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On Monday, Mexico City legislators approved a law giving same-sex couples full marriage rights, Reuters reported Dec. 22. In a last minute measure, the city’s left-dominated assembly overcame conservative opposition to also allow gay couples that marry to adopt children.
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Women’s eNews editor Rita Henley Jensen accepted the first prize in the IPPIE awards for best coverage of educational issues on Dec. 3.
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South African runner Caster Semenya–who underwent gender verification tests this summer–will retain her gold medal, title and prize money for her August victory at the women’s 800 meter race at the world track and field championships in Berlin, Reuters reported Nov. 19. The results of her gender test, which stirred much controversy this year, will remain confidential.
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In Iraq, 50 women became the first female graduates Nov. 9 of the country’s police officer training academy, The New York Times reported.
"Everyone says men are able to do everything, but that’s not true," First Lieutenant Farah Hameed, 24, said in the article. "In investigations, especially with women, women use their compassion with victims to get them to answer questions clearly."
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A law passed in Pakistan will increase the penalty for those convicted of sexually harassing women, BBC News reported Nov. 5. Convicted violators will spend three years in prison up from only one, and will have to pay a 50,000 rupee fine.
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Leymah Gbowee was one of two recipients of the $500,000 Gruber Women’s Rights Prize on Oct. 29 in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, the home of the founders of the prize, Peter and Patricia Gruber.
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