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      <title>THE NEXT UN SECRETARY GENERAL</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/the-next-un-secretary-general.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>The United Nations was established in 1945 to promote international peace and security and to facilitate cooperation among nations in addressing global challenges. According to the UN Charter, the organization’s objectives are to protect human rights, promote sustainable development, uphold international law and deliver humanitarian aid. The UN represents our capacity for global collaboration and commitment to social progress.</p>

<p>In the UN’s 75 years, it has been lead by 9 male Secretary Generals. This December 2021, the UN member states will elect the next leader. We believe it is time for the UN to LEAD BY EXAMPLE in support of gender equality and appoint a woman as the next Secretary General.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2021 09:33 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Au Premier ministre Joseph Jouthe : Signalement d’une conduite inadmissible dans votre gouvernement</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/au-premier-ministre-joseph-jouthe-signalement-dune-conduite-inadmissible-dans-votre-gouvernement.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Nous demandons des excuses publiques au Ministre de la Culture, Pradel Henriquez, pour sa publication sur Facebook en date du 12 septembre 2020 visant à faire taire la parole des femmes victimes d'agressions sexuelles.</p>

<p>Nou mande pou Minis Kilti a, Pradel Henriquez, prezante eskiz piblik pou piblikasyon l fè sou paj Facebook li a nan dat 13 septanm 2020 an kote l t ap seye fè vitkim agresyon seksyèl pa pale.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2020 08:06 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>المراة اللبنانية ...كفاءة وطنية</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%83%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A1%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%B7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>ناشطون وناشطات مؤمنين ومؤمنات بتلازم النضال الوطني مع النضال النسوي، نؤكد على مصلحتنا وتمسكنا بالتغيير الديمقراطي والسلمي لمصلحة حقوق الشعب اللبناني ولمصلحة حقوق النساء والرجال على حد سواء، ونعتبر ان المساواة التامة بين الجنسين والمواطنة الكاملة للنساء شرط لتجذير وبناء الديمقراطية ، وتقتضي وصول النساء الى مواقع صنع القرار ومساواتهن في القانون وامام القانون مع الرجال وحمايتهن من كل انواع واشكال العنف والتمييز .</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2019 10:55 UTC</pubDate>
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      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/law-against-unconsented-sexual-harrassment-in-lagos-markets.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>The Nigerian market scene has always been one of the biggest parts of the country. In Lagos, big markets such as Yaba, Balogun and Oshodi have traders and customers interacting almost 24/7 every single day. For big markets such as the ones earlier stated in Lagos specifically, you can say the crowd and movement of people, noise, air pollution, traffic can be some of the many discouraging aspects for customers who frequently go to these markets. However, these are all situations that for the most part may not be avoidable. It’s more or less part and parcel with the location and general feel of the market. Nonetheless, theres an aspect of going to these markets; especially as a woman, that has constantly put a strain on the regular market visits and raised voices of concerns from women . And this is the blatant lack of respect and care for the woman’s body to the extent of (without consent)Harrasing, groping, stroking, grabbing And pulling all in the name of wanting to “sell market”. This increasing attitude of male traders and hoodlums on women over the years have been so normalized that it was never a call for concern. It has been internalized to the point where women themselves have started to believe nothing can be changed and have accepted the harassment as a norm . Before and after  what was a successful protest that   held  at one of the markets, Yaba, we had 100s of women coming out to tell their stories of how they had been harassed by these strangers and hoodlums in the market in the name of “looking nice”,”having something worth touching”, “being a woman” etc. these stories and more are what fueled the need to continue the works of Market March which aims to deconstruct the norm that is sexual assault in Lagos Markets to make it a less threatening place for women to be able to freely go , shop and leave by sensitizing , educating and putting strict laws In place that can aid this movement and bring it to actualization. Our culture does not permit such blatant disrespect for women's bodies and we the respectable citizen's of the state must fight to uphold our values.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2018 04:33 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>HolyFeminine.com - Petition for Catholic Church members</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/holyfemininecom-petition-for-catholic-church.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Holy Feminine is a global project addressing the denigration of women within faith traditions by not allowing women to be priests or to have any leadership position.</p>

<p>Suppressing feminine energy and denying all women to take a leading position in all religions has brought suffering to all humanity - both men and women. The excessive masculine energy led the world into suffering, spiritual wars and depression.</p>

<p>Throughout the centuries, the formulation of Christian doctrine has been influenced by the prevailing culture of the time.</p>

<p>But the ‘doctrines on the margin’ have often been totally hijacked by dominant cultures.</p>

<p>social order — democracy was forbidden, kings were thought to rule ‘by divine right’, the class system was upheld in church, colonialism was endorsed by popes.<br />
the created world — Galileo was condemned as a heretic (!) for believing the earth goes round the sun, astrology was honoured, the six-day creation taught as inspired teaching.<br />
liturgy — Roman everyday dress became ‘sacred vestments’, bishops were treated as feudal lords, Latin was considered God’s own language.<br />
Women were excluded from exercising priestly functions on cultural grounds because they were considered: less intelligent emotionally, unstable, unreliable, not capable of exercising any real leadership.</p>

<p>Women were stopped from entering church during their periods or from receiving holy communion. At times they received communion on a cloth spread out over their hands. They certainly were too ‘unclean’ to approach the altar as priests!<br />
This inferiority was seen confirmed by the view that women were not complete human beings.</p>

<p>We are convinced that the world will be a better place only when there will be balance between the feminine and masculine energy.</p>

<p>It’s time for the #HolyFeminine energy to flourish and to start a global movement on all Christian dimensions. We want #WomenPriests , #WomenBishops and #WomanPastors on all Christian traditions - Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant Churches!</p>

<p>Please sign this petition to support our initiative. For more information on how we can make this change happen please visit our website at www.holyfeminine.com.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 1 Aug 2018 11:45 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Begin selling binders at Victoria’s Secret</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/begin-selling-binders-at-victorias-secret.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Whether you’re cis, transgender, or non-binary buying binders online is expensive and inconvenient. Having one of the largest worldwide lingerie stores selling binders would not only make it more convenient for buyers, it would allow people within the community to feel more accepted. Victoria’s Secret could partner with GC2B to create interestingly designed, comfortable binders for people of all sizes who wish to compress their chest. They could also go solo and design their own product, how they approach it does not matter; So long as binders start being sold at local stores. So many people don’t understand why others bind, having binders be a regular product sold in stores will help unify and educate today’s society.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2017 08:34 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>One Too Many</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>As an organisation that continues to fight against the gross violation of human rights and violence perpetrated towards women and girls, and together with organisations nationally, we are deeply concerned with these countrywide increase in incidents of violence against women and the girl child. As an organisation we believe that we cannot sit back whilst our young women are abducted, raped and murdered at pandemic rates. As we are grateful for the use of social media to showcase these incidents we still fear the number of vulnerable women and children in our communities who have no means of communicating to the outside world the very real danger that they face on everyday basis, this includes people living in the urban and rural setting, where the threat of death lingers over them constantly.</p>

<p>With the recent outbreak of cases of rape, murder and burning of girls, young women and women particularly in our society, were the life of a black woman and/or a girl child is not valued, Ilitha Labantu is leading a national campaign aimed at raising awareness about the gruesome killings of women and children in our communities that have paralysed the entire country. The country had previously faced incidents of murder, femicide and rape (including child rape) in the past years, however since January 2017 we have been overwhelmed by the increasing numbers of young women and girls that have been abducted, disappeared, raped, and murdered in horrific and dubious ways</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2017 01:19 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Support LGBT and Persons of Color at St. Ignatius College Prep</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/support-lgbt-and-persons-of-color-at-st-ignatius-college-prep.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>To all alumni of St. Ignatius College Prep: please read and consider signing our group letter to urge the SICP administration to support and affirm POC and LGBT students, faculty, staff, and parents. The letter highlights the persistence of discrimination that we saw and experienced during our time at Ignatius and asks for four concrete, policy-related changes.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 May 2017 07:18 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Rename Raffles Institution to Marymount Junior College</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/rename-raffles-institution-to-marymount-junior-college.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>This is a petition to rename the esteemed Raffles Institution to Marymount Junior College in honour of recent paradigm shifts with regards to tertiary education and the utilisation of Darwin's memetic theory.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 14 May 2017 03:25 UTC</pubDate>
      <quid isPermaLink="false">85385</quid>
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      <title>Rubbish Collection Should be Less Fussy!</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/rubbish-collection-should-be-less-fussy.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>If you live in the local area, then I’ve no doubt that you have encountered the ‘fussiness’ of the rubbish collection service.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2017 05:36 UTC</pubDate>
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