Mona Eltahawy
Feminist. Tattoos. #MUFC. The Seven Necessary Sins for Women & Girls (2019) amzn.to/2IK10q7, Headscarves & Hymens (2015) pic: S.Enriquez-Nistal. she/her
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Viciously anti-LGBTQ group runs Central Park tent hospital & forces volunteers to reject gay rights
Volunteers have to agree that transgender people don't exist, same-sex marriage is a sin, and gay people should be celibate or risk "damnation and eternal punishment...
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Mona Eltahawy
“Volunteers have to agree that transgender people don't exist, same-sex marriage is a sin, and gay people should be celibate or risk "damnation and eternal punishment."
Hateful zealots are running the Central Park Field Hospital #COVIDー19 #coronavirus
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Spain starts subsidy for domestic workers hit by coronavirus
The measure marks the first time domestic workers - who are mostly women - will have access to unemployment benefits
Spain blocks utilities from cutting off non-paying customers
Spain will bar utility companies from cutting off water and electricty to customers over unpaid bills as part of measures aimed at helping vulnerable groups hit by the coronavirus outbreak, Deputy Prime Minister Pablo Iglesias said on Tuesday.
Idaho’s legislature hasn’t addressed the coronavirus. But it has passed 2 anti-trans bills this week.
The latest bill would reinstitute a ban on gender changes on birth certificates, defying a federal court ruling.
In Egypt, transgender activist fights battle on many fronts
CAIRO (AP) — Malak el-Kashif left home on her birthday seven years ago. Walking into an uncertain future, she was underdressed for the weather and armed with little— except for some makeup, a few...
Mona Eltahawy
I send love and solidarity to the trans community on #TransDayOfVisibility.
And I share this profile of #Egyptian trans woman Malak el-Kashif.
apnews.com/2c79744cdfc157… #LGBTQ
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Judge blocks Texas from banning abortion as part of coronavirus response
A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked Texas from enforcing a ban on abortions as part of its response to the coronavirus pandemic.
General Electric Workers Walk Off the Job, Demand to Make Ventilators
GE workers who normally make jet engines say their facilities are sitting idle while the country faces a dire ventilator shortage.
Domestic violence reports rise in China amid COVID-19 lockdown
Women’s groups warn 'stay at home’ measures pose domestic danger for women and children at risk
Chase Street teacher uses 3D printer to make face shields for health care workers
Chase Street Elementary School teacher Chris Sugiuchi is using a 3D printer to make face shields for health care workers in Athens amid shortages due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Coronavirus: Hungary government gets sweeping powers
Critics accuse Prime Minister Viktor Orban of exploiting coronavirus to silence opposition.
Mona Eltahawy
The leader of the opposition Jobbik party, Peter Jakab, said that the law placed the whole of #Hungarian democracy in quarantine. google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.… #COVID19
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Hungary's Orban gets sweeping new powers in virus fight
Hungary's parliament endorsed a bill on Monday giving nationalist premier Viktor Orban the sweeping new powers he says he needs to fight the new coronavirus pandemic. Critics at home and abroad have condemned the "anti-coronavirus defence law",...
Mona Eltahawy
#Hungary’s parliament has made Orban the envy of authoritarians:
- Orban can indefinitely rule by decree
- No elections during emergency period.
- Up to 5yrs jail for anyone spreading "falsehoods" about #COVID19 or the measures against it google.com/amp/s/news.yah… h:t @rerutled
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'Covid-19 will slam the door shut': Australia's family services brace for domestic violence spike
Vulnerable women and children in self-isolation are facing the prospect of being forced to stay inside with an abusive partner
Mona Eltahawy
'#COVID19 will slam the door shut': #Australia's family services brace for domestic violence spike theguardian.com/world/2020/mar… #coronavirus
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Violences conjugales: les appels à la ligne d’écoute en hausse de 25 à 30%
Avec le confinement, la ligne d’écoute devient pratiquement la seule aide disponible pour les femmes victimes de violences conjugales.
China's coronavirus quarantines raise domestic violence fears
A new domestic violence law is rarely enforced
Mona Eltahawy
In #China, the number of domestic violence cases reported to the local police tripled in February compared to the previous year. Activists say this is a result of enforced lockdown. axios.com/china-domestic… #COVID19 #coronavirus
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For people with an abusive partner, lockdown means captivity | Sian Norris
Social isolation from coronavirus is fuelling a rise in domestic abuse cases - and leading charities to shift their support online, says the writer and activist Sian Norris
Lockdowns around the world bring rise in domestic violence
Emma Graham-Harrison,
Helena Smith,
Kate Connolly,
Liz Ford,
Sam Jones,
Tom Phillips
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the Guardian
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Activists say pattern of increasing abuse is repeated in countries from Brazil to Germany, China to Greece
Mona Eltahawy
In #Brazil:
“We think there has been a rise of 40% or 50%, and there was already really big demand,” said Adriana Mello, a Rio de Janeiro judge specialising in domestic violence.
google.com/amp/s/amp.theg… #COVID19 #coronavirus
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Crime drops in lockdown, domestic violence risk climbs - BNN Bloomberg
With more than two-thirds of the U.S. population ordered to stay home amid the coronavirus pandemic, it’s tougher for burglars to find an empty house to target. But the cooped-up residents seem more likely to fight each other.
Mona Eltahawy
Crime drops in lockdown, domestic violence risk climbs bnnbloomberg.ca/stuck-at-home-… #COVID19 #coronavirus
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