Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Taliban blocking female aid workers Discriminatory Rules Hinder Lifesaving Assistance Human Rights Watch (04.11.2021) – https://bit.ly/3r3oM6p – Taliban rules prohibiting most women from operating as aid workers are worsening the humanitarian crisis...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
IRAN: Population Law Violates Women’s Rights Denies Access to Essential Reproductive Health Care, Information Human Rights Watch (10.11.2021) – https://bit.ly/3naIw5S – Iran’s new population law further violates women’s rights to sexual and...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
‘Honour-based’ offences soared by 81% in last five years Lawyer calls for improved education on issue and says figures are likely to show ‘tip of the iceberg’ By Haroon Siddique The Guardian (31.10.2021) – https://bit.ly/3nQnpF5 – The number...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Misogynistic policies & Men-only meetings: How have women coped under the Taliban? After the Taliban swept to power in Afghanistan, press conferences were convened in which Talib spokespersons assured the international community that women’s rights would be...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Escapee from forced marriage speaks out on Intl Day of the Girl Child Girls from religious minorities are targeted for forced conversions through sham marriages across South Asia. Public called to sign an open letter to the Pakistani PM and post a picture wearing...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Kidnapped, raped, wed against their will: Kyrgyz women’s fight against a brutal tradition At least 12,000 women are still abducted and forced into marriage every year in Kyrgyzstan. But pressure is growing to finally end the medieval custom By Mauro Mondello ...