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1 week, 3 days ago

International Women's Day: UN calls for making rights, equality, empowerment a reality for all women

International Women's Day: UN calls for making rights, equality, empowerment a reality for all women "When women and girls can rise, we all thrive," said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his message ahead of the International Women's Day. New York: On the occasion of International Women's Day, the UN has called for the international community to stand firm in making …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

West Bengal Women’s Commission advocates for equal rights and gender empowerment at Kolkata Book Fair

The Hindu

Members of the West Bengal Women’s Commission on Wednesday highlighted the importance of creating platforms to amplify women’s voices and encourage collective action towards equality, at the Kolkata International Book Fair. To make the space inclusive and make gender rights a part of popular conversation, the women’s commission is set to hold multiple events which will have performances by rescued …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Indian-American LGBTQ members request PM Modi to support equal rights in India

India TV News

In a new move, Indian-American LGBTQ members have requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to support the equal rights of the queer community in India. I would urge Prime Minister Modi to support this, to support the equal rights of the LGBTQ community in India and to understand that our children and LGBTQ folks are entitled to equal rights because we …

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$India notes with concern Taliban\'s decision to ban women from universities in Afghan$

2 years, 2 months ago

India notes with concern Taliban\'s decision to ban women from universities in Afghan

Deccan Chronicle

NEW DELHI: India on Thursday said it is concerned over reports that the Taliban have banned women from universities in Afghanistan, and renewed its call for setting up of an inclusive government in Kabul that ensures the equal rights of women and girls in all aspects of the Afghan society. "We have emphasised the importance of the establishment of an …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Qatar World Cup draws attention to equal rights, including attire

The Hindu

Official-looking flyers have circulated on social media describing cultural expectations for fans attending the World Cup in Qatar. Rothna Begum, a senior researcher at Human Rights Watch, has studied Qatar’s male guardianship rules and women’s rights in the conservative country. “There isn’t anyone is going to go around arresting you for this because there isn’t an official dress code,” Begum …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court will not hear case challenging century-old racist precedents

The Independent

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Supreme Court this …

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2 years, 6 months ago

PM Sheikh Hasina to Hindu community in Bangladesh: You and I have same rights

Hindustan Times

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached out to the country's Hindu community on the occasion of Janmashtami as she urged believers of other faiths not to think of themselves as minorities, saying everyone irrespective of their religions will enjoy equal rights in the Muslim majority nation. Hasina, who interacted with Hindu leaders on Thursday, said the community has the same …

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2 years, 10 months ago

每日一词∣马拉喀什条约Marrakesh Treaty

China Daily

《关于为盲人、视力障碍者或其他印刷品阅读障碍者获得已出版作品提供便利的马拉喀什条约》5月5日对我国生效。作为目前国际上唯一一部版权领域的人权条约，该条约旨在为阅读障碍者提供获得和利用作品的机会，从而保障其平等获取文化和教育的权利。 China on May 5 handed the ratification paper of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled to the World Intellectual Property Organization. As the only international human rights treaty in the field of copyright, the treaty aims to provide persons with print disabilities with the opportunity …

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3 years ago

What Muslim women want: Equality, equal opportunities and definitely not hijab

Firstpost

True purdah resided in the heart and had little to do with its external observance. If the issue of hijab was a matter of life and death for those eight students in Karnataka, then why were there no protests across India when in 2019 Kerala-based ‘Muslim Education Society’ banned niqab across 150 of its educational institutes, thus affecting the ‘essential’ …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Constitutional Guarantees Meaningless Without Ensuring Equal Access To Justice For All : CJI NV Ramana

Live Law

The Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said on Saturday that ensuring equal access to justice for all was necessary for the protection of constitutional guarantees of equality. The Programme also witnessed the presence of the Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju, Justice U. U. Lalit,Executive Chairman, NALSA, and Justice A. M. Khanwilkar, Chairperson,Supreme Court Legal Services Committee. …

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4 years, 7 months ago

'Even if They Get Rid of Us, Our Ideas Will Stay': Thai LGBT Activists Slam Govt, Protest for Democracy

News 18

Hundreds of Thai LGBT activists and allies raised rainbow flags on Saturday evening as they called for democracy and equal rights, the latest in a series of youth protests calling for the government to step down. Several youth-led demonstrations have sprung up across the country since last week, when thousands of Thai activists defied a coronavirus ban on gatherings and …

Democracy Equal Rights Thai

4 years, 7 months ago

Thai LGBT activists raise pride flag in youth protests demanding its military govt to step down

Firstpost

Several youth-led demonstrations have sprung up across Thailand since last week, when thousands of activists defied a coronavirus ban on gatherings and staged one of the largest street rallies since a 2014 military coup Bangkok: Hundreds of Thai LGBT activists and allies raised rainbow flags on Saturday evening as they called for democracy and equal rights, the latest in a …

Equal Rights Thai

5 years, 4 months ago

Republicans' fantasy Constitution: Trump and the "phony emoluments clause"

Salon

These are tough times for independent journalism. In fact, Field sounded just like one of them, as Winkler describes: Taxing the property of railroads differently, he said, was like allowing deductions for property “owned by white men or by old men, and not deducted if owned by black men or young men.” In short, this was a collective fraud perpetrated …

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6 years, 5 months ago

Equal Pay For Equal Work To Sexual Autonomy: Read The Significant Judgments Of Supreme Court On Women's Rights

Live Law

"I raise up my voice—not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard.we cannot succeed when half of us are held back. Recognizing the Right of Hindu Women as Natural Guardian While interpreting S.6 of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act of 1956 in Ms. Githa Hariharan vs Reserve Bank Of India, which uses …

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6 years, 6 months ago

Gays free, equal, legal, rules Supreme Court

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: In a historical and path-breaking judgement, the Supreme Court on Thursday partially struck down as unconstitutional the 158-year-old colonial law Section 377 of the IPC which criminalises consensual homosexual acts between two consenting adults. In a unanimous 493-page verdict, a five-judge Constitution Bench declared Section 377 of the IPC unconstitutional, insofar as it criminalises consensual sexual acts of …

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6 years, 10 months ago

I'm taking the Cayman government to court because the UK won't make same-sex marriage legal in its overseas territories

The Independent

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8 years ago

State vs Hindus – how Indian politics has destroyed the notion of ‘secularism’

Op India

A wise man once said “When you are used to privilege, equality seems like oppression.” Was reminded of this brilliant quote yesterday when a speech by Prime Minister Narendra Modi evoked hysterical outrage by the so-called left-liberals. That the “Idea of India” gives precedence to an imaginary puppy over actual flesh and blood Hindus killed in firing by the State …

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8 years, 10 months ago

Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas cancel their North Carolina shows over LGBT law HB2

Daily Mail

Demi Lovato was presented with GLAAD's Vanguard Award earlier this month. Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas, both 23, decided to cancel their North Carolina shows in their upcoming Future Now tour 'RepealHB2,' the duo captioned alongside their statements as they were scheduled to perform in Charlotte on June 30 and Raleigh on July 2. 'Repeal HB2': The singers released a …

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11 years, 8 months ago

Same-sex marriage gaining attention