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“It was a great experience to break down barriers on broadcast television, to inspire, to be true to myself, and to show that we shouldn't fear the prejudices of others,”
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"I just want to let my country know, I'm not afraid to make my voice heard. It's here stronger than ever," Bosch said in an interview clip.
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"I decided to press charges because this is something that I experienced as a woman, but that we as women experience in our country,"
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The law says that "silence or lack of reaction” is not considered consent and that consent must be "free and informed, specific, prior, revocable" and evaluated according to the circumstances.
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Catherine Connolly has been an outspoken supporter of Palestinian rights and said she will be a "voice for peace."
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Kaipara spoke first in te reo Māori before switching to English, starting her speech by saying she does not identify herself “as a survivor of colonization” but “as the product of Māori resilience.”
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Police said a 14-year-old boy from the same school, who is believed to have had an unreciprocated crush on Yap Shing Xuen, had followed her into the bathroom and stabbed her repeatedly.
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Previously, women in Japan had to go to a clinic or hospital in order to get a prescription for emergency contraception, even if they have been sexually assaulted
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122 out of 130 lawmakers voted to remove Boluarte. They impeached her on the grounds of "permanent moral incapacity”
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In Japan, only 10% of government positions are held by women.
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71-year-old Gisèle was drugged by her husband of 50 years, Dominique, and raped at least 92 times by 72 men he invited over between 2011 and 2020 without her knowledge.
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Dame Sarah Elisabeth Mullally was appointed as the Church’s highest-ranking cleric, in a first in its nearly 500 year history.