Women's Rights & Gender Equality
PAKISTAN: Law to combat child marriages signed in Punjab By Christian Daily International / Morning Star News Christian Daily (12.02.2026) – In a landmark move welcomed by Christian rights advocates, the governor of Pakistan’s Punjab Province on Wednesday (Feb....
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
RUSSIA: Polygamy widespread in North Caucasus mostly involving powerful men Paul Goble Window on Eurasia (18.01.2026) – In traditional pre-Islamic in the North Caucasus, polygamy was practiced primarily in order to ensure that there would be a male offspring to take...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
ITALY: Crime of femicide punishable with life in prison By Giada Zampano AP (25.11.2025) — Italy’s parliament on Tuesday approved a law that introduces femicide into the country’s criminal law and punishes it with life in prison. The vote coincided with the...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
WORLD: Women are always the first target of extremism, warns a federation of journalists IFJ (25.11.2025) – On the eve of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
CHINA: North Korean women as victims of Chinese sexual abuse By Sloane Thor, Edited by Diletta De Luca HRNK (18.09.2025) – In recent years, dozens and hundreds of North Koreans have escaped their homeland and made the perilous passage across the Tumen River into...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
SOLOMON ISLANDS review to end child marriage, raise minimum age to 18 Christian Daily International (15.08.2025) – The Solomon Islands Government has begun reviewing its child-marriage law, with plans to consider raising the legal age to 18 — a move welcomed by...
