SB OverSeas (17.10.2018)- Mervat is one of the teachers at SB OverSeas, an organisation working to provide education and empowerment programs to refugees in Lebanon. She was also married at a young age, deprived of a childhood. In this story, you will learn about this woman who at the outbreak of the Syrian conflict, found […]
CONTINUE READINGBy Sinan Salaheddin ABC News (03.10.2018) – https://abcn.ws/2DTa8b8 – She was a 22-year-old former beauty queen, fashion model and social media star, whose daring outfits revealed tattoos on her arms and shoulder. Tara Fares won fame and 2.8 million Instagram followers in conservative, Muslim-majority Iraq with outspoken opinions on personal freedom, such as: “I’m […]
CONTINUE READINGSince September 2017, Tunisian women are free to marry non-muslims By Alessandra Bajec The New Arab (25.09.2018) – https://bit.ly/2NZWSGd – One year after scrapping of a ban on marriage between Muslim women and non-Muslim partners, Tunisia experiences resistance at a local level on its path to social change amid a resurgence of conservatism. […]
CONTINUE READINGGirls with disabilities in Ethiopia have been sexually assaulted and are feared for being under the spell of witchcraft. By Ingrid Gercama and Nathalie Bertrams Al Jazeera (24.09.2018) – https://bit.ly/2Ikfbjn – Newly elected Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been praised for his recent negotiations culminating in peace with Eritrea, but still has to solve […]
CONTINUE READINGGirls as young as four taken to hospital amid fears that cutters are targeting younger girls and crossing borders to avoid detection. The Guardian (18.09.2018) – https://bit.ly/2xjo88s – About 50 girls, including some as young as four, are being treated in hospital in Burkina Faso after they underwent female genital mutilation. Two women, […]
CONTINUE READINGOpindia (18.09.2018) – https://bit.ly/2MLB4sn – The number of infant deaths reported in India for the year 2017 is the lowest in five years. According to reports, the United Nations Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNIGME)has stated in its report that 8,02,000 infants died in India in the year 2017, the lowest in five years. […]
CONTINUE READINGUN Women (27.08.2018) – https://bit.ly/2wwDSn5 – Seven years after the 2011 Revolution and four years after the adoption of the Constitution, women now make up 47 per cent of the local council positions in Tunisia following the May 2018 elections. The dramatic increase in women members is the result of a 2016 electoral law that includes […]
CONTINUE READINGNew bill imposes tougher penalties on various types of sexual violence and harassment, but critics say it falls short. Al Jazeera (12.09.2018) – https://bit.ly/2xbQ6Ce– A new law in Morocco criminalising violence against women goes into effect on Wednesday, in what critics say is merely a first step in the right direction. Approved by […]
CONTINUE READINGSex outside of marriage in Mauritania is officially punishable by flogging, jail time, or in cases of adultery, death by stoning By Nellie Peyton Thomson Reuters Foundation (05.09.2018) – https://tmsnrt.rs/2x4Jh68– Women raped in Mauritania are discouraged from reporting the crime because they themselves can be jailed for having sex outside of marriage, a […]
CONTINUE READINGBy Ambika Pandit The Times of India (12.09.2018) –https://bit.ly/2OdGMVH– A report on child marriage and teenage pregnancies that analyses the data from National Family Health Survey-4 (2015-16) shows a direct co-relation between underage marriages and educational status of girls. Citing low prevalence rates where girls have completed secondary education, the report by National […]
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