by admin_HRWF | Aug 17, 2021 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
AFGHANISTAN: An Afghan woman in Kabul: ‘Now I have to burn everything I achieved’ A university student tells of seeing all around her the ‘fearful faces of women and ugly faces of men who hate women’ By a Kabul resident The Guardian (15.08.2021) –...
by admin_HRWF | Aug 1, 2021 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
EU: Top EU Court sets limits on workplace head-scarf ban Ruling sets out conditions on when such prohibitions comply with the bloc’s antidiscrimination laws By Laurence Norman and Noemie Bisserbe Wall Street Journal (15.07.2021) –...
by admin_HRWF | Aug 1, 2021 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
PAKISTAN: Outcry in Pakistan over beheading of former ambassador’s daughter By Miriam Berger The Washington Post (27.07.2021) – https://wapo.st/3leNgqF – The name Noor Mukadam has ricocheted through Pakistani news and social media since the...
by admin_HRWF | Jul 30, 2021 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
ALGERIA: War against women By Dalia Ghanem Middle East Institute (08.02.2021) – https://bit.ly/3fd4Wz1 – On Jan. 26, an Algerian journalist from the public channel TV4 Tamazight, Tinhinane Laceb, was murdered by her husband. Just two days earlier,...
by admin_HRWF | Jul 14, 2021 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Spanish govt endorses clearer, tougher law on sexual consent Spain’s government has approved sexual consent legislation that aims to crack down on sexual violence and harassment by codifying offenses and adopting new punishments ABC News (06.07.2021) –...
by admin_HRWF | Jun 3, 2021 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
EU: Launching the first Interactive Map on FGM Laws, Policies and Data in Europe On Friday, 28 May 2021, International Day for Women’s Health, End FGM EU launched the FGM in Europe online interactive map in a high-level launch event with European decision-makers....
