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Equal Pay Day 2020

November 20, 2020 Olivia Fraser

The 20th November marks Equal Pay Day in the UK, symbolically marking the day in which women stop getting paid for the year compared to their male counterparts.

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In Community Contributions, Equality Tags Equality, gender inequality, United Kingdom, European Union, United Nations, women's rights, worker's rights, Right to equality, Canada, COVID-19, pandemic, lockdown, unemployment, discrimination against women and girls

Profile of an Activist Lawyer: Chase Strangio (he/they)

November 12, 2020 Annabel Hazlitt

Chase Strangio is the Deputy Director for Transgender Justice with the ACLUS’s LGBT & HIV Project, and the first in our series of profiles on Activist Lawyers.

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In Community Contributions, Equality Tags transgender rights, LGBTQ+, same-sex marriage, gender identity, United States

Towards a Polio-Free World: Eradicating WPV1 In Pakistan and Afghanistan

November 6, 2020 Diana Dorine

Despite strides in wild poliovirus vaccination campaigns, Pakistan and Afghanistan are not yet out of the woods, and the struggle against vaccination misinformation and propaganda continues.

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In Community Contributions, Peace and Security, Equality Tags Pakistan, polio, vaccinations, Afghanistan, healthcare, children, Africa, World Health Organisation, COVID-19, pandemic

The Rise of Awareness of LGBT+ Communities in Poland Despite Recent Human Rights Violations – ‘Polish Stonewall’

November 6, 2020 Sylwester Pyrkowski

Protests in Poland over the erasure of LGBT+ rights could be the country’s Stonewall moment.

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In Community Contributions, Equality Tags Poland, LGBTQ+, protests, United States, Stonewall Riots, European Convention on Human Rights, discrimination

New Figures Show the US that Police Have Not Learned from George Floyd

November 1, 2020 Holly Latham

Police brutality in the United States is a critical issue with inadequate accountability mechanisms for the responsible officers.

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In Community Contributions, Equality Tags Police Brutality, police prejudice, Police, United States, Black Lives Matter, systemic racism
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The Federation Of Bosnia And Herzegovina Recognise The Victim Status Of “Invisible Children”
Jan 11, 2023
The Federation Of Bosnia And Herzegovina Recognise The Victim Status Of “Invisible Children”
Jan 11, 2023

Bosnia’s “invisible children” born as a consequence of sexual violence during the Yugoslav War have finally received legal recognition as civil victims of war.

Jan 11, 2023
How University Students Are Suffering From The International Struggle Between The US And China
Jan 11, 2023
How University Students Are Suffering From The International Struggle Between The US And China
Jan 11, 2023

Tension between China and the US has impacted on students who wish to study in American institutions, who now face suspicion and barriers to immigration. 

Jan 11, 2023
Alarming Conviction Of Minors Under Hong Kong’s National Security Law
Jan 11, 2023
Alarming Conviction Of Minors Under Hong Kong’s National Security Law
Jan 11, 2023

Hong Kong’s National Security Law puts democratic activists behind bars, these extensive powers to prosecute, detain, and imprison puts minors in danger.

Jan 11, 2023
Arab-Spring’s Unparalleled Gender-Based Crimes: A People’s Court To Bring Perpetrators To Justice
Jan 11, 2023
Arab-Spring’s Unparalleled Gender-Based Crimes: A People’s Court To Bring Perpetrators To Justice
Jan 11, 2023

Several Arab countries have witnessed major upheaval leading to protests against authoritarian regimes, known worldwide as the revolutions of the Arab Spring.

Jan 11, 2023
CJEU Rules Lithuanian Asylum Laws To Be Unlawful
Dec 18, 2022
CJEU Rules Lithuanian Asylum Laws To Be Unlawful
Dec 18, 2022

Belarus’ use of migrants as a political weapon against the EU has led to a swathe of anti-migrant laws in Lithuania. As EU courts condemn the legislation, the bloc is itself coming to blows with Lithuania.

Dec 18, 2022

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