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Americans For Peace Now
World  (tags: palestine, israel, conflict, media, news, culture, world )

Nancy
- 5 days ago - peacenow.org
Latest news from APN including; Stop Ignoring How Routine the Occupation Has Become; Clinging to a Virtual Reality; APN Condemns Murder of Israeli West Bank Settler, Calls on Israel to Prevent Revenge Attacks and Happy Shavuot.
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Take Action | International Labor Rights Forum
World  (tags: humanrights, government, children, culture, safety, ethics, women, freedoms, corruption )

Candy
- 22 days ago - action.laborrights.org
Walmart, H&M and Gap: Do your part to stop the murders of garment workers in Bangladesh Join us in calling on Walmart, H&M and Gap, the largest buyers of clothing made in Bangladesh
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Congress Pushes for 'Internet Freedom' as U.N. Showdown Looms
World  (tags: internet, technology, law, internet, government, freedoms, ethics, culture, politics, news, media, rights, education, society, usa, world, safety, activists )

Cal
- 28 days ago - news.yahoo.com
The House is pushing forward in an effort to block a United Nations-related group from potentially allowing countries to censor the Internet, before an international showdown this fall.
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Women Miners Blast Through Barriers in Chile
World  (tags: women, culture, ethics, world, humanrights, interesting, society, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!' )

JL
- 30 days ago - ipsnews.net
Women are playing an increasingly important role in Chile's mining industry, where little more than a decade ago they were not even allowed in the mines because of prejudice and superstitions. Today a total of 18,000 women work in mining equivalent to
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Womens Rights Are Human Rights: Condemn the Recent Gang Rape in India
World  (tags: women's rights, freedoms, labor, equal pay for equal work, society, politics, culture, americans, government, rights, women, news, world )

Cal
- 34 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
The support of many different organizations, communities, and individuals will be needed to impact real change on this issue.
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Take Action: Bulletproof the Arms Trade Treaty
World  (tags: abuse, americans, culture, crime, ethics, government, law, rights, sadness, safety, society, politics, usa, violence, world, humanrights, death, conflict, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', war, UnitedNations, unitednations )

JL
- 68 days ago - org2.democracyinaction.org
Did you know that one person dies every minute from armed violence? That's 500,000 per year. The Arms Trade Treaty, being negotiated on March 18th to 28th, will create uniform standards for international arms sales that will bring foreign governments up t
24 comments
Take Action:Secretary of State Kerry: Make Violence Against Women An International Priority
World  (tags: abuse, activists, americans, culture, ethics, freedoms, government, law, politics, rights, sadness, safety, society, women, violence, 'HUMANRIGHTS!' )

JL
- 76 days ago - my.care.org
One in three women worldwide have been raped, abused or forced into prostitution. This violence is happening to our sisters, mothers, grandmothers, aunts, and daughters around the world. We need to do something to stop this atrocity.
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Tell President Mukherjee: India's Women and Children Need Your Help! -Please SIGN
World  (tags: India, rape, culture, ethics, family, education, laws, politics, rights, women, children )

Angelika
- 78 days ago - act.watchdog.net
Rape is the fastest-growing crime in India, up by 875% since records began 40 years ago. One in every three rape victims will be a child, and almost two in three will be young women like the 23-year-old gang-raped and murdered in Delhi this winter..
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CANADA: Diehard Sovereignists Turn Their Backs on the Parti QuéBéCois
World  (tags: news, society, politics, CAnada, PQ, Parti Quebecois, culture, world, media )

Cal
- 78 days ago - www2.macleans.ca
In the wake of last fall's election, the PQ's credibility with separatists has only weakened further
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Urge Canada to Protect Indigenous Women
World  (tags: women's rights, freedoms, labor, equal pay for equal work, society, politics, culture, americans, government, rights, women, native women's rights, news )

Cal
- 81 days ago - forcechange.com
The Native Women's Association of Canada reports that there have been nearly 600 murdered and missing person cases of indigenous women over the last 40 years.
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New UN Social Rights Mechanism Gets Teeth
World  (tags: americans, culture, ethics, government, law, politics, rights, sadness, safety, society, violence, women, world, usa, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', africa, asia, china, conflict, europe, freedoms, HumanRights, humanrights, politics, society, UnitedNa )

JL
- 84 days ago - dw.de
An optional protocol to the UN Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force this year. It conveys the right to an individual complaints mechanism. But few countries have signed up so far.
15 comments
Pope Benedict XVI To Resign On Feb. 28 Due To Health Concerns
World  (tags: religion, culture, world, society, politics, women, interesting, humans, family )

Carrie
- 97 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday that he would resign on Feb. 28 because he was simply too infirm to carry on -- the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years. The decision sets the stage for a conclave to elect a new pope before the end of March.
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EGYPT: New Regime, Same Police Brutality
World  (tags: freedoms, ethics, culture, police, Egypt, politics, society, world, politics, news, middle-east, society, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', freedoms, government, humanrights, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', ethics, violence )

Cal
- 103 days ago - ipsnews.net
Graphic video footage of an Egyptian man being dragged naked across a street and beaten by riot police during a protest in Cairo has sparked outrage in Egypt and heightened calls for police reform, a key demand of the 2011 uprising that toppled dictator H
16 comments
Morocco to Change Rape Marriage Law
World  (tags: law, violence, women, world, society, safety, rights, culture, freedoms, family, ethics, humanrights, HumanRights, GoodNews, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', africa )

JL
- 114 days ago - aljazeera.com
Government plans to outlaw practice allowing rapists to avoid charges if they marry their victims.
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