Women and equalities committee articles
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‘Urination equality’: Amsterdam women win fight for more public toilets
Years of pressure by those fined for urinating in street due to lack of facilities pays off with €4m plansThe need kicked in as Geerte Piening was on her way home from a bar one night in 2015. She swiftly weighed her options: it was past closing time in Amsterdam’s lively Leidseplein area, meaning she could not duck into a bar to use their facilities, while the nearest public toilet was 2km away.She resorted to squatting in an alleyway, coaxing her friends to cover her as she did so. Police soon...
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UN Women: Focus on women affected by Herat earthquake
Written By: Hakim Bigzaad The United Nations Women’s Section has released a report stating that the majority of the victims of the Herat earthquake were women and children, with a focus on women in their aid efforts. This institution, which recently elaborated on its assistance to earthquake victims in Herat, emphasized that 58% of the […]
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‘Listen To Black Women’ Tackles ‘Masculine Women’ On Episode 10
Lore’l, Elle Varner, Eboni K Williams and Melyssa Ford unpack “masculine women” on “Listen To Black Women.”