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17/05/2013

African press review 17 May 2013

The African press is dominated by the situation in Nigeria following President Goodluck Jonathan’s declaration of a state of emergency in the northern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.

12/05/2013 - France

Femen crash far-right gathering in Paris honouring Joan of Arc

 Four members from the feminist Femen group struck again in central Paris on Sunday, interrupting a rally organised by far-right groups commemorating the Saint Joan of Arc.

Mahbano is standing for the secular MQM in Lahore
10/05/2013 - Report: Pakistan elections 2013

Record number of women fight to be heard in Pakistani election

Saturday’s general election in Pakistan will see a 129.8 per cent rise in the number of women candidates compared to the previous elections in 2008.

Women candidates fighting to be heard in Pakistan elections
10/05/2013 - International report

Women candidates fighting to be heard in Pakistan elections

Saturday’s general election in Pakistan will see an almost 130 per cent rise in the number of women candidates compared to the previous elections in 2008.

26/04/2013 - France

France fines two companies in equal pay for women drive

Two French companies have been fined for failing to observe France’s equal pay law as part of a threatened crackdown on businesses not paying their female employees as much as their male ...

Women's shelters offer temporary haven from violence in Iraqi Kurdistan
23/04/2013 - International report

Women's shelters offer temporary haven from violence in Iraqi Kurdistan

Unlike most of Iraq, the Kurdistan Region is safe, prosperous and modernizing rapidly. But when it comes to women's rights, there's still much room for improvement.

17/04/2013 - France

PIP breast implant trial begins in Marseille

The trial of five executives of the PIP breat-implant company started in Marseille at 9.30 am on Wednesday morning in one of the biggest court proceedings in France’s history.

27/03/2013 - France

France's gendarmes get first female general

France’s government has appointed the first-ever female general gendarme.

09/03/2013 - France

American grandmother sits in up French crane for visiting rights

A 70-year-old American woman staged a sit-in on top of a crane on a building site in southern France Saturday, demanding the right to see her granddaughter.

09/03/2013 - France - International Women's Day

France to punish employers who fail equal pay test

The French government is threatening to punish employers who fail to respect equal pay between men and women.

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