by admin_HRWF | Sep 10, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Swiss Court upholds regulations biased against women athletes. By Minky Worden HRW (08.09.2020) – https://bit.ly/35oVdBK – The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland has ruled that sport regulations that violate women’s rights cannot be struck down as...
by admin_HRWF | Sep 10, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Nigerian women use nudity to turn traditional ideas of protest on their heads. By Bright Alozie The Conversation (03.09.2020) – https://bit.ly/3m76Cf7 – Social media went abuzz on July 23, 2020, when hundreds of women – mostly naked – staged a protest in...
by admin_HRWF | Aug 31, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Women’s rights campaigners say new law will help ensure girls have equal rights to an education. By Farai Shawn Matiashe Thomson Reuters Foundation (25.08.2020) – https://tmsnrt.rs/3hNgYhN – Zimbabwe has made it illegal for schools to expel pupils...
by admin_HRWF | Aug 31, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
By Golnaz Esfandiari RFE/RL (25.08.2020) – https://bit.ly/32EJNGV – For 14 years, former Iranian journalist Sara Omatali kept quiet about the time she says a prominent painter sexually assaulted her. Last week, the U.S.-based educator broke...
by admin_HRWF | Aug 24, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
By Abdi Sheikh Reuters (20.08.2020) – https://reut.rs/34sZ9ko – Hafsa was married off at 13 by her father to a man who paid $100. She and her mother say she was beaten and raped for two years before they convinced him to divorce her. “The man...
by admin_HRWF | Aug 24, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Government should fully implement Inter-American Court ruling. By Elin Martínez HRW (20.08.2020) – https://bit.ly/3aTt1rg – The Inter-American Court of Human Rights last week ruled against Ecuador in its first ever case on school-related...
