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Anger as Iran bans women from universities - Telegraph - 0 views

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    "In a move that has prompted a demand for a UN investigation by Iran's most celebrated human rights campaigner, the Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi, 36 universities have announced that 77 BA and BSc courses in the coming academic year will be "single gender" and effectively exclusive to men. It follows years in which Iranian women students have outperformed men, a trend at odds with the traditional male-dominated outlook of the country's religious leaders. Women outnumbered men by three to two in passing this year's university entrance exam."
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Pregnant woman wins landmark discrimination case - The Malaysian Insider - 0 views

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    "This is historic because this is the first decision that applies CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women) and Article 8(2) (of the federal constitution) to find the government liable for gender-based discrimination," Noorfadilla's lawyer Edmund Bon told The Malaysian Insider today.
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