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united nations
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united nations
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Created on 26 September 2019
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Climate Change is a Feminist Issue That Affects Women and Girls Around the World Way More Than Men. Here's Why That's a Problem, and Ways We Can Fix
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On November 12th, the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), held in Glasgow, Scotland, brought down the curtain on two weeks of meetings between leaders from all over the world. Although ...
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Created on 24 November 2021
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Where is Peng Shuai? Chinese Tennis Player Disappears From Public Eye After Sharing Her #MeToo Story. She Reappears for Video Call with IOC President, But Why Are They Ignoring the Allegations?
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... respected and not censored." The United Nations, Wimbledon, and the White House have all expressed concern for Peng’s safety and called for proof of her whereabouts.
The Chinese government-run news channel ...
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Created on 23 November 2021
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Child Marriage in America: How Courtney Stodden and Other Girls Are Being Forced To Marry Their Rapists
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... children and emotionally bankrupts them. Under the United Nations’ goals for sustainable development, every country, including the U.S., has promised to end child marriage by 2030. But Unchained At Last ...
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Created on 12 November 2021
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United Nations Annual Climate Conference Recognizes Women As Trailblazers of Climate Action
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Every November, the United Nations meets for the Conference of the Parties (COP) to discuss the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement and UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The UN’s Cop26 ...
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Created on 11 November 2021
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Mutual Aid To The Rescue: Check Out These Seven Pro-Choice Organizations Providing Resources in the Midst of Texas' Near-Total Abortion Ban
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... DFW area, and nearby out-of-state locations.
And you can call your United States congress person and tell them to take action to pass the Women's Health Protection Act: https://t.co/blvqeKXGu6
— Jane' ...
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Created on 09 September 2021
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About Time? The American Medical Association Recommends The Removal of Female and Male Sex Categories From Birth Certificates
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... born out of every 100 births in the United States are intersex. Often intersex people are subject to surgeries so they can better fit into a “male” or “female” sex category, which has long raised questions ...
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Created on 12 August 2021
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The Remarkable Story of Three Teenage Girls Who Seduced and Killed Traitors During WW II
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(Feminism)
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... with a focus on international law. Her dream was to work for the League of Nations (the forerunner of the United Nations) in Geneva once the war was over to contribute to international peace and justice. ...
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Created on 09 July 2021
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“Gender Equitable” French Cities Are Mapping Out Budgets With a New Lens. Why Isn’t the US?
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... budgeting through a gender lens. If insight is gained during this process, it might be used to influence future policy.
The United States Lags Behind
What does gender budgeting look like in the United ...
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Created on 08 June 2021
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Another Black Trans Woman Was Murdered. Here Are 10 Black Trans-Led Organizations To Support Right Now.
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... known to be a sister organization with Save Our Sister United. You can support them here.
Top Photo Courtesy of Alec Perkins via Wikimedia Commons
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Created on 15 April 2021
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Johnson & Johnson Shot Pause Shocking Americans, but What Does it Mean for Vaccine Rollout and for Those who Already got the Vaccine?
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... of the recorded shots in arms in the United States to date.”
Zients is confident that the US will reach President Biden’s goal of 200 million shots administered by his 100th day in office. “This is ...
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Created on 13 April 2021
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COVID-19 Has Made Access To Reproductive Healthcare Evasive, As If Getting An Abortion Wasn't Already Hard Enough in Americ
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... costs. Without any insurance coverage, an abortion can cost up to $1,000. In the United States, most insured adults depend on their places of employment for health insurance. However, in April 2020, the ...
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Created on 23 February 2021
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Biden Re-Entered The United States Into The Paris Climate Agreement On His First Day Of Office, What Next?
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Well, it officially happened folks: Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. If you feel a vague sense of relief over the coming week, you’re certainly not the only one. ...
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Created on 21 January 2021
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Nadia Owusu's 'Aftershocks' Captures The Earthquake Of A Life Rattled By Loss And Displaceme
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... lived, the blue rocking chair she hoisted from the street and can’t get out of. Her compact, variously ordered recollections are set in myriad countries due to her father’s job with the United Nations, ...
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Created on 14 January 2021
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Social Impact Fashion Startup Oluna Is Fighting Period Poverty, One Pair Of Pants At A Time
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... that the United Nations declared it a public health, gender inequality, and human rights issue. Emmy Hancock, the founder of apparel company Oluna, wants to change that.
Before 2016, Hancock “had never ...
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Created on 08 January 2021
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The Biden-Harris Administration Makes History By Appointing An All-Female Communications Team
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Following the news of Joe Biden’s election as the next President of the United States, his choice of cabinet appointees has developed much interest in the realm of political discourse. In an unprecedented ...
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Created on 30 November 2020
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Dolly Parton Is Here To Save Us From Forever-Quarantine
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(Living)
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... the impact she has made on generations of people.
She's donated millions to United Way, the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, Cancer Research U.K., and others, often anonymously. She created ...
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Created on 19 November 2020
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“I Am Greta”: A Look Inside The Life Of A 17-Year-Old Global Climate Activist - BUST Movie Review
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... get in the way. At the United Nations, teary-eyed and impassioned, Thunberg admonishes the crowd for stealing her childhood with their empty promises saying, “If you choose to fail us, we will never forgive ...
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Created on 16 November 2020
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Poland Bans Nearly All Abortions, Sparking Protests Across The Country
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... that feels estranged yet eerily close the fate of reproductive rights in the United States. Since Amy Coney Barrett has joined the Supreme Court, access to safe abortions could be jeopardized on account ...
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Created on 30 October 2020
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How Two Girls In Uganda Are Destigmatizing Periods
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... Leading Our World, or Global G.L.O.W. for short, who turned the United Nations observance of International Day of the Girl into the entire month, renaming it OctobHER: International Month of the Girl. ...
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Created on 30 October 2020
