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A Saudi Arabian woman activist has been refused passage out of the counry's border to Bahrain because she had no permission from a male guardian. Women in Saudi are not allowed to vote, drive or travel without permission from a male guardian.
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It has been proven that when a society’s women are well-educated and prosperous, the society as a whole only stands to gain. Women’s education rates and legal rights before and after the 1979 Islamic Revolution are essentially unchanged in Iran.
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Rape is a problem everywhere. What's worse is some people ignore cries for help. While folks allow terrible crimes to become legal in Afghanistan and ignore cries for help in New Zealand, the women of the Congo march against rape.
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United States President Barack Obama says that a White House women’s council will be formed to address women’s issues. Senior adviser Valerie Jarrett is picked to head the group.
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A prominent women’s rights activist was detained and appeared beaten for her part in demonstrations for women’s rights in China. Mao Hengfeng has been given seven days detention for her vocal advocacy of housing and reproductive rights.
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I'm not a hockey mom. Does that make me less of a woman? I believe in pro-choice. Does that make me on the wrong side? I think all women have the right to choose between work, home or both. I work mostly in. Does that take me out of the feminism movement?
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Journalist Pervez Kambaksh has been sentenced to death. The 23 year old downloaded information about women's rights in Afghanistan. That act pegged him for death under the laws of blasphemy.
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In Jordan, honor killings are still tolerated.
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Women in Yemen celebrate new rights.
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Women's rights groups in Sierra Leone battle what they say is deep-seated discrimination.
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The Executive Director of Global Programs at Women for Women International, Karen Sherman, discusses new laws in Pakistan aimed at the protection of women from domestic violence, forced marriages and even acid attacks
Hundreds of Afghan women are in jail for "moral crimes", including running away and extra-marital sex, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says.
Annie Lennox has said millions of women around the world are struggling to gain the basic rights and material circumstances that many people take for granted.
 Veteran Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan says "there's a little more complacency" among young women today when it comes to the issue of equal rights.
Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka compete in the Australian Open women's final and for the right to become world number one.
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