Women's Rights & Gender Equality
IRAN: Two years after the death of Mahsa Amini, a ‘quiet revolution’ is still under way The scale of the protest movement that erupted after the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini and the brutal repression of those demonstrations have left an indelible mark on Iranian society....
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
IRAQ: Parliament poised to legalize child marriage Sweeping bill imperils women’s, children’s rights Human Rights Watch (16.08.2024) – Iraq’s parliament is moving forward an amendment to the country’s Personal Status Law that would allow Iraqi religious...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
IRAQ: Assault on family law: Iraq moving further from democracy? By Cathrin Schaer Deutsche Welle (14.08.2024) – Conservative politicians want Iraqi family law to be defined by religious rules and plan to change Iraq’s liberal Personal Status Law. The...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
UN: Geneva and Strasbourg on the same line about purchase of sexual acts Independent expert welcomes European Court decision validating conventionality of French law of 13 April 2016 criminalising purchase of sexual acts UN (26.07.2024) – The Special Rapporteur on...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
AFGHANISTAN: World leaders choose closer Taliban ties, betray Afghan women The world had a chance in Doha to stand up to the Taliban, but its failure to do so left Afghanistan’s rulers stronger than ever By Chris Fitzgerald SCMP (04.07.2024) – The world...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Women dragged from streets by police amid hijab crackdown The Guardian (24.04.2024) – Harrowing first-hand accounts of women being dragged from the streets of Iran and detained by security services have emerged as human rights groups say country’s hijab rules...
