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2019 WOMEN’S MARCH
Join Global Fund for Women and other activists and get loud for women’s human rights by participating in the 2019 Women’s March! The Women’s March is a global movement to unify and empower everyone who stands for human rights, civil liberties, and social justice for all. We stand together in solidarity for the protection of…
6 Muslim women proving art is more powerful than hate in face of travel ban
By Samina Ali, curator of Muslima March 21, 2017: Just last week, Federal judges in Hawaii and Maryland blocked U.S. President Donald Trump’s revised executive order to close the nation’s borders to refugees from around the world, including those from Syria, which would have temporarily suspended travel and immigration from six predominantly Muslim countries—an updated version…
What I know about activism
By Tin Tin Nyo, Women Human Rights Defender Burmese Women’s Union I work in Burma, one of the least developed and poorest countries in Asia. Here, almost 30% of people live below the poverty line—that number rises to almost 70% in rural areas. The political situation has been unstable for decades, and the gap between…