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What I really said at the Alba Party conference - Margaret Lynch Margaret Lynch My remarks at the Alba Conference can be verified by anyone who visits the website of the ILGA. © Margaret Lynch. It was a fantastic conference with over 400 women participating, which resulted in the Alba Party adopting a Women and Equalities Policy Statement, which acknowledges that no single protected characteristic is more virtuous or worthy of recognition and safeguarding than another. All of ...

 - Paragraph 14a of the declaration reads: “Eliminate all laws and policies that punish or criminalize same-sex intimacy, gender affirmation, abortion, HIV transmission non-disclosure and exposure, or that limit the exercise of bodily autonomy, including laws limiting legal capacity of adolescents, people with disabilities or other groups to provide consent to sex or sexual and reproductive health services or laws authorizing non-consensual abortion, sterilization, or contraceptive use.�...

Counterview Desk  Indias premier civil society network, National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), even as seeking restoration of democracy in Myanmar and declaring "support" to the "civil disobedience movement" against the military (Tatmadaw), has demanded that the Government of India (GoI) should allow refuge to Myanmar’s citizens "fleeing persecutions and violence."Criticising GoI for taking a "balanced" view of the Myanmar junta, an NAPM statement asked India to sign the 1951 Ref...

Top 100 hospitals are top performers, excelling in managing risk, achieving higher quality, securing better outcomes, increasing patient satisfaction, and operating at a lower cost than their peers across the nation. “We are so proud of all of our CAHS,” said Jody Ward, project director of the North Dakota CAH Quality Network. “This year has been a tough one in healthcare, so to see 12 of our hospitals being recognized in the Top 100, means we are doing things correctly.” North Dakota C...

Scotland has passed a hate crime bill branded a 'milestone' by ministers and an "important step forwards" by LGBT+ campaigners.

Today Holyrood will debate the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill and consider amendments put forward by MSP’s, before voting on whether the bill should be passed into law. This month I gave

International Womens Day celebrations are devoted to fighting the military regime that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi.

Isle of Wight Radio 7:00pm - Midnight Live and Local Podcast - Supporting Live Local Music On The Isle Of Wight Isle Of Wight NHS Trust Couple Share Their Story For LGBT+ Month By Iona Stewart-Richardson A married couple that works at the Isle of Wight NHS Trust are sharing their personal story - to mark LGBT+ History Month. Married couple Karen and Charlotte are sharing their story in a bid to encourage other staff from the LGBT+ community and allies to join the Trust’s LGBT+ Staff Equali...

URL copied to clipboard Myanmar’s women have a message for the country’s military: “You’ve messed with the wrong generation!” As tension increases throughout the country following the 1 February military coup, women of all ages in major towns and cities across Myanmar have flooded the streets to call for the reinstatement of Aung San Suu Kyis democratically elected government. But the military has responded with an increasingly violent crackdown, highlighted by the death of 20-yea...

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