Women's Voices

 

26 January 2021

 

Women's Voices

11 posts today

"Not all men are violent" is a poor rationale for allowing any ♂️ into spaces where women and girls are undressed. Either you believe women are entitled to boundaries, or you support male entitlement. #TheStanilandQuesti... #BidenErasedWomen ...

January 26th @ 8:45 pm |

Women's Voices

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"Women farmers have been in the leadership, just as they lead agriculture and bear the burden of crushing farm debts ... (even though) women farmers are neither allowed to own land nor acknowledged for their labour." #FarmerProtest #SexNotGender ...

January 26th @ 7:00 pm |

Women's Voices

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Egypt's cabinet has toughened a law banning FGM, imposing jail terms of up to 20 years as part of efforts to stamp out the ancient practice. Nearly 90% of Egyptian women and girls aged between 15 and 49 have undergone #FGM. #NoFGM #SexNotGender ...

January 26th @ 5:30 pm |

Women's Voices

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Helen Staniland @helenstaniland has been permanently suspended for defending the rights of women and girls to privacy and dignity. It's appalling that this question needs to be asked, and that lawmakers are prioritizing a fiction over the safety of ...

January 26th @ 1:33 pm |

Women's Voices

11 posts today

"Reports of rape have increased by almost a third in the four years to March 2020. However, the number of rape prosecutions has more than halved, falling 60% to the lowest figure on record, in the same time period." https://t.co/5kihdT...

January 26th @ 1:15 pm |

Women's Voices

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"Throughout last year – which involved six months of lockdown – the foundation confirmed 229 femicides, of which 35 were girls, and is trying to verify a further 260 cases of violent deaths of women and girls." #Feminicidio #SexNotGender ...

January 26th @ 12:20 pm |

Women's Voices

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Born amid severe abuse and neglect, Dr Kriti Bharti heads the Saarthi Trust and has helped annul 41 child marriages and stopped over 1,400 such weddings from taking place. She was responsible for India’s first child marriage annulment. #SexNotGender ...

January 26th @ 12:13 pm |

Women's Voices

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"On 26 January, at sunrise, Estonia became the only country in the world that’s currently led by two elected women: both the elected president, Kersti Kaljulaid, and the elected prime minister, Kaja Kallas, are female." #SexNotGender ...

January 26th @ 11:04 am |

Women's Voices

11 posts today

Chhutni Mahato, 62, has rescued over a hundred women branded as witches in Jharkhand since she survived a murder and rape attempt 25 years back after she too was called a witch. #SexNotGender https://t.co/XsLvnf...

January 26th @ 10:57 am |

Women's Voices

11 posts today

Are you aware that one of your publications, @TeenVogue, regularly posts content that grooms *children* for the sex industry? Do you condone encouraging young girls to try an*l or to watch rape porn? @CondeNast https://t.co/HYkUan...

January 26th @ 2:20 am |