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17 posts todayBabies bond better with strangers when they can smell their mother
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17 posts today'When the babies had their mother’s T-shirt under their nose, they were more likely to smile, laugh and gaze at the stranger than if they were sniffing an identical unworn T-shirt.' https://t.co/62BmYt...
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17 posts todayAfghans seek help for women back home before it's too late
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17 posts today'The Afghan Women’s Network issued a plea for the international community “to take action to end the existing violence against the Afghan people, especially women, and to establish a mechanism to monitor human rights violations in Afghanistan ..." ...
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17 posts todayWomen who kill in the context of domestic violence in Uganda: How does the criminal justice system respond? - Penal Reform International
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17 posts today'some stakeholders including judicial officers, lawyers and the general public are not aware of the Domestic violence Act 2010 which also explains why domestic violence as an offence is rarely reported and the victims receive limited legal support.' ...
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17 posts todayUS Supreme Court says Texas abortion clinics can sue over law
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17 posts today'The unusual enforcement mechanism of the Texas law was deliberately designed to prevent legal challenges. The Supreme Court justices have now provided a path for the clinics to sue, albeit a narrow one.' https://t.co/bdBQZI...
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17 posts todayKurdish woman dies in prison after reporting sexual abuse by guards | Ahval
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17 posts today'Garibe Gezer, a 28-year-old former local executive in the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP), has been found dead in prison after previously reporting sexual abuse by her guards' https://t.co/7ykzzM...
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17 posts todayRT @WomanchesterMMN: Our #HeartsForMurderedW... are online. Each one is very special, like the woman it represents. If you would like to home one, let us know. Details here: https://t.co/fn8UCb... 💜💚💜💚💜💚♀️♀️♀️ https://t.co/NnHcIe...
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17 posts todaySuicide and deliberate self-harm among women in Nepal: a scoping review - BMC Women's Health
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17 posts today'Suicide accounts for 70% of violent deaths among women in low and middle income countries.' https://t.co/dgPyyv...
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17 posts todayUnilateral sanctions particularly harmful to women, children, other vulnerable groups
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17 posts today'.Also, when sanctions cause economic activity to decline, women are typically the first to lose their jobs and be targeted by traffickers for sexual exploitation.' https://t.co/W83z2V...
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17 posts todayFlooding in Senegal plunges women into new depths of despair
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17 posts today'UN figures indicate that 80 percent of the people displaced by climate change are women, and globally women are far less likely than men to find socio-economic independence and escape poverty.' https://t.co/l4Wky3...