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Women's rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi's Nobel peace prize win pays tribute to the courage of Iranian women in the face of reprisals and harrassment, the United Nations says. The award "really highlights the courage and determination of the women of Iran and how they are an inspiration to the world", UN human rights office spokeswoman Elizabeth Throssell tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Fans leave the Allianz Stadium in Turin after Lyon beat Barcelona 3-1 to win the Women's Champions League for a record-extending eighth time. IMAGES
Mexico City, June 19 (EFE).- Mexican gays and trans women Saturday sought an end to discrimination against the sexual minorities and violence against the LGBT community in the first Marcha Lencha, a widely used synonym for lesbian in the country.Hundreds of people marched in downtown Mexico City from the Glorieta de Insurgentes to La Cañita, an iconic LGBTQ bar, to demand an end to hate crimes and full recognition of diverse families, sex education, healthcare without discrimination."We are lesbian women, what is not named does not exist, and we are here, we exist because we resist," Miztli Leal, one of the organizers, told EFE. (Camera: ULISES ANDRADE). SHOT LIST: HUNDREDS OF MEMBERS OF LGBTQ COMMUNITY PARTICIPATE IN THE FIRST "MARCHA LENCHA," IN DOWNTOWN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.
Activists of Manif Pour Tous (Protest For All), a French group opposing LGBTQ rights and promoting family values, gather outside the National Assembly in Paris on International Women's Day to protest a bill that would allow lesbian couples and single women to have children via medically assisted means. The bill passed in the Senate and is now set to return to the National Assembly for a second reading. IMAGES
Uganda's Constitutional Court rejects a bid to overturn a controversial anti-gay law that is considered one of the toughest in the world. "We decline to nullify the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 in its entirety, neither will we grant a permanent injunction against its enforcement," Justice Richard Buteera, Uganda's deputy chief justice and head of the court, says in the landmark ruling. IMAGES
Thousands of Mexican women chant and march through Mexico City to demand their rights on International Women's Day. IMAGES
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