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Asia Pacific women are lobbying governments to support the Gender Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR) of the United Nations at the ongoing 52nd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York, USA from 25 February to 5 March 2008. These women are among the 5,000 women from various civil society groups around the world who have committed to monitor their government's participation in the two-week process and join the nearly 20 side sessions scheduled every day.
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For feminists, the US elections is more than the usual spectacle, as it surfaces the social categories, locations, histories and movements which have been eschewed in many governance processes, especially economic, social and foreign affairs policies. After all, this is only the ninth occasion when a woman has sought the presidency. In a sense, this elections is about taking stock out of the more than two centuries preaching of democracy.
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Read more: MONGOLIAN FEMINISTS FIGHT TO RESTORE 30 PERCENT QUOTA FOR WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT
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In an effort to intimidate feminist-activists, the Nicaraguan government and other right-wing groups charged 9 prominent women's rights leaders with criminal violations for their work in denouncing crimes of violence and sexual abuse. Nicaraguan feminists are now calling for solidarity and international support for these women’s rights advocates.
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