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February 12, 2012
Maquila Solidarity Wire
February 10, 2012Women’s advocates in Nicaragua celebrate law on violence against women On January 26, the Nicaraguan Parliament unanimously approved a Comprehensive Violence Against Women Act, a victory for women's organizations that have long struggled to bring attention to this issue. The new law represents an important step towards addressing the serious problem of gender-based violence that is facing Nicaragua. Find us on facebook For those of you using facebook, MSN has two new facebook pages -- one in English and one in Spanish. If you’d like to continue supporting MSN’s work, please go to one of our new facebook pages and “Like” MSN to receive news, research and action alerts from MSN in your regular newsfeed. » See our English facebook page
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