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Afghanistan dispatch: ‘The women of Afghanistan are going straight into slavery.’

JURIST

Here, a former Afghan law teacher now outside of Afghanistan shares her views on a strict new Taliban decree issued Saturday requiring Afghan women to wear full hijabs under threat of sanction against themselves or their male “guardians”. The decree states that it is obligatory for Muslim women to observe the hijab.

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Can Women Police Chiefs Change Law Enforcement’s ‘Warrior’ Culture?

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With last month’s announcement of the appointment of Angela Mclaren as the new City of London police commissioner , the three chiefs of police in the UK’s capital city are now all women. It’s the first time in UK history this has happened, and it represents solid endorsement for women in the highest ranks of British policing.

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Australia inquiry details sexual harassment, potential remedies for women in mines

JURIST

The Western Australia Parliamentary Inquiry Thursday handed down a final report titled Enough is Enough from its inquiry into sexual harassment against women in the fly-in fly-out (FIFO) mining industry. The report also found that women are underrepresented in the mining industry, accounting for only 19.1

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Author Spoitlight: Phyllis Haserot “Embrace GENgagement: How to Transform Generational Challenges into Opportunities for You and Your Firm!”

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While that’s a broad audience within the legal community, in order to unite the generations, they all need to be reading the same information as a basis for discussion and action. It will help you be an agent of positive change to humanize business in a collaborative manner and foster a culture of camaraderie.

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Black History Month

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Womens History Month | March 2025 #AccelerateAction Black History is American History. Veritext is honored to celebrate Black culture , history , achievements , experiences , joy , voices , and stories today and every day. Hedebutedwith the Boston Bruinsagainst theMontreal Canadiensat the Montreal Forum on January 18, 1958.

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“Reimagining” History: Archives Racism Task Force Finds Rotunda Triggering

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The task force found the Rotunda to be one of three examples of structural racism: “a Rotunda in our flagship building that lauds wealthy White men in the nation’s founding while marginalizing BIPOC, women, and other communities.” ” The task force called for “reimagining” the space to be more inclusive.

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Report of the Oxford Conference on “Characterisation in the Conflict of Laws”

Conflict of Laws

Franzina explained that where the private international law of the forum contemplates the possibility of renvoi , the conflict of laws conceptions of a foreign applicable law should also be appreciated. The adjudication process through which that determination is made should be subjected to the lex fori as the law of the community.

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