5.07.02 countering sexist discrimination

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"In 1969, Barbara Seaman proved that women can talk back to doctors - calmly, rationally, and scientifically. For many of us, women's liberation began at that moment."

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Instead of addressing the issues that the women are protesting about, the government has responded by using brutal force and attacking anybody who engages in peaceful demonstrations and protests, even peaceful ones.

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The Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign was her brainchild.

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We must grow towards a movement that focuses not only on abortion rights but on a whole range of women's health and justice issues.

Summary:Some Indigenous women interviewed by Amnesty International said they didn't know any women in their community who had not experienced sexual violence.

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While the new legislation reforms the infamous Hudood laws to a limited extent, its greater significance is that it shows that persistent work led by the Pakistani women's rights movement can make a difference.

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The concept of the White Ribbon was affirmed; it is a man’s pledge never to commit, condone, or remain silent about violence against women.

If there is anything hopeful to come out of the recent murderous attacks on girls in Pennsylvania and Colorado, it will rest in one of the inherent ironies of tragedy.