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Today at the United Nations Human Rights Council
Today I am at the Human Rights Council in Geneva for the Universal Periodic Review of Morocco. (Photos are not allowed, but I snuck this one with my iPhone.) Along with colleagues from The Advocates...
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Mind The Gap: Would You Bring Your Child(ren) To Work?
Image source: Reuters The current Weekly Writing Challenge got me thinking about children in one of the most adult-oriented of all places – the workplace. Yes, I admit that I have brought each of my...
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Morocco: Human Rights Violations Under Article 475
Originally published on The Advocates Post In Morocco, a 15 year old girl experienced constant harassment and threats from a 35 year old man in her town. He waited for her each day outside of her...
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International Women’s Day 2014
I have a complicated relationship with International Women’s Day (IWD). On the one hand, it vexes me greatly that we have only one day a year – designated by the United Nations General Assembly in...
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Art Therapy in Cameroon
In Cameroon, an NGO called RENATA (Reseau National des Associations des Tantines) encourages women and girls who have experienced violence to use art therapy in their healing process. These are...
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Human Rights News You May Have Missed (1 – 9 January, 2015)
It probably won’t surprise you one bit that there is a lot of human rights news that is not covered by the US and other Western media. Or sometimes it IS covered, but given only a few lines or buried…...
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News You May Have Missed (1 – 7 February 2015)
Here’s the weekly roundup of the human rights news items that I followed this week that I thought did not get enough attention. First, a little bit of good news from the United Nations. The United...
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News You May Have Missed (11-18 April, 2015)
Although women in IRAN are still banned from riding a motorbike in public and are not able to get licenses, Behnaz Shafiei (the only Iranian female rider to have done professional road racing) was...
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International Women’s Day 2016
Originally published on World Moms Blog Today – Tuesday, March 8 – people all over the world will be celebrating International Women’s Day (IWD). IWD events across the globe include marches, rallies,...
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12 Things To Know About Child Marriage
Originally published on World Moms Blog. My daughter, who recently turned 11, will be graduating from fifth grade in a few weeks. After the summer break, she will continue on to middle school. But...
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