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  Global commitment growing for gender equality in climate action - Forests, Trees and Agroforestry

  foreststreesagroforestry.org - FTA COMMUNICATIONS TEAM

  Researchers are backing the development of a gender-responsive policy for the Green Climate Fund. Climate change may affect everyone, but not always …

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  Female Senators Demand Better Harassment Policies from the National Intelligence Director

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  Earlier this month, more than 200 women who hold positions in national security in the United States signed an open letter in which they detailed experiences of sexual harassment and assault. In the Senate, Sens. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and Susan Collins (R-Maine) …

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  Marijuana's Female Pioneers Are Being Pushed Aside in the Legal Weed Boom

  Bloomberg - By

  In the business of medicinal marijuana, there are strains for almost anything that ails you. So far, though, female entrepreneurs have yet to find a …

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  Despite reforms, sexual assault survivors face systemic barriers in India

  CNN - Huizhong Wu

  New Delhi CNN — When 25-year old Kajal went to the police station to file a complaint that two men had raped her, she says she was beaten by the police. Later, when she went to a government hospital for a medical examination, she says the doctor asked her: “Why did you go out alone?” Yet Kajal, a …

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  Women in politics discuss online harassment - Women’s Media Center

  womensmediacenter.com - November 07, 2017 | Soraya Chemaly, Patrice Stanley, Marya Stark, Kelly West | Free Speech, Online harassment, Politics

  Women in politics discuss online harassment Anyone can be targeted by online harassment but studies reveal that violent, sexualized threats and hate …