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Women Human Rights Defenders: Targeted for identity and activism

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Gendered Violence against Women in Media, and the Need for Everyday Activism

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Joana Foster: 'She made African women realise they can do anything'

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Honouring WHRDs Resistance to Corporate Power

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We, women who defend rights, are beautiful

IM-Defensoras' speech at the Human Rights Defenders Memorial Project in Dublin

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I walk fine on my own, but with you, I walk better

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Visions shared from ‘Santana’

Internet politics: a feminist guide to navigating online power

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