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South Africa fails to hold Omar al-Bashir on ICC warrant

June 16, 2015 No Comments

So, Omar al-Bashir has flown back to Khartoum, “despite an order barring him from leaving while a Pretoria court decided whether to arrest him on charges issued by the International Criminal Court” (BBC) The choice for Pretoria was crystal clear: to stand up and defend Nelson Mandela’s hard-earned commitment to human rights or to defy […]

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Human Rights Parenting & Children Politics Society

Archdeacon: ‘No’ referendum posters are homophobic

May 7, 2015 No Comments

‘No’ posters in the same-sex marriage referendum campaign which say every child should have a mother and a father are homophobic, a senior Church of Ireland figure said at its General Synod in Armagh. […] Speaking as “a strong supporter of the Yes campaign” he admitted “it is not easy for me to be here […]

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Arts Equality Fuck the patriarchy Society

Don’t Measure A Woman’s Worth By Her Clothes

April 1, 2015 No Comments

This is very good – Don’t Measure A Woman’s Worth By Her Clothes: A brilliant ad campaign created for Terre Des Femmes, a Swiss human rights organization focusing on gender equality and feminism, reminds us that the worth of a woman should never be measured by something like the neckline of her blouse or height […]

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Department of Cruel and Unusual Rules Human Rights Society

About Time

March 30, 2015 No Comments

Practice of jailing minors in adult prisons to end from this week: The practice of admitting minors to adult prisons is to cease from this week onwards. Until now, 17 year olds remanded in custody were typically placed in St Patrick’s Institution for young offenders, which forms part of the Mountjoy Prison complex. The Government […]

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History Parenting & Children Society

Children and Play in the Holocaust

March 5, 2015July 10, 2015 No Comments

Jason Kottke has been doing some reading on children and play, specifically Peter Gray, and has posted a fascinating snippet: In a chapter on the role of play in social and emotional development, Gray discusses play that might be considered inappropriate, dangerous, or forbidden by adults: fighting, violent video games, climbing “too high”, etc. As […]

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Fuck the patriarchy Jesus Wept Politics Society

Wrong on so many levels

March 4, 2015March 4, 2015 No Comments

GOP considered dangerous: Republican Assemblywoman Michele Fiore of Nevada recently told The New York Times: “If these young, hot little girls on campus have a firearm, I wonder how many men will want to assault them. The sexual assaults that are occurring would go down once these sexual predators get a bullet in their head.”

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Arts Equality Photography Privilege Society

Boundaries

March 3, 2015March 6, 2015 No Comments

“Boundaries” is a project by photographer Allaire Bartel that aims to capture what it feels like to be a woman in an atmosphere of male entitlement. The Pittsburgh-based photographer tells us that the project started last year during a mentoring program that had “boundaries” as the theme. At the time, there was a lot of […]

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Economy Politics Regulation Society

What’s a house for?

March 2, 2015 No Comments

There needs to be a public debate about how the crisis should be resolved. It requires a clear decision about what role we want to give housing in the Irish economy. Should policy allow an unregulated private property market where housing is primarily a private commodity and an investment for speculation and accumulation of private […]

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Gender Oddities Society

Spicy sauces and gender

February 14, 2015 No Comments

Penn State have released a study on hot sauce and gender: In the study, the researchers conclude that women are more likely to seek sensation from spicy food, while men are more likely to see other extrinsic rewards like praise and admiration. The authors write, "It is possible that the cultural association of consuming spicy […]

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Government People Society

“… an opportunity to be themselves”

January 27, 2015 No Comments

TENI launched a video on legal gender recognition yesterday to correspond with the introduction of the Gender Recognition Bill into the Seanad. Trans people need to be at the centre of this debate, and trans voices need to be heard. Positive visibility is at the core of what TENI does. We know that by telling […]

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South Africa fails to hold Omar al-Bashir on ICC warrant

Archdeacon: ‘No’ referendum posters are homophobic

Don’t Measure A Woman’s Worth By Her Clothes

About Time

Children and Play in the Holocaust

Wrong on so many levels

Boundaries

What’s a house for?

Spicy sauces and gender

“… an opportunity to be themselves”

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