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...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Gambia moves toward overturning landmark ban on female genital cutting Lawmakers in the West African country voted to advance a bill repealing a 2015 ban. If it passes the final round of voting, Gambia will become the first nation to roll back protections against the...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
AFGHANISTAN: On International Women’s Day, do not forget Afghan women and girls Five women flogged In February, the Taliban’s High Court stated that 13 individuals, including five women, should be sentenced to flogging in Bamyan province Sources indicate that the...
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UK: Britain, Equality and the EU: A ‘Progress Report’ after the Brexit By Cecilia Jastrzembska HRWF (30.01.2024) – On 26 January, the Young European Movement UK and European Parliamentary Liaison Office organized in London a roundtable discussion on the...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
EIGE (01.01.2024) – Ten years ago, EIGE introduced the Gender Equality Index as a marker for the status quo of gender equality in the EU. Each edition came with more or less the same conclusion: progress is at a snail’s pace. However, in this year’s edition we...