Women's Rights & Gender Equality
28 Factsheets on the femicide framework in EU member states EIGE (04.01.2022) – https://eige.europa.eu/gender-based-violence/femicide – Femicide is the most severe manifestation of gender-based violence. It is deeply rooted in and a manifestation of power...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
WORLD: Women in prison falling through gaps in feminist funding, report finds The Guardian (09.12.2021) – https://bit.ly/3zi5rk9 – Organisations working with women in prisons around the world are not attracting the support they deserve, as even feminists...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
AFGHANISTAN: Girls’ despair as Taliban confirm secondary school ban By Hugo Williams and Ali Hamedani BBC World Service (08.12.2021) – https://bbc.in/3eqmtCW – Teenage schoolgirls in Afghanistan have told the BBC of their growing...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Outpouring of solidarity for Iraq acid attack victim targeted after marriage offer Maryam al-Rikabi had acid thrown at her after refusing a marriage proposal, prompting calls for accountability By Nadda Osman Middle East Eye (17.12.2021) –...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Branded foreign agents, Russia’s domestic violence groups fear for the future Activists say the crackdown is intensifying even as reports of abuse doubled with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. By Samantha Berkhead and Uliana Pavlova The Moscow...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Elimination of violence against women and the Tai Ji Men case Webinar organized on 23 November 2021: Contribution of Human Rights Without Frontiers By Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (29.11.2021) – There is no country in the world where...