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Cairo (Egypt), March 8 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Khaled Elfiqi).- Six years ago Omnia Gadalla was first told "no" when trying to access the judicial career, even though the Egyptian constitution grants that right to women. However, she is still fighting against the entire judicial system to secure her rights and those of other jurists. "I feel that this has consumed me, especially in the last times, but I am not going to give up and waste what I have done in all these years," Gadalla, Law professor at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, tells Efe. FOOTAGE AND SOUNDBITES OF OMNIA GADALLA, LAW PROFESSOR AT THE AL-AZHAR UNIVERSITY.
Montevideo, Mar 4 (EFE), (Camera: EFE).- The dream of professionalism for women's basketball in Uruguay seems far away since they have to fight against inequality in a broad sense. Today the pandemic has become the perfect excuse to make them play in almost humiliating conditions.FOOTAGE OF A GAME IN MONTEVIDEO. SOUNDBITES OF ALVÍN FLORENCIA SOMMA, MALVíN PLAYER:"It is a fight we have to continue to seek equality in sport. Some things have been happening that are a result of too many things. But we also think the way we have to keep pushing and continue growing is being here, participating and it is from inside. We need all parts related to women's basketball to push forward and mainly (we need them) to be convinced that we all want women's basketball to grow or reaches a professional status."
San José, May 25 (EFE) .- More than three decades ago, Marco Castillo began a path towards equality, full of rejections, obstacles, and achievements, the last one being equal marriage in Costa Rica, which will enter into force on Tuesday by order of the Constitutional Chamber.(CAMERA: María José Brenes)STATEMENTS: MARCO CASTILLO - ACTIVIST AND LAWYER"The importance of my wedding with Rodrigo is that it will be the first wedding in a family court. It is very important to make it clear that family courts have to agree to marry same-sex couples. The court said that judges cannot deny marriage to a couple for personal reasons. That is clear, but we have to take the first step to make it visible. Family courts are obligated because it is the couple's right to get married."
The lights of the Eiffel Tower are switched off for one minute at midnight to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. IMAGES
Thousands of Mexican women chant and march through Mexico City to demand their rights on International Women's Day. IMAGES
Poles take to the streets of Warsaw on International Women's Day to demand free access to contraceptives. Although pro-Western parties managed to oust the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) government in October 2023 elections, women are voicing anger and frustration over delays in changing the laws on women's reproductive rights. The PiS's eight-year rule saw access to abortion, in-vitro fertilisation and emergency contraception tightened. IMAGES