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Badi women stripped to their undergarments in protest to the government which has been amiss in protecting their human rights. One of the most disadvantaged and neglected groups in Nepal, Badi women have often resort to prostitution as a source of livelihood and are demanding work and representation, among other things, from the government.

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A new report reveals that women correspondents assigned on conflict reportage hide sexual assaults and harassments to continue getting assignments. Women journalists “are targets in lawless places where guns are common and punishment rare,” according to the report.

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When feminist activist and scholar Gita Sen was named as prime candidate for the now vacant UNIFEM Executive Director post, women and women’s organisations from the South started shoring up support. Some have responded to Isis International-Manila's call for expressions of solidarity and their statements are featured below.

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Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath can still be felt even after two years since it devastated the Mississippi Gulf Coast and Louisiana. No one felt its effects more than women did, but they have managed to turn their situation around and became crucial actors in recovery efforts. Discover women’s importance in recovery and rebuilding in the wake of disasters.

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Three US-based women’s rights advocates and members of local women’s rights group GABRIELA were barred from leaving the Philippines. Their names were included in a certain Bureau of Immigration “watchlist.” GABRIELA claims that government is using the recently implemented Human Security Act to demonstrate the law’s powers that the government can abuse.

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When the two-day UN debate on climate change ended last August 1, women's equality advocates cannot help but criticise how the discussion of more than 120 UN member states lacked a gender perspective. Find out the issues faced by women in the midst of climate change and how they are continually overlooked in dealing with this crisis.