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WHRD: Protect Civic Space – Iran

Sample tweets: On #IWD2021 Iran must stop persecuting women’s rights activists and drop charges against Najmeh Vahedi, Hoda Amid and Raha AskariZadeh. #SupportWHRDs #ProtectCivicSpace On #IWD2021 Iran needs to stop its relentless attack against civil society and women’s rights activists and allow women to hold public gatherings for #March8 #SupportWHRDs #ProtectCivicSpace يران: : في اليوم العالمى للمرأة 2021 […]

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Women Human Rights Defenders network – WHRD on International Women’s Day, 2021

WHRD and its co-sponsors, including Virtual Activism, are pleased to be launching their Campaign to Support WHRDs and Protect Civic Space, on March 8th, 2021. The project is co-sponsored by the following organizations and individuals [and their Twitter handles]: FemenNet @FemenNetReporters without Borders – persian @RSF_persanReporters without Borders International @RSF_inter@ARMANSHAHR_OA@adelamohseni51Virtual Activism @virtualactivismWomen Living Under Muslim Law […]

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Covid19 cancels UN’s CSW 64

The Secretary General of the UN has decided to cancel all parallel and side events of the 64th session of the Women’s Commission that was due to take place March 9th-March 22, 2020. This is based on the covid19 outbreak which has hit multiple US states, as well as 60 other countries to-date. The following […]

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UN’s CSW61

Virtual Activism board members attended the Women’s Commission at the UN on March 21st 2017. Priority theme: Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work Review theme: Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls (agreed conclusions of the fifty-eighth session) Emerging issue/Focus area: The empowerment of […]

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