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Paris’ Streets Are Completely Filled With Garbage Due To Protests Against The President Raising The Pension Age
Protests erupted after President Emmanuel Macron raised the pension age from 62 to 64 without a vote from parliament.
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This Polish Woman Activist Has Been Sentenced For Helping Another Woman Get Abortion Pills
Justyna Wydrzynska had sent abortion pills to a woman who was a domestic violence victim.
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Police In Georgia Tried To Disperse Young Protesters With Sirens But They Just Raved To Them
“We go to the nightclubs for gas and sirens, you morons.”
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Hong Kong Has Jailed These Three Activists For Four Months For Holding A Tiananmen Square Vigil
Chow Hang-tung, Tang Ngok-kwan and Tsui Hon-kwong were leaders of a now disbanded group that organized the annual vigil marking China’s bloody crackdown.
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Women Around The World Took To The Streets To March For Equality On International Women’s Day
On International Women’s Day, women worldwide rallied for gender equality, demanding an end to violence, discrimination, and inequality.
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Belarus Has Sentenced Its Exiled Main Woman Opposition Leader To 15 Years In Prison For “Treason”
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya was sentenced to 15 years in prison in absentia for treason and conspiracy to seize power.
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Turkish Football Fans Showered A Match With Thousands Of Soft Toys For Children In The Earthquake
Fans of the Turkish Beşiktaş team organized the event to provide morale for the children affected by the recent earthquake.
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Sex Workers In Thailand Held A Fashion Show To Fight The Stigma Around Sex Work
The event called for sex work to be recognized and sex workers to be protected under labor laws in Thailand.
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This Canadian Singer Changed Its National Anthem To Acknowledge Indigenous History At A NBA Game
Jully Black changed the lyrics of “O Canada” from “our home and native land” to “our home on native land”.
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These Indigenous Designers Held Brazil’s First All-Indigenous Fashion Show And It Looks Stunning
Designers used unique elements found in nature to demonstrate their cultural background – the spearlike teeth of the peccary (An Amazonian boar), the red guarana fruit, acai seeds and coconut shells – and to represent each of their tribes.
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This Kenyan Woman Politician Went To Parliament With A Period Stain As A Protest But Was Ejected
“We are not supposed to show our period when we are on our period and that is the kind of period stigma girls and women are having outside.”
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Australia Will Replace The Queen With Indigenous History On Its $5 Banknote Instead Of King Charles
Australia’s Reserve Bank said it will consult with First Australians on the design.