Women's Rights & Gender Equality
‘War on Women’ needs forceful response, not glib statements By Shada Islam EU Observer (06.07.2022) – https://bit.ly/3o9l2Oa – Across the world, women’s rights are under assault. This global war on women demands urgent...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Woman faces death by stoning for adultery in the first Sudan stoning case in a decade Campaigners say sentence amounts to torture amid fears that country’s new regime is rolling back women’s rights. By Zeinab Mohammed Salih The Guardian (13.07.2022)...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Ukrainian Churches against the ratification of the Istanbul Convention, due to the ‘gender ideology’ Orthodox and other Churches in Ukraine are opposed to President Zelensky’s ratification of the Istanbul Convention protecting women against violence and domestic...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
‘Sad day for the country,’ Biden says, as Supreme Court overturns abortion protections Euronews (24.06.2022) – https://bit.ly/3HTV0HC – US President Joe Biden said on Friday that “it’s a sad day for the court and the country” after the Supreme...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Polish parliament rejects abortion bill A bill to legalise abortion has been rejected by right-wing MPs, making Poland one of the few European countries with very strict abortion laws. By Bartosz Sieniawski Euractiv (24.06.2022) – https://bit.ly/3NoatRw –...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
New law raises minimum marriage age to 18 in England & Wales By Emaan Warraich BBC (26.04.2022) – https://bbc.in/3mM3xmp – Previously, people could get married at 16 or 17 as long as they had parental consent. The new law also applies to...