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Donor Direct Action’s 2016 Annual Report
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Help stop honor killings of Palestinian women
Suha Al Deek was just 35 when she was stabbed to death in June 2014 in front of her children at her home on the…
Will SA be the first African country to pass effective laws to end prostitution?
While it is widely acknowledged that existing laws governing prostitution in South Africa have done little for the well-being of people in prostitution in this country, it has still taken several years for any progress to be made regarding the amendment of laws pertaining to the sex trade.
Jane Fonda introduces the work of ORMUSA
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Help us protect girls from female genital mutilation
Ifrah was only seven when she underwent female genital mutilation (FGM) close to her home in Puntland, Somalia. Now 25, she has vowed that none of her four daughters will undergo it. FGM…
The most dangerous country in the world to be female?
We wrote to you in March aboutthe shelter I run for girls and women in Afghanistan, which will close down if we don’t find new…
Inga needs emergency shelter to escape abuse and build new life
Six years ago, Inga met Andris in Riga, Latvia. After a few months, Inga fell pregnant. Following the birth of their first daughter, Andris became physically…
March 2017 WCLAC News Bulletin
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Afghan women’s shelter will shut down without your help
I am writing to you from Kabul, where the Humanitarian Assistance for the Women and Children of Afghanistan (HAWCA) has been running an emergency women’s…
Jane Fonda introduces the work of Synergie des Femmes
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Eastern Libya Ban on Women Traveling Abroad Alone Spurs Outrage
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Dr. Denis Mukwege highlighted in Time magazine article
“Heroes often come from the most unlikely of places. Photographer Platon, known for his unflinching close-up portraits of presidents, dictators and other powerful icons of our era, found his in the surgical suites and recovery rooms of a small-town hospital in one of the most traumatized nations on earth, the Democratic Republic of Congo.”