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    Abortion is Decriminalized in Uruguay but only under Very Strict Conditions

    Tue, 24 Sep 2013 13:44 PM

    On October 17, 2012, Law 18.987 was passed in Uruguay allowing women to voluntarily interrupt their pregnancy, but under certain restrictive conditions. AWID spoke to feminist activists, Lili?n Abracinskas, Lucy Garrido, Ana Lima and Romina Napiloti, who have been involved in the 27 year long struggle for the passage of this controversial law.

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    Kenyan women sue government for illegal detention in maternity hospital

    Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:00 PM

    Two Kenyan women sue the government for illegally detaining them in hospital for not paying their bills - a long-standing practice in Kenya, although government policy is to waive charges for poor patients

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    The Key to Ending Impunity Lies in the Political Will to Properly Investigate Femicides

    Tue, 24 Sep 2013 13:44 PM

    Grounded in a context of mafias, militarization and impunity sanctioned by some States in Latin America, femicides are increasing in number and brutality. As we commemorate the annual Sixteen Days of Activism Against Gender Violence campaign from November 25thto December 10th [1A], AWID spoke to Ana Carcedo from Centro Feminista de Informaci?n y Acci?n (Cefemina) in Costa Rica about this reality.

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    Clooney accuses Sudan of crimes against humanity in South Kordofan

    Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:08 AM

    Sudan has destroyed villages and crops in South Kordofan state, Clooney says

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    Women the main victims and often most effective enemies of corruption - experts

    Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:35 PM

    Women are the main victims of corruption in its many forms, but often play a forceful role in combating it, especially at the local level, experts told a women's rights conference in London

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    Reproductive rights key to closing Latam gender pay gap

    Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:49 PM

    Latin America's poverty rate falls sharply, but gender pay gap is slow to narrow

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    Younger girls forced into prostitution in economic crisis-conference

    Fri, 8 Mar 2013 03:22 AM

    Cuts in government spending on foreign and legal aid are also undermining the fight against trafficking and limiting legal action by victims, a senior British politician said

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    Hundreds of thousands at risk of slavery in USA - former victim

    Fri, 23 May 2014 10:53 AM

    Minh Dang, forced into prostitution and domestic servitude by her parents, tells the Trust Women Conference of her experience and says hundreds of thousands of girls in the USA may be at risk of similar exploitation

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    WFP, UNICEF and UN Women Unite Against Gender Violence in Ecuador

    Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:42 PM

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    Bangkok human rights film festival shines light on Myanmar

    Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:19 PM

    Films about sensitive aspects of Burmese society that could not have been made before the recent reforms dominated a human rights film festival in Thailand this week

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