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Canisius College sued for allegedly allowing 'male athletes to prey on female athletes'

The Buffalo News 20 Apr 2021

Two of the women who sued, and other female athletes on the team, repeatedly complained to Huckle about the male athlete's "despicable, predatory sexual misconduct toward other female team members, often at off-campus sanctioned team parties," according to the lawsuit.

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Lawmaker reignites debate on women's military service

Korea Times 20 Apr 2021

A decades-long debate on mandatory military service for women has been reignited by Rep. Park Yong-jin of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), a presidential hopeful, who wants to change the current conscription system to encompass men and women who will both serve in the military for a shortened term.

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The female trail-blazer shaking up Samoan politics

Urdu Point 20 Apr 2021

In a plot twist that would have been unthinkable a year ago, the 64-year-old's fledgling FAST party came from nowhere to win 25 seats in the 51-member parliament in elections earlier this month ... Malielegaoi's Human Rights Protection Party has ruled since 1982 and he has been in charge for 22 years.

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What do Indian voters want?

Hindustan Times 20 Apr 2021

The 2020 Delhi assembly elections gave Arvind Kejriwal a third win, and a thumping majority for the second time because of his school reforms, mohalla clinics, free buses to women, among other steps — just eight months after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) lost all seven seats in Delhi in the general elections.

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Oklahoma House advances bill banning transgender sports participation; NCAA says it could pull collegiate events

Tahlequah Daily Press 20 Apr 2021

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s state House pressed forward with a measure Monday night that would ban transgender athletes from playing girl's and women's sports in high school and college in the state ... Senate Bill 2, known as the Save Women’s Sports Act, passed largely along party lines with all but one Republican voting for it.

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Butt pinches, threesome requests and a glass ceiling: sexism is systemic in Michigan’s political culture

Michigan Live 20 Apr 2021

Laura Cox, former Michigan Republican Party chair and the only woman ever to have run the powerful House Appropriations Committee in the Michigan Legislature, said her personal experience in Lansing was positive, but acknowledged there’s still work to be done in terms of getting more women elected to office or hired to into leadership roles.

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House passes bill banning transgender sports participation; NCAA could pull events

Enid News & Eagle 20 Apr 2021

OKLAHOMA CITY — The state House pressed forward with a measure Monday night that would ban transgender athletes from playing girl's and women's sports in high school and college in the state ... Senate Bill 2, known as the Save Women’s Sports Act, passed largely along party lines with all but one Republican voting for it.

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Maharashtra: Man beaten up for sending lewd messages to women

The Times of India 20 Apr 2021

A man working in an in 's Thane was severely beaten up allegedly by activists of a political party for sending obscene messages to women customers.

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‘Promising Young Woman’ Director Emerald Fennell on How She Created a Safe Space on Set (Video)

The Wrap 20 Apr 2021

In the film, Mulligan plays Cassie, a woman whose bright future as a medical student gets derailed by the same evil that has afflicted so many women ... Six or seven years ago, Fennell was at a dinner party with men and women she’d known as a teenager, and one of the women had an “achy experience” on the train getting to the party.

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BDP Women's Wing applauds Serame's appointment

Mmegi Online 20 Apr 2021

The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Women's Wing has congratulated Peggy Serame on her recent appointment as the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, and for being the very first woman in Botswana to hold that position.  ... “The Women’s Wing ...

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Construction boss launches party planning and events company

The Business Desk 20 Apr 2021

A Nottinghamshire construction boss has officially launched a home parties and events planning business. Lollipop Luxury Parties is the brainchild of Nicola Millward, the managing director of Millward consulting engineers. Since the soft launch in November 2020 the company has hosted over 90 parties.

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Conservatives cannot pretend to revere life

The Milton Standard Journal 20 Apr 2021

But those same conservatives still cling to the "pro-life" mantle when fighting reproductive rights for women ... But even Douthat understands that the Republican Party is not about to promote policies that would give those children a decent shot at a life unburdened by poverty.

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Cynthia Tucker: ‘Pro-life’? Not in the slightest

Times Union 20 Apr 2021

But those same conservatives still cling to the “pro-life” mantle when fighting reproductive rights for women ... But even Douthat understands that the Republican Party is not about to promote policies that would give those children a decent shot at a life unburdened by poverty.

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Emma DeSouza: Want to keep the peace in the North? Elect more women

The Irish Times 20 Apr 2021

Women made up just 10 per cent of the negotiation team in the all-party talks leading up to the Belfast Agreement, yet they wielded far greater influence than such a position would suggest ... The Women’s Coalition set a precedent with its inclusive process of cross-community dialogue and civil engagement.

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Pakistan’s Women’s Rights Organizers Accused of Blasphemy

OWP 20 Apr 2021

Accusations of blasphemy are being used by conservatives in Pakistan to discredit the organizers of the annual “Aurat Azadi March” (Women’s Freedom March) ... The blasphemy accusations are merely the latest in a string of attempts by various parties to counteract the efforts of the Aurat Azadi March organizers.