Women lawyers force big rights gains in Uganda
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This spring, a small group of lawyers helped overturn laws that gave men more rights than women.
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A progressive law has emboldened thousands of women to exercise their legal option to leave harmful marriages.
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Lawyers in Zimbabwe try to get access to key members of the opposition after their arrest at a rally.
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KAMPALA, Uganda  - Ugandan police stormed a  government building Wednesday and freed two women taken hostage  by armed men believed to be protesting against attempts to  extend President Yoweri Museveni's rule, officials said.
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LONDON The number of girls in school and women in parliaments has risen, and their overall access to contraception has improved in the past decade, according to a new report by the UN Population Fund.
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KAMPALA, Uganda  - The Ugandan government promised  Tuesday to investigate allegations by an opposition politician  that his driver was kidnapped and tortured to seek information  about anti-government activities.
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Uganda is bringing traditional medicine out of the bush and integrating it into the national health system.
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LALOGI CAMP, Northern Uganda  - Natalia Lariang  survives on handouts in one of scores of refugee camps dotted  across northern Uganda, praying for an end to one of the  world's most brutal civil wars.
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LAKE SIBAYA, South Africa  - Bongi Nkosi stands  proudly by her family house gushing over an expansion made  possible by politics and pavement.
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KAMPALA, Uganda  - A small group of suspected  gunmen stormed Uganda's Water Ministry Wednesday and took three  people hostage to protest against proposals to allow President  Yoweri Museveni for a third term.  Police and soldiers with assault rifles cordoned off the  three-story building, just 328 feet from Uganda's parliament  building in the capital Kampala.
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Lewis Meyers has been a human rights and civil rights lawyer for almost 32 years. He first began traveling to Africa in 1976, when he attended a conference of the Organization
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A recent murder indicates a backlash by some against women as their rights and opportunities increase.
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The number of girls in school and women in parliaments has risen, and their overall access to contraception has improved in the past decade, according to a new report by the United Nations Population Fund.
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Â· Late compensation cases can go ahead, law lords sayÂ· Local authorities face rise in sex abuse payouts
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The excitement at the world's largest AIDS conference was over microbicides that could help women in poor countries protect themselves from HIV in several years.
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LONDON, Sep 10 (IPS) - The appointment of a deputy prosecutor to the   International Criminal Court is expected to strengthen the  court's  commitment to justice for women.
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Judges and lawyers in Uganda are striking to protest at the recent raid on the High Court by armed forces.