Women This Week: Around The World In 5
The ongoing series highlights women's news and information about foreign policy. This week’s post covers February 20 to February 25.
India
On Friday, the Supreme Court ruled that it would not hear a public interest litigation (PIL) asking the court to order all states to establish policies for menstrual pain leave for women in school and the workforce.
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The United States of America
Daughter of American civil rights activist Malcolm X says she would sue for $US 100 million ($146 million), alleging the FBI, CIA, and NYPD of involvement in her father's murder.
Ilyasah Shabazz, co-administrator of her father's estate, claims that they "conspired to and executed their plan to assassinate Malcolm X" and then fraudulently covered it up.
Read more here.
Kenya
This week, the BBC released the results of an undercover investigation into allegations of sexual abuse at tea farms in Kenya, where two companies based in the United Kingdom were implicated.
The BBC reported online that "more than 70 women on Kenyan tea fields, owned for years by two British corporations, told the BBC they had sexually been mistreated by supervisors."
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Australia
Australia are Women’s T20 World Cup champions for the sixth time beating South Africa in Cape Town on Sunday.
Australia has a 6-0 record against South Africa in the T20 World Cup and South Africa is playing in their first final since the tournament began in 2009.
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Global
According to the latest estimates released in a report by United Nations; every two minutes, a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth,
The report, Trends in maternal mortality, reveals alarming setbacks for women’s health over recent years, as maternal deaths either increased or stagnated in nearly all regions of the world.
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