by admin_HRWF | Dec 17, 2019 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
By Daphne Jayasinghe International Rescue Committee (15.12.2019) – https://bit.ly/2syv9CN – Refugee women seeking jobs and economic opportunities must navigate a labor market mired in complex and gender discriminatory rules and regulations. Burdened...
by admin_HRWF | Dec 16, 2019 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Sierra Leone government policy banning pregnant girls from attending school breaches the right of girls to access education, according to a ruling handed down by the Economic Community of Economic State (ECOWAS) Court of Justice on Thursday, and said that this policy...
by admin_HRWF | Dec 9, 2019 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
An Indian woman who was set on fire on her way to testify against her alleged rapists has died of her injuries. BBC News (07.12.2019) – https://bbc.in/2Rz3o7x – The 23-year-old died late on Friday after suffering cardiac arrest at a Delhi hospital....
by admin_HRWF | Dec 9, 2019 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
By Priti Darooka The Land Portal (04.12.2019) – https://bit.ly/2Rz5bcL – I want to thank IWRAW Asia Pacific for organising a two day strategic dialogue on Women Human Rights and Climate Justice. Some of the points shared here are points discussed at...
by admin_HRWF | Dec 5, 2019 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Miscalculations, and an unexpected victory by President Trump, have put abortion access at its most vulnerable point in decades, and the left on the defensive. Now it is trying to recover. By Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lerer The NY Times (01.12.2019)...
by admin_HRWF | Dec 5, 2019 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
By Nayema Nusrat Inter Press Service (28.11.2019) – https://bit.ly/2PeBT0i – Millions of Bangladeshi women are facing violence either as domestic housemaids or as migrant workers in Gulf countries. A few days ago, a video in social media, secretly...
