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Women’s Rights

  • “The rape that is a pure and blatant expression of political power…”

    by iara lee March 15, 2021
    March 15, 2021

    “…in countries and at times when rape is actually a tool for exerting power and coercion and creating mass terror, rape is a tool of terror, a political tool.” Xray …

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  • CONGO/ DRC highest rate of rape as weapon of war is not a record to be proud of.

    by iara lee December 15, 2020
    December 15, 2020

    for more than 10 years we at CULTURES OF RESISTANCE have been supporting #DrMukwege at #Panzi Hospital to treat rape cases. Panzi provides the space for vulnerable women and survivors …

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  • Slowly but surely rectifying history’s erasure of groundbreaking women:

    by iara lee July 23, 2019
    July 23, 2019

    Do you know about the woman who discovered the cause of global warming? “Eunice Newton Foote rarely gets the credit she’s due. The American scientist, who was born exactly 200 …

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  • Check out these amazing protest signs from the Women’s March!

    by iara lee January 31, 2018
    January 31, 2018

    https://hyperallergic.com/…/signs-of-creative-resistance-a…/ For more creative resistance, follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/CulturesResist! [Photo credit: Vlad Tchompalov, Unsplash.com.]  

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  • Revolution in SAUDI ARABIA

    by iara lee January 28, 2018
    January 28, 2018

    Meaning women can finally drive, vote, and now movies in public spaces are no longer illegal. and I so much want to show our resistance films there. any brilliant idea …

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  • SIERRA LEONE

    by iara lee September 27, 2017
    September 27, 2017

    Our friends at Safe Hands For Girls in Sierra Leone are working to train students on the importance of ending female genital mutilation and violence against women and girls as a whole. …

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  • Help end child marriage in Uganda!

    by iara lee May 5, 2017
    May 5, 2017

    According to the World Bank, 36 percent of Ugandan women ages 18 to 22 were married as children, while UNICEF reports that 49 percent of 20- to 49-year-old women were …

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  • SOMALIA

    by iara lee March 12, 2017
    March 12, 2017

    We continue our work against FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION via our allies Galkacyo Education Center for Peace and Development (GECPD), a SOMALI women NGO founded in 1999, devoted to strengthening women’s …

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Iara Lee, a Brazilian of Korean descent, is an activist, filmmaker, and founder/director of the Cultures of Resistance Network, an organization that promotes global solidarity and connects and supports agitators, educators, farmers, and artists to build a more just and peaceful world through creative resistance and nonviolent action!

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