by admin_HRWF | Sep 3, 2019 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
A young female protester, Ka Yau Ho, said a photograph shared online of her being detained by the police during a rally was altered so it appeared her nipples were showing. News 18 (02.09.2019) – https://bit.ly/2lP75YK- Rape threats, body-shaming and...
by admin_HRWF | Aug 21, 2019 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Tired of suffering physical and verbal abuse at one of the Ugandan capital’s largest markets, female vendors are holding perpetrators to account By Alice McCool The Guardian (19.08.2019) – https://bit.ly/2Z1CtGe – Some men are in the habit of...
by admin_HRWF | Aug 21, 2019 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
By Vivian Nereim and Donna Abu-Nasr Bloomberg (20.08.2019) – https://bloom.bg/2TUP20j – Saudi Arabia said a landmark policy change allowing women to travel without permission from a male guardian has come into effect. Women can go to passport...
by admin_HRWF | Jul 31, 2019 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Minister says women now have justice but Muslim groups accuse Hindu-led government of community interference The Guardian (31.07.2019) – https://bit.ly/2YfcQ4j – India’s parliament has approved a bill outlawing the centuries-old right of a Muslim man to...
by admin_HRWF | Jul 31, 2019 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
The Telegraph (24.07.2019) – https://bit.ly/2LFLzkW – A remote district in the west of Nepal has become the first in the country to eradicate the illegal practice of banishing women and girls to secluded huts when they have their periods. Despite an...
by admin_HRWF | Jul 25, 2019 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
By Rosette Adel Philstar (24.07.2019) – http://bit.ly/30Siiag – lawmaker from a women’s party-list Tuesday said President Rodrigo Duterte formally advertised sex tourism, trafficking and prostitution in Boracay in his fourth State of the Nation...
