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  2. Women in the United Arab Emirates - Wikipedia

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    Emirati Women's Day, August 28, is a national United Arab Emirates day dedicated to gender equality and women empowerment. It was celebrated for the first time in 2015 upon the initiative of Fatima Bint Mubarak and it marks the anniversary of the creation of the UAE's General Women's Union.

  3. National Women's Day - Wikipedia

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    National Women's Day (Zulu: Usuku Lwabesifazane, Afrikaans: Nasionale Vrouedag) is a South African public holiday celebrated annually on 9 August. The day commemorates the 1956 march of approximately 20,000 women to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to petition against the country's pass laws that required South Africans defined as "black" under The Population Registration Act to carry an ...

  4. Feminism in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    According to research on the history of the Federation of South African Women, initially, the struggle of women in South Africa was seen as a two-pronged issue: firstly, the issue of apartheid, which discriminated against non-whites, and secondly, the issue of laws and institutions that discriminated against women. During the time of apartheid ...

  5. Women's March (South Africa) - Wikipedia

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    On 9 August 2000, National Women's Day, a monument was unveiled at the Malibongwe Embokodweni, the amphitheatre at Union Buildings in Pretoria to celebrate and commemorate the event of 1956. [2]: 1, 4 It is called the Monument to the Women of South Africa, a project developed by the Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology (DACST).

  6. The history and meaning behind Women's History Month colors

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    Every March, we celebrate women's contributions to history and present-day society with Women’s History Month. “Feminists in the 1970s critiqued the exclusion and lack of recognition of women ...

  7. Australia the favorite as Women's T20 World Cup kicks off in UAE

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    FILE - Australia players celebrate after winning the Women's T20 World Cup semi final cricket match against South Africa, in Cape Town, South Africa, Feb. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Halden Krog, File ...

  8. 2024 Women's T20 World Cup final - Wikipedia

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    The 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup final was a Women's Twenty20 International cricket match that was played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 20 October 2024 to determine the winner of the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. [1] [2] It was played between New Zealand and South Africa. [3]

  9. Women in the Arab world - Wikipedia

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    The gap between female and male enrollment varies across the Arab world. Countries like Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Lebanon, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates achieved almost equal enrollment rates between girls and boys. [85] Female enrollment was as low as 10% in North of Yemen back in 1975. [85]