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Three UN rapporteurs on their way to probe Canada's human rights record
National Post
The Harper government has given three United Nations rapporteurs permission to come and probe Canada's record on human rights, treatment of aboriginals and discrimination against women. Canada approved three visits, starting as early as this summer, ...
Op-Ed: UN probing Canada's human rights record — Really? - Digital JournalDigitalJournal.com
How Many First Nations Women Need to Die?Care2.com (blog)
UN reviewing Canada's treatment of indigenous peopleCanada.com

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From artificial hymens to restoration surgeries, various methods have popped up to underscore the significance placed on female virginity in the country--and Arab world-- says Shereen El Feki in this excerpt from "Sex and the Citadel."

Activist group UltraViolet just called out hip hop star Rick Ross for his rape-celebrating lyrics and got Reebok to cancel his lucrative partnership deal. Not all rappers’ attitudes are the same, however. Tyson Amir is spreading the message of peace, love and not being confused "with those other dudes."

Daily Mail
Woman drivers pay the price of equality as their insurance premiums soar (but ...
Daily Mail
Young women drivers are paying the price of equality as premiums soar to record new highs of more than £2,200 a year, new research reveals today. Comprehensive car insurance prices for them have rocketed this year by 20.7 per cent as a European Union ...

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Globe and Mail
To get more women on corporate boards, Canada must be bold
Globe and Mail
While other countries have examined the dearth of women on corporate boards, issued recommendations, put policies in place and in some cases enacted legislation, Canada has stood pat, resting on its early laurels as one of the world leaders in this ...

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The Guardian
Obama condemns 'assault on women's rights' in Planned Parenthood speech
The Guardian
Speaking at a national conference held by clinic operator Planned Parenthood, he described recent legislation in 42 states banning or severely limiting the right to choose a termination as an "assault on women's rights". In unusually blunt language ...
Assault on women's rights rages, Obama tells Planned ParenthoodArizona Daily Star
Obama Praises Planned Parenthood, Reaffirms Abortion RightsMedical Daily
President Obama Declares Support for Planned ParenthoodCosmopolitan (blog)
Lez Get Real -Washington Post -KSNV MyNews3
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Minister Ambrose Salutes New Mobile App that Will Increase Women's Safety
Canada NewsWire (press release)
VANCOUVER, April 26, 2013 /CNW/ - The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Minister for Status of Women, today applauded the launch of the SOS Response personal safety smartphone app. "The Harper Government is ...

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The Jerusalem District Court has ruled that women praying at the Western Wall shouldn't be detained and interrogated. Also, an abortion clinic in Virginia isn't renewing its license due to new laws.

The Jerusalem District Court has ruled that women praying at the Western Wall shouldn't be detained and interrogated. Also, an abortion clinic in Virginia isn't renewing its license due to new laws.

Globe and Mail
Hockey Canada names women's centralized roster in preparation for 2014 ...
Globe and Mail
She's one of the 24 out-of-province players who will leave behind school, jobs, club teams, family and friends for seven months to pursue a spot on Canada's Olympic women's hockey team. “It's always tough to move out there and leave behind your normal ...
Canada centralizes women's team - IIHFIIHF
Kim St-Pierre announces retirement from Canada's National Women's teamThe Suburban Newspaper
'14 Need To Knows: Women's Ice Hockey - United States Olympic CommitteeTeamUSA.org

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Violence Against Women In Canada: Research Shows Why Women May Stay In ...
Huffington Post Canada
“There are more than 445 emergency shelters in Canada, each of which offers support and a safe place for women to begin rebuilding their lives after abuse. However, many Canadians do not know that they exist, proving that we need to continue to talk ...

France's legalization of same-sex marriage on April 23 may not have been possible without her courage and eloquence. "A star is born," say some media, and her style and courage deserve all the admiration she has won.

Telemedicine for medical abortions, which controls costs for rural women in particular, is under legislative attack. These and other state restrictions drive up prices that abortion providers have contained amid overall rising health costs.

Protest fury is focused on officers' slow response when the parents of the 5-year-old victim reported her missing. One activist is calling for a full-fledged safety effort on behalf of girls and women on the scale of a national literacy campaign.

Teen Voices at Women's eNews

Neither Saudi is focused on the nation's high-profile ban on female driving that they believe most directly affects women with lower incomes. They talk about the engrained male domination of the culture, which few Saudis seem eager to change.

While it was rare to see other female workers maintaining the trails at Glacier National Park in Montana, Christine Byl says in this excerpt from "Dirt Work" that one crew helped transform a summer gig into a decades-long job working outdoors.

The boom in hydraulic fracturing for natural gas raises medical worries for a number of female health activists and researchers. "We need comprehensive studies to assess long-term problems," says public health professor Madelon Finkel.

Female genital mutilation is dropping in Somalia. Meanwhile, a 5 five-year-old was battling for her life on Friday after being brutally raped in New Delhi, India's capital.

International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
Podcast 58: Elahe Amani on Stoning and Women's Rights in Iran
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
She actively speaks at the UN Commission on the Status of Women, and is currently the chair of Women's Intercultural Network. For more of Elahe Amani's work on women's rights in Iran, see her writings on Open Democracy and Women's News Network.