Tag: violence against women
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December 27, 2006 09:49 AM EST --
During the last few decades the state and local governments has taken a much stronger stance against domestic violence against women, although estimates of the problem indicate that many cases . . .
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December 29, 2006 09:27 AM EST --
The US Department of Justice has issued a report that indicates that domestic violence rates have fallen by more than fifty percent from 1993 to 2004. The sharp decline is attributed to a number of factors . . .
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July 03, 2006 06:46 PM EDT --
Here is the direct link:
http://www.petitiononline.com/Malak/petition.html
UPDATE: This is the link to the web site set up to provide background information, as well as updates with Malak's . . .
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July 08, 2006 11:55 PM EDT --
The following article was sent to me by the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan. I encourage you to read it and to visit their website, listed below, for a vivid picture of the living . . .
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August 23, 2008 05:46 PM EDT --
Have you ever been injured in an accident and had to go to the hospital for treatment? Do you know what they wrote about you or who they made a report to? What about your gynecologist? Do you know what . . .
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June 15, 2007 01:50 PM EDT --
The father and uncle of twenty-year old Banaz Mahmod of London were convicted of her murder by a UK court. She was murdered by her Iraqi Kurdish family for the cultural crime of falling . . .
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April 26, 2006 02:20 PM EDT --
This is the English translation of the court transcript, originally published in Etemaad, a state-backed publication in Iran. Aside from highlighting the atrocities to which women and girls are subjected . . .
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May 13, 2006 03:20 PM EDT --
A rise in the incidence of "temporary" marriages among Shi'ite Muslims is causing concern among women's rights activists. According to women's NGOs in the south of the country, more . . .
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May 30, 2007 11:49 AM EDT --
A mother in Texas hanged her three young daughters and them herself in the closet of their mobile home. A fourth eight-month-old daughter survived the hanging. An AP article detailed . . .
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September 24, 2007 01:00 PM EDT --
Warren Jeffs, the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FDLS) is on trial for being an accomplice to rape for using his religious position and authority to coerce a fourteen-year-old . . .
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July 01, 2006 03:42 PM EDT --
According to AdnkronosInternational (AKI), on June 29, 2006, another Iranian woman was sentenced to death by stoning. A court in the northwestern Iranian city of Urmia found the Kurdish woman, Malak . . .
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March 13, 2008 11:13 PM EDT --
MURDER. Every day four women die in this country as a result of domestic violence , the euphemism for murders and assaults by husbands and boyfriends. That's approximately 1,400 women a year, according . . .
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May 15, 2006 01:33 PM EDT --
Even though we (Americans) invaded Iraq to -- among the countless reasons presented -- ensure the establishment of freedom and democracy in that country, we seem woefully powerless in answering the . . .
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July 03, 2006 06:29 PM EDT --
Here is the direct link:
http://www.petitiononline.com/Malak/petition.html
UPDATE: This is the link to the web site that has been set up to provide background information, as well as updates . . .
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August 06, 2006 12:01 PM EDT --
In the early morning hours of a gloomy day in August of 2004, a 16 year old girl by the name of Atefeh Sahaaleh Rajabi, was executed in public. Imam Haji Rezai, the powerful head of the Islamic judiciary . . .
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July 21, 2007 11:34 AM EDT --
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.....Born November 20, 1942 and is currently the United States Senator from Delaware,serving his 6th term and is Delaware's longest serving senator. He serves . . .
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April 24, 2006 11:55 PM EDT --
"I felt like I was coming home," Barbara says. "I felt like everything would be okay."
This comment is from an article written by a woman who commented on her first thought when starting . . .
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April 01, 2007 02:58 PM EDT --
Did you know that one in three of the world's women will
experience violence in her lifetime?
This systemic abuse presents an enormous barrier to the
advancement of women, limiting a woman's . . .
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April 18, 2006 09:53 AM EDT --
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Speech to members of Congressional Women's Caucus and members of the United States House of Representatives re: Human rights violations of woman in Iran.
Good . . .
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April 18, 2006 01:27 PM EDT --
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian police said on Tuesday they would launch a crackdown on "social corruption" such as women flouting Islamic dress codes, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. . . .
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