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	<title>Morning Quickie &#187; human rights</title>
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		<title>Win For Disabled Sexual Assault Victims</title>
		<link>http://morningquickie.com/2012/02/10/win-for-disabled-sexual-assault-victims/</link>
		<comments>http://morningquickie.com/2012/02/10/win-for-disabled-sexual-assault-victims/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inappropriate touching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mentally disabled]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[rape]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexual abuse]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Supreme Court of Canada]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today there was a win for people with disabilities when the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that a disabled victim of alleged sexual assault will get a second trial. The woman&#8217;s original testimony, about alleged assault when she was 19 from her step-father in 2004, was dismissed because she couldn&#8217;t describe what an oath was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Human Rights Win For Fired Pregnant Woman</title>
		<link>http://morningquickie.com/2012/02/07/human-rights-win-for-fired-pregnant-woman/</link>
		<comments>http://morningquickie.com/2012/02/07/human-rights-win-for-fired-pregnant-woman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alison MacKinnon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fired from job]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pregnant at work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pregnant women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prince Edward Island]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A woman in PEI was fired only one hour after telling her boss she was pregnant. They, of course, claimed they were going to fire her anyway for other reasons and that they had discussed this with other staff. They said it was just bad timing, but she didn&#8217;t believe it and took them to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Killing A Woman For Being Gay Is Not OK</title>
		<link>http://morningquickie.com/2012/02/02/killing-a-woman-for-being-gay-is-not-ok/</link>
		<comments>http://morningquickie.com/2012/02/02/killing-a-woman-for-being-gay-is-not-ok/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lacey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death penalty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hate crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hate crimes against lgbt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homophobia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[murder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Africa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Four men in South Africa have been sentenced for the murder of a 19-year-old lesbian woman. She was stabbed and stoned to death in 2006. The court found that the girl was targeted due to her sexual orientation. Cases like this sadly are not uncommon in South Africa. The Human Rights Watch claimed that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote Of The Week</title>
		<link>http://morningquickie.com/2012/01/16/quote-of-the-week-martin-luther-king-jr/</link>
		<comments>http://morningquickie.com/2012/01/16/quote-of-the-week-martin-luther-king-jr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quote of the Week]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feminism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin Luther King Jr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quote of the week]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://morningquickie.com/?p=44125</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity. ~ Martin Luther King Jr. For Your Reading Pleasure: Quote Of The Week Quote Of The Week Quote Of The Week Quote Of The Week Quote Of The Week]]></description>
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		<title>Virginity Tests Banned In Egypt</title>
		<link>http://morningquickie.com/2011/12/28/virginity-tests-banned-in-egypt/</link>
		<comments>http://morningquickie.com/2011/12/28/virginity-tests-banned-in-egypt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tinybart</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[abuse]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ban]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[danger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debasement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[detainees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humiliation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[justice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[perpetrators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protestor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rape]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Samira Ibrahim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexual status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tahrir Square]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[victim]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[violation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[women's rights]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://morningquickie.com/?p=43369</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After suffering abuse, humiliation and abject degradation at the hands of Egypt&#8217;s interim military rulers, an Egyptian civilian court has finally ruled an end to virginity tests on female detainees. The practice of making women strip and spread their legs to determine their sexual status has been defended by the Egyptian army. One official said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN To Investigate Missing Aboriginal Women</title>
		<link>http://morningquickie.com/2011/12/13/un-to-investigate-missing-aboriginal-women-canada/</link>
		<comments>http://morningquickie.com/2011/12/13/un-to-investigate-missing-aboriginal-women-canada/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[missing women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[murder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[native women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Native Women's Association of Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UN inquiry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UN Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women's rights]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://morningquickie.com/?p=42708</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A UN inquiry was announced today investigating the huge number of Aboriginal women that have gone missing in Canada. According to The Native Women&#8217;s Association of Canada more than 600 women have gone missing or been murdered since 1990 and this is a direct violation of the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does It Matter What A Celebrity&#8217;s Politics Are?</title>
		<link>http://morningquickie.com/2011/12/08/popping-culture-celebrity-politics-hilary-swank/</link>
		<comments>http://morningquickie.com/2011/12/08/popping-culture-celebrity-politics-hilary-swank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lacey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Popping Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[celebrities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[celebrity politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chechnia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hilary Swank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jean-Claude Van Damme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ramzan Kadyrov]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vanessa Mae]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://morningquickie.com/?p=42477</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Oscar winner Hilary Swank was recently slated for attending an event celebrating the rebuilding of Grozny, which happened also to be the 35th birthday party of Chechnian president Ramzan Kadyrov. The actress was supposedly invited by a Turkish real estate company along with other celebrities including Jean-Claude Van Damme, Seal and violinist Vanessa Mae. Swank [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Female Employees Are Not Ticking Time Bombs!</title>
		<link>http://morningquickie.com/2011/12/07/female-employees-pregnancy-fired-time-bombs/</link>
		<comments>http://morningquickie.com/2011/12/07/female-employees-pregnancy-fired-time-bombs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JMW</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fired from job]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternity leave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parental leave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pregnancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pregnant at work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://morningquickie.com/?p=42419</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A woman who was fired an hour after revealing she was pregnant to her boss has been told that her pregnancy was not a factor in her losing her job. The case is currently being heard by the Human Rights Commission in Canada. Her bosses say that she was already earmarked for dismissal because they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feminist Men Are Hot</title>
		<link>http://morningquickie.com/2011/11/08/feminist-men-are-hot/</link>
		<comments>http://morningquickie.com/2011/11/08/feminist-men-are-hot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Syahidah</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[anti-men]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bell hooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[burning bras]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feminism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[patriarchy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women's suffrage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://morningquickie.com/?p=40564</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If I had to describe the &#8220;type&#8221; of man I like, it would have to be feminist. Most of my good friends subscribe to some kind of feminism and as a self-identified straight woman, there is nothing better than a feminist man. Since high school, I found myself crushing on boys who were articulate and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Secular Rules Are Sexist Rules</title>
		<link>http://morningquickie.com/2011/11/03/secular-rules-are-sexist-rules/</link>
		<comments>http://morningquickie.com/2011/11/03/secular-rules-are-sexist-rules/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 23:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Syahidah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ban the veil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catholic Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[head covering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muslim women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[niqab]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quebec]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religious freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religious women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[secularism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[separation of church and state]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://morningquickie.com/?p=40379</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Women in Québec are being disproportionately affected by laws that are making the province increasingly secular. Two years ago 80 members of the En Route Foundation, a Catholic lay group, gathered in a hall rented from the city and watched an inspirational video. They prayed, celebrated mass and ate a potluck lunch. Sound suspicious? Maybe not to us regular folks [...]]]></description>
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