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Amid growing uncertainty and turmoil around the globe, it takes courage to stand up for what you think is right. So how can we be the change we want to see in the world?
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Amnesty International’s Indigenous Rights Manager, Tammy Solonec explains the history and significance of NAIDOC week for all Australians, indigenous or not.
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Inequality plagues many societies. Our resident psychologist looks at how putting others down, or being put down ourselves, contributes to society’s malaise.
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26,000 people gather at the sixth Pink Dot event organised in Singapore, where sex between men is punishable with up to two years in prison.
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Unnoticed by social researchers and mostly overlooked by society, widows are effectively invisible, according to the UN.
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Read an 11-year-old boy’s heartfelt letter to Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Mr Abbott’s response to the young boy.
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CEO of Carnival Cruises Australia, Ann Sherry explains why women are an important part of the workplace and how she has been making strides she has been making strides as a woman in a male-dominated industry.
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One rural Pakistani village is offering groundbreaking sex education classes to girls, covering off taboo topics such as marital rape.
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Women’s rights activists in India have called for a gender-sensitive agenda ahead of this year’s general elections.
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Following the military withdrawal from Afghanistan, now more than ever, we must safeguard Afghan women’s rights, says Amnesty International.
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UNICEF Young Ambassador Hayley McQuire, sat next to Malala at the UN Youth Assembly and was inspired by her words.
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Undercover agent Daniel Walker from the Invader Organisation speaks about his fight against the fastest growing form of slavery in the world: sex trafficking.
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An Australian same sex couple have become the first to tie the knot in New Zealand today in a world-first.
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Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban for attending school, marked her 16th birthday with a passionate speech at the United Nations.
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Vincent Autin and Bruno Boileau exchange vows in France’s first same-sex wedding.
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Prince Charles is waging war on animal poachers, blaming “criminal gangs” for the emerging militarised crisis.
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Women are at the front lines of the global water crisis, carrying the burden of water every day.
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New Zealand’s parliament has voted to legalise same-sex marriage, a move that will see many Australians couples to travel across the Tasman to formalise their unions.
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The nephew of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah has made a case for women drivers in his country, arguing that it makes economic sense.
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Celebrity donations have helped to launch the Malala Fund, a charity that will support the education of up to 40 girls in Pakistan.
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Millions of social media users have been sharing a simple red logo to show their support for gay marriage this week.
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15-year-old Malala Yousafzai has returned to the classroom for the first time since she was shot in the head on her way home from school in Pakistan.
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Thousands of women are having their wombs removed by India’s private health doctors, who are being accused of seeking to make large profits from the operations.
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December 3, 2012 marks the 20th anniversary of International Day of People with Disability which aims to promote an understanding of people with disability and encourage support for their dignity, rights and well-being.
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