http://www.news24.com/Tags/Topics/gender equality Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotic http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Fri, 24 May 2013 07:15:04 +0200 An Afghan legislator says conservative lawmakers have blocked a law that aims to protect women's freedoms, saying parts of it violate Islamic principles. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Hard-line-MPs-block-law-protecting-women-20130518 Ziauddin Yousafzai and his daughter Malala Yousafzai, who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban, have been honoured at the memorial for Oklahoma City bombing victims. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Malala-Yousafzai-receives-Oklahoma-award-20130514 A transsexual woman has won a groundbreaking court appeal in Hong Kong allowing her to marry her boyfriend and forcing the government to re-write the city's marriage laws. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Hong-Kong-transsexual-wins-fight-to-marry-20130513 The SA Policing Union has demanded an apology from Gauteng police chief Lieutenant General Mzwandile Petros for purported sexist remarks. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Uproar-over-tops-cops-sexist-remarks-20130510