14 powerful photos that show the unity of women’s marches
14 powerful photos that show the unity of women’s marches around the world. https://t.co/h0EnHk2TZ6 pic.twitter.com/JsYSc0EJhZ — Mic (@mic) January 21, 2017
US: Transgender rights
By Ludovic Bertron from New York City, Usa – https://www.flickr.com/photos/23912576@N05/2942525739, CC BY 2.0, Link Nick Anderson Cartoonist http://www.advocate.com/politics/2016/5/24/donald-trump-claims-accommodating-transgender-people-too-expensive O’Reilly asked Trump if he provided gender-neutral facilities in his properties. “No, we don’t have that,” replied Trump. “I hope not. Because frankly, it would be unbelievably expensive nationwide. It would be hundreds of billions of dollars.”…
The ‘Love Rugby, Respect Women’ Open Letter
Update from @drjackieblue on the #LoveRugbyRespectWomen ‘Open Letter’ https://t.co/cO0HCuliDI pic.twitter.com/sqxRAqzClW — NZ Human Rights (@NZHumanRights) September 9, 2016
Obama criticizes treating women as second class citizens
Obama said: “Treating women as second-class citizens is a bad tradition: it holds you back. There’s no excuse for… http://t.co/jmZK1K7wYQ — Walk Against FV (@Walk_against_FV) July 27, 2015
Protection and promotion of the rights of Afghan women and girls a priority
The alleged rape of a 10-year-old Afghan girl by a mullah in Kunduz, in northern Afghanistan, provides grim foreshadowing of the fragility of hard-won rights for women and girls in Afghanistan. The victim, who suffered severe internal injuries from the alleged rape, has received death threats from her own family, who are seeking a so-called…