metpoliceuk when it comes in. Law enforcement has a crucial role to play and must act impartially and firmly on all threats of violence against women and that aims to frighten and silence them.
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I welcome this decision. In my 2022 letter to the UK Government and subsequent engagements with the Parliament of #Scotland regarding the #GRA Reform Bill, I had stressed that it "would be important to clarify the relationship between the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland).
BREAKING: Court says Scottish gender reform block is legal.
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I am sharing this letter whose content i support. Having laid out in my last report to the human rights council the tremendous harm that pornography creates for societies and the clear links it has to increasing and sustaining #vawg I was equally baffled by this decision.
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There is an inherent contradiction between claiming to have a feminist foreign policy and denying injured children, including girls entry for life saving treatment. There is also something much more sinister going on: Only a deep-seated dehumanization of Palestinians in Gaza.
German doctors arranged to take 32 severely injured children from Gaza, but the govt has stalled the evacuation for months, not wanting to let family travel with them. "Because we had to wait so long, children who were waiting for our help have now died".
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My letter to the Government of #Germany regarding its Gender Self-Determination Act (“Gesetz über die Selbstbestimmung) #Selbstbestimmunggesetzt now public: . The response by the Government is also available here:
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As I have said to the Times Radio and BBC Radio this morning, the killing of #RebeccaChepteigi shows that no woman is immune to the risk of #femicide, no matter her achievements or background, including women in sports. The public psyche often likes to think that successful.
Rebecca Cheptegei’s family demand justice after death of runner set on fire by former partner
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Sharing this in particular with all those that insisted there was no reason to be concerned about #selfid ; that there was no evidence of any harm caused; that there was no need to put safeguards; that those of us concerned were alarmist and for no good reason…. Nothing to see.
🚨GENDER IDEOLOGY PUTTING DOMESTIC ABUSE VICTIMS AT RISK IN SPAIN🚨. A Spanish politician has penned a damning letter revealing that men charged with domestic violence are using gender self-ID laws to their advantage. In some cases, the men are changing their legal gender using
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“ I had to take a step back and realize that biological realities are real and competitive advantages will always exist despite the number of years or whatever surgeries and hormones you've done, and then understood that my place is not in women's sports”.
Trans golfer opens up on decision to stop competing against females. Thank you Nicole. 👏🏻
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Absolutely agree and in fact i am talking about it in my upcoming report to the #HRC on prostitution and violence against women and girls. I consider pornography to be filmed prostitution.
We urgently need to talk about what porn is doing to boys & men, but we won't because a) people are scared of being called prudes/authoritarians & b) men don't want to give up their 24/7 access to countless women & girls being degraded in whichever way the men want them to be.
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@UN_SPExperts The link to my letter to the Government of Germany on which this press release is based is can be found here: The link should have been embedded in the press release as I had requested.
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The US must uphold the rights of women and girls in sports
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I thank First Minister @HumzaYousaf for taking the time to reassure women, such as those gathered at @FiLiA_charity conference, that they can meet without intimidation, particularly at a time when he has many pressing issues, including the safety of his parents-in-law and.
I asked @HumzaYousaf about this today - the yelling at women, the “fuck yous” etc he said “nothing gives them the right, no matter how strongly they hold their views, to shout down women”
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I welcome this move by @ABDanielleSmith. It is a courageous and right decision that i hope other governments elsewhere will take too.
History has just been made. Alberta becomes the first province in #Canada to introduce legislation to ensure fairness and safety for female athletes. Bill29 has PASSED for first reading. It will take a few more rounds in the assembly but the bill is on its way!.🎇
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In addition to sharing my interview with skynews, below are 3 additional key points that I had raised during that same interview:. 1. Attacks directed at any athlete are unacceptable. 2. It is difficult to discuss the issues fully if the IOC portrayal guidelines of 2024 restrict.
Olympics should reintroduce a form of sex testing for female athletes to protect them from injuries amid concerns about eligibility, the UN's special rapporteur on violence against women and girls tells @skynews . IOC rejects returning to “bad old days”.
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Speechless….
One man said he was "bored on New Year's Eve" so he left his wife and two children to go rape another woman; another man said he raped Gisele on the day his daughter was born because he did not have anything to do; and now this man thought she was dead when he raped her.
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Wishing a Happy #woman’s day to women and girls everywhere, who in small and ways are resisting patriarchy, asserting their rights-sometimes by only existing- raising their voices, claiming their places and spaces! We commemorate in power+ pay tribute to women who came before us.
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Indeed. Even at face value, this is puzzling and shocking. I will be asking for a clarification.
It's absolutely disgraceful Supreme Court J Sheilah Martin would state the term "woman" is confusing in a ruling. To state that the rape survivor should have been referred to in dehumanizing terms - "person with a vagina" - is appalling. #FemaleErasure.
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On this international Day for the Elimination of #Sexual violence in conflict, we must recognize that the use of sexual violence as a tool of war continues unabated, and that efforts to end impunity for such crimes, including against women and girls continue to be grossly.
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In my report to the #UNGA79 on violence against women and girls in sport, I had stated that "legitimate concerns have arisen regarding the inconsistent approach towards participation in major sporting events by athletes who are nationals of countries involved in committing grave.
In a few weeks time the Afghanistan MEN’S cricket team will play in ICC’s world championships, while Afghan women and girls are denied their most basic human rights. There must be a sporting boycott to help end this sex apartheid. Me ✍️ in The Scotsman
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This ruling in #Italy is as shocking as it is shameful that should be overturned. It flies in the face of justice, gender-sensitivity, fairness and makes a mockery of the justice system and of the country's international and national obligations to women. #10SecondRule.
Italian uproar over judge's 10-second groping rule
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My interactive dialogue with States and presentation of my report on violence against women and girls in sport to #GA79 as well as engagement with States. It starts at 01:47:00 and I also respond to some questions briefly at 03:20:00. It was encouraging.
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@joannaccherry @StandComedyClub Congratulations Joanna! This is very welcomed news and constitute the right decision by @StandComedyClub.
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A copy of the full press release can be found here: . United States: Redefinition of ‘sex’ in #TitleIX will foster more violence and discrimination against #women and girls, says UN expert: .
Independent expert Reem Alsalem @UNSRVAW warns that redefinition of ‘sex’ in #TitleIX of the US Education Amendments Act of 1972 will foster more violence and discrimination against women and girls. "It is my hope that the US Government will act swiftly to reverse course."
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I welcome this move by the Biden Administration. Back in April I had expressed concern regarding their move to reinterpret 'sex' to include gender identity for Title IX purposes, in violation of its human rights obligations. I hope that the broader implications of the rule.
Biden admin withdraws proposed Title IX changes that would have forced schools to let boys play girls' sports.
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(4 de 4) Intentare dialogar con el gobierno en relación con esta ley y sus artículos problemáticos que considero que no estan de acuerdo con las obligaciones internacionales de Derechos Humanos y que tienen consecuencias graves, incluso para mujeres y niñas.
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I welcome this decision. My mandate had expressed concern to the Biden Administration on the changes it introduced to #TitleIX rule and that would violate the right of #women and girls and their right to non-discrimination based on their sex, including in sports.
BREAKING: Title IX CRA passes the House, one step closer to repealing Biden's discriminatory Title IX rule that puts women & girls at risk!. Thank you @RepMaryMiller for introducing H.J.Res. 165 & fighting Biden's radical efforts to redefine gender. #TakeBackTitleIX
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One year since #MahsaAmini lost her life, the women of #Iran remain steadfast in their demands for equality and freedom from discrimination. There must be accountability for her death and for the acts of intimidation, violence and threats experienced by many women and girls since.
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Indeed mind boggling and unacceptable that women cannot discuss and hold opinions on sex, gender and gender identity.
Mind boggling. 'Protected by 15 vans of riot police upon arrival at the university, the pair were branded “Terfs” by protesters chanting: “A Terf, a bullet, social justice.” '
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My report on the link between #VAW violence against children and custody issues, focusing on the abuse of the pseudo theory of #ParentalAlienation and which I will present at #HRC53 in June 2023 is now out and can be found in the UN languages here:
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There is no doubt that the girls that have been victims of sexual exploitation and abuse, as well as their families have been repeatedly denied the right to truth, justice, and accountability. Ending the impunity that male perpetrators of violence against women and girls enjoy.
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“We’ve got to acknowledge the stark reality that pornography is shaping the minds of young people across the World”.
Well put Michael @MenAtWork_MC the pornification of MVAWG is worse than it’s ever been. The prioritising of male sexual fantasy over women’s safety is at saturation.
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Absolutely horrific and unacceptable display of the patriarchy. The victim must have access to protection and justice and must be able to file for divorce in safety and security.
A woman’s legs were cut off by her own father for filing for divorce. Yet such horrific violence against women by their spouses & families continues to be ignored. We must enforce strict punishments for perpetrators of #DomesticViolence & #HonourKillings to combat this barbarity
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Pleased to have met with the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres this week where we discussed the latest global trends on the status of women and girls and what more the UN and its different agencies must do to better prevent and respond to all forms of #VAWG.
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Letter to #Australia regarding expulsion of @MoiraDeemingMP from Parliamentary Liberal Party (PLP) allegedly preceded and accompanied by defamatory accusations for participating in a “Let Women Speak” rally is public:
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@BevJacksonAuth I would argue this kind of “erasure” “reductionism” in language which is being used to describe women, including lesbians constitutes an egregious form of violence. And repackaged misogyny. Actually no, I stand corrected: it is “in your face” misogyny on steroids, no one is.
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Many well-meaning people would be shocked to learn that cases such as these are not isolated incidents, but quite common around the world. I remember how shocked I was as I started to wrap my head around the sheer level of injustice and danger that many mothers and their.
My @TBIJ report on how the family court gave a serial rapist unsupervised access to his child was published in partnership with @ObserverUK | Kristoffer White has a conviction for raping a stranger and was also found to have raped the child's mother. 🧵
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I recommend everyone who can watch this documentary to do so. Deeply moving. I was glad (and devastated) when i saw it in Belfast as part of my visit to the #UK earlier this year.
Between 1922 and 1998, over 80,000 unmarried mothers were incarcerated in church-run mother and baby homes. Margo Harkin’s documentary tells the stories of these women and their families. Stolen premieres tonight at 9.35pm on @RTEOne. #IrishDocumentary
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The letter focuses on 1) the short time frame given for comments, 2) the composition of the guideline development group and 3) the approach to self-identification of gender identity.
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No matter what additional edicts the Taliban in #Afghanistan issue to further erase women, one thing is clear to everyone: there is no religious legitimacy for these acts. This a good time to bring back the statement i wrote almost 3 years ago on how any party claiming to uphold.
The Taliban publish vice laws that ban women’s voices and bare faces in public
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Terrible news from Australia. My condolences to the families of the victims. Agree with others that this should be a wake-up call of the extent to which misogyny is rampant in our societies - a misogyny that continues to be directed at women predominantly based on their sex.
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(2 de 4) relacionados con la autodeterminación de la identidad de género y del sexo registral, muchos de los cuales ya destaqué en la entrevista publicada en el Mundo 👉
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“But even if Trump’s support for women’s rights is nothing more than cynical, transactional politics, it chimes with millions of blue-collar Americans, fed up being told they are bigots because of their mainstream views on human biology” ✍🏼 Susan Dalgaty.
Other newspapers may think that Trump's order on sex means we are all female (spoiler: it doesn't). My take is different. Regardless of what you think about him, his policy is unequivocal - a woman is an adult human female and sex matters. Me ✍️ .
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I join legislators, victims, their representatives and civil society organizations in urging the #California State Assembly and California Senate to do the right thing and adopt #piqui’slaw to contribute to keeping children and safe and free from violence within the context of.
Piqui’s Law is named after a 5 year-old-boy who was brutally murdered by his father. The broken “reunification program” system used in some child custody battles has led to over 900 children being murdered after being ripped away from their safe home and loving parent. SB 331
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“though one man attempted to intervene and was violently rebuffed by the attacker, nothing else was done to stop him. No one called the police and after the killing her body lay in the alleyway untouched…” i hope the community is asking itself tough questions how it became.
Outrage in India after teenage girl killed in Delhi street
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The horrifying misogyny that vulnerable women are subjected to by judges
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(3 de 4) En diciembre del 2022, me escribieron 1200 mujeres españolas, expresando sus preocupaciones por la adopción inminente de esta ley.
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Pleased to have met with @ShonaRobison yesterday. We had a constructive conversation on the GRA reform bill in #Scotland. Thank you for reaching out. I reiterated my continued readiness and availability to provide expertise including by giving evidence in Parliament if required.
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I have always said, including this week to some diplomats, that one of the very concerning results of allowing the erasure of women in #Afghanistan is that it sets a dangerous precedence that others will feel free to follow. Sure enough, here we are seeing the same playbook being.
#Yemen The Houthi militia has introduced new restrictions on women's wedding celebrations in Sana'a, further extending its policy of suppressing personal freedoms in the areas under its control. The directive, issued yesterday, bans singing and the use of loudspeakers in wedding
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It has been interesting to see the strategy that some actors and organizations have adopted vis-a-vis my report to #hrc56 on prostitution and violence against women and girls: Pretend the report was never presented nor discussed. 😊. Quite clever i must say; relying on the.
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On #iwd2024 i pay tribute to the millions of brave women and girls that continue to assert their human right to live in equality and dignity and to challenge patriarchal norms and forces that permeate all aspects of their lives. They continue to fight against being erased in
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Afghanistan referred to ICC for investigation into women’s rights abuses, @james_josephTDL
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Last week.I spoke to @MiddleEastMnt about the unspeakable violence being committed against Palestinian women in #Gaza, its implications and what needs to be done about it:
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On #MotherDay i ask all mothers to imagine that this was you! . Would you be able to live after such unspeakable horror?. Thousands of mothers burying their own children, thousand of children becoming motherless. In the midst of a global epidemic of violence against women, the.
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"In the last year, the Taliban has further entrenched and intensified its system of institutionalised gender-oppression, introducing new discriminatory edicts and practices, and implementing them by harsh and violent means. Since taking power, the de facto authorities have issued.
AFGHANISTAN: The International community must not normalise de facto authorities and their regime of institutionalised discrimination, segregation and exclusion of women & girls say UN experts, marking 3 years since the Taliban seized power in the country.
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The dark side of the global surrogacy trade
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