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Progress of the World’s Women: UN Report on Achieving Women’s Equality is a Fundamental Human Right and a Social and Economic Imperative

16 Jul

From the foreword of UN Women’s Progress of the World’s Women 2011–2012: In Pursuit of Justice by Michelle Bachelet, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women: As the first major UN Women report, this edition of Progress of the World’s…

 

Internet Access as a Human Right: US Government Moves to Develop and Deploy "Shadow" Internet to Undermine Repressive Regimes

14 Jun

“[T]he Internet has become a key means by which individuals can exercise their right to freedom of opinion and expression, as guaranteed by article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political…