Thousands enslaved in forced marriages across UK, investigation finds
Category: Gender based violence 2018-05-29
Experts say crime is woefully under-reported, as Guardian research shows large scale of domestic and sexual servitude
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Britain's May refuses to relax Northern Ireland abortion rules
Category: Gender in the world 2018-05-28
British Prime Minister faces a showdown with ministers and lawmakers in her Conservative party after refusing to back reform of Northern Ireland's highly restrictive abortion rules |
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Ireland quietly comes to terms with dramatic change after abortion vote
Category: Gender in the world 2018-05-28
Vote overturns a law which, for decades, has forced over 3,000 women to travel to Britain each year for terminations that they could not legally have in their own country |
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Ireland votes in 'once-in-a-generation' abortion referendum
Category: Gender in the world 2018-05-25
Ireland began voting on Friday in an abortion referendum that could be a milestone on a path of change in a country that, only two decades ago, was one of Europe’s most socially conservative |
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Stacey Abrams moves a step closer to becoming nation’s 1st black female governor
Category: Gender in the world 2018-05-24
Stacey Abrams won a decisive victory over opponent Stacey Evans during the Georgia Democrat gubernatorial primary |
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Sweden outlaws sex without consent as Europe pushed to tighten rape laws
Category: Gender based violence 2018-05-24
Sweden outlawed sex not based on mutual consent, with campaigners hoping other European countries would also toughen up rape legislation after the #MeToo anti-harassment campaign |
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China considers scrapping birth limits by 2019 - Bloomberg
Category: Gender in the world 2018-05-22
China is considering ending the limits it sets on the number of children a family can have, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter |
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French film director Luc Besson accused of rape
Category: Gender based violence 2018-05-21
A rape investigation has been launched against one of France's best-known film directors, Luc Besson, the Paris prosecutor's office |
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Where are the Women in Armenia's Revolution?
Sara Khojoyan Category: Gender in Caucasus 2018-05-18
Indeed, only two of the new government’s 17 ministers - for culture and for labour and social affairs - are women. All three deputy prime ministers are all men |
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