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276 ha. Buffer zone. 28,965 ha. Masada ( Hebrew: מְצָדָהməṣādā, "fortress"; Arabic: جبل مسعدة) [1] is an ancient fortification in southern Israel, situated on top of an isolated rock plateau, akin to a mesa. It is located on the eastern edge of the Judaean Desert, overlooking the Dead Sea 20 km (12 mi) east of Arad .
The Women, Life, Freedom movement in Iran is a protest movement that started in September 2022 after the death of Mahsa (Jina) Amini, a young Iranian woman who was arrested by the morality police for not wearing hijab correctly. The movement demands the end of compulsory hijab laws and other forms of discrimination and oppression against women ...
The Society for Women in Philosophy was created in 1972 to support and promote women in philosophy. Since that time the Society for Women in Philosophy or "SWIP" has expanded to many branches around the world, including in the US, Canada, Ireland, the UK, the Netherlands, Flanders, and Germany.
The Women and Girls Foundation and Heather Arnet collaborated with ELAS, the Women's Social Investment Fund of Brazil in this project. The film explores the societal and historical factors that have led to the election of the first female president in Brazil, Dilma Rousseff , through a series interviews and dialogue with people of different ...
The Women's World Golf Rankings, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Rolex Rankings, were introduced in February 2006.They are sanctioned by 12 women's golf tours and the organisations behind them: Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA Tour), Ladies European Tour, Ladies Professional Golfers' Association of Japan (LPGA of Japan Tour), Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA ...
The Women's Reserve of the Coast Guard Reserves (SPARs) is re-established by the President on 4 August 1949, and becomes effective on 1 November 1949. The U.S. Air Force Nurse Corps was established. [citation needed] The first African-American women enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. The U.S. Air Force Nurse Corps was established.
Speaking in Tongues: A Letter to 3rd World Women Writers is a letter written by Gloria E. Anzaldúa. The letter was drafted in 1979 and was published in Anzaldúa’s feminist anthology This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color (1981). [1] Writing this essay in the format of a letter, Anzaldua urges the reader to “write ...
Longevity is the buzzword. Women are already living on average six years longer than men and might easily make it past 100 — more than 8 in 10 centenarians are women. But there’s a dark side ...