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  1. NSW police crack down on protests

    鈥渟ay no鈥 to the wearing of the burqa 鈥 the all body covering worn by some Islamic women. On January 16, ... A group of about 400 people, mainly women, assembled at Sydney Town Hall for a march to Martin Place on ... the Sydney Stop the War Coalition to have a shoe-throwing contest outside the US Consulate on November ...

  2. Inquiry into forced adoptions

    Australia between the 1940s and 鈥80s, supporting a motion by Greens Senator Rachel Siewert on November 15. ... adoption policies,鈥 Siewert said. 鈥淭here is no doubt that many women were treated very badly as a result of ... adoption have been mounting on the wake of campaigns for justice for the Stolen Generations of Aboriginal ...

  3. US backs Habib鈥檚 torturer, but Arab world has changed

    dictatorship of President Hosni Mubarak. Women have been on the frontline in the uprisings in Tunisia and ... democratic values (especially women鈥檚 rights) in the Middle East is a US priority. However, far from ... leaders merely called on him to make 鈥渞eforms鈥 and 鈥渓isten to grievances鈥. After protesters rejected ...