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France : en Bretagne, des protections gratuites dans les prisons contre la précarité menstruelle

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This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

Source: Ouest France

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United States: reproductive justice prison system

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The United States imprisons the most women in the world. Across the United States, approximately 200,000 women are incarcerated—nearly an 800 percent increase since 1980. Women of color are disproportionately affected by the criminal justice system. In 2017, twice as many Black women and 1.3 times…

Source: New Security Beat

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Turquie : vingt ans après ma libération

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This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

Source: Le Blog de Pinar Selek

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République démocratique du Congo : des femmes détenues violées lors des émeutes à la prison de Lubumbashi

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This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

Source: Le Figaro

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Arabia Saudí: las auténticas reformistas están entre rejas

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This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

Source: Amnistía Internacional

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Grecia: deben retirarse los cargos contra activistas de los derechos de las mujeres, entre quienes hay personal de Amnistía

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This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

Source: Amnistía Internacional

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Arabia Saudí: Loujain al-Hathloul debe ser liberada sin condiciones

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This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

Source: Amnistía Internacional

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Ireland: prison service to spend €1.6m on bras, underwear for inmates

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The Irish Prison Service (IPS) is set to spend more than €1.6m on bras, underwear, anoraks, and other items of clothing for inmates over the next three years. Nighties, dressing gowns, and tracksuits are among 30 categories of clothing sought by the IPS in an invitation for tenders. The successful…

Source: Irish examiner

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Argentina: cárceles solidarias, presas hicieron y donaron 180 pelucas para pacientes oncológicos

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This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

Source: La Nación

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Arabia Saudí: líderes del G20, no se dejen engañar. Las verdaderas agentes del cambio están en la cárcel

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This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

Source: Amnistía Internacional

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United States: California law is step forward but fails to guarantee safety for trans prisoners

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Syiaah Skylit has been imprisoned in California since 2015. Despite multiple requests to be placed in a women’s prison, Skylit, a Black trans woman, has always been incarcerated in the state’s men’s prisons. There, she has faced attacks by incarcerated men as well as sexual abuse and retaliation by…

Source: Truthout

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France : faim, manque d’hygiène et chantage, le calvaire des pauvres en prison

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This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

Source: Street Press

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Le calvaire des femmes incarcérées pendant la pandémie de COVID-19

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This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French, Spanish

Source: Global voices

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Arabia Saudí: el Women20 debe exigir la liberación de las activistas saudíes encarceladas

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This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

Source: Amnistía Internacional