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Anti-Science
Global Quickies: Religion of Rebates, Condoms for Inmates, and Pregnancy Alert
EUROPEAN UNION Poland and Hungary block EU proposal on property regimes of married and registered couples (including same-sex couples), arguing that this proposal infringe their sovereignty and interfere with the national identity, traditions and values related to family and society. MALAWI In Malawi, where same-sex sexual activity is illegal, government policy does not allow condoms to be distributed in prison,…
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Feminism
Global Quickies: Communion Wafer Art, Menstruation Detecting Machines, and Vaccines
INDIA “After an Indian temple chief recently said he would allow women to enter the shrine only after a machine was invented to detect if they were “pure” – meaning that they weren’t menstruating – outraged women have been posting pictures of themselves holding sanitary products under the hashtag “Happy to Bleed”.” (autoplay audio) ZIMBABWE “The Zimbabwean first lady, 50,…
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Feminism
Global Quickies: Dead Threats From Monks, Abortion Access, and Rights of Pregnant Girls
FRANCE “A French mayor has been suspended from his party after calling for the country to ban Islam.” BOLIVIA “Bolivian President Evo Morales on Tuesday said he was sorry for telling his health minister he did not “want to think you’re a lesbian,” when the official talked to another woman while the leader was giving a speech.” MOZAMBIQUE “The daughter…
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Anti-Science
Global Quickies: Religious Registration of Babies, Bad Judgement, and #Myfirstharassment
TURKEY “ Turkish atheist organisation has launched a petition calling for babies to no longer be registered as Muslim at birth. The Atheist Association – which claims to the first of its kind in Turkey – hopes to get 5,000 signatures to also call on the government to remove the religious affiliation category on national identity cards.” AFGHANISTAN “For many…
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Feminism
Global Quickies: Forced Pregnancy Tests, Same-sex Adoptions in Colombia, and Canada’s Diverse Cabinet
CANADA “Canada’s new prime minister, Justin Trudeau, took office on 4 November — and as one of his first acts, created the post of Minister of Science.” CANADA “Justin Trudeau, Canada’s newly elected prime minister, has received plenty of attention for appointing the country’s most diverse cabinet to date. Among the 30-strong group there are two aboriginal ministers, three Sikhs,…
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Feminism
Global Quickies: Illegal Selfies, Blasphemy Laws, and Space Makeup
PAKISTAN “Pakistan’s supreme court has called on the country’s politicians to ensure that hundreds of people facing imprisonment and even execution under controversial blasphemy laws have not been falsely charged, often by enemies wanting to settle personal scores.” BANGLADESH Bangladeshi media received a threatening email demanding all female employees be fired, stop from publishing photos of women without burkas, and…
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Skepticism
Global Quickies: Black Mambas Against Poaching, Street Harassment in Costa Rica, and Pork Politics
INDONESIA “Strict laws against homosexuality have come into effect in the conservative Indonesian province of Aceh. Gay sex between Muslim men or women, both locals and foreigners, can now be punished with 100 strokes of the cane.” CHILE “Dozens of same-sex couples in Chile have been celebrating as a new law recognising their unions came into effect.” AUSTRALIA Controversy over…
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Feminism
Global Quickies: The Name Calling Pope, A Terrible Campaing, and a Second Chance for Kids
TANZANIA “Some witchdoctors in Tanzania say that potions and charms made from albino body parts are guaranteed to bring success. This has led businessmen, politicians and others to pay criminals to kill albino people and cut off their limbs. A group of children who survived attacks, but lost arms or legs, has just been given prosthetic limbs in the US.”…
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