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About 3,000 Iraqi female candidates are preparing to start campaigning for parliamentary elections, a record high. Also this week, the Senate rejected a bill to remove military commanders from decisions over the prosecution of sexual assault cases in the armed forces.
Female-focused events are erupting around March 8. African women are digging into land rights, safety activists are planning another Million Women Rise march in London and the Twitter hashtag #IWD2014 is booming.
Schoolgirls in Monrovia, Liberia.
Other highlights this month include the opening of a Rosa Parks statue, Pakistani teen hero Malala Yousafzai’s message at the U.N. and WeNews’ own satirical readings of anti-feminist writings on March 8.
The men who gather in Boston on March 7 are doing the right thing. But we can’t stop the violence against women unless we get all those male bystanders to start jumping in.
Muslim female soccer players will be allowed to wear specially designed head coverings during games after the International Football Association Board lifted the ban,The Huffington Post reported March 5. The new attire will be tested for four months. Soccer’s international governing body, known as FIFA, has prohibited headscarves since 2007, citing safety concerns. The new headscarves will be fastened with Velcro rather than pins.
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International Women’s Day March 8 inspired rallies and protests across the globe. Here are just a few:
Violence against women and girls blocks progress in every major development target, finds an Action Aid report released today, International Women’s Day.
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Afghan women gathered in New York for the U.N.’s annual meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women took stock of some achievements. But many worried that a re-emergent Taliban threatens those gains.