by admin_HRWF | Oct 26, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Femicide Observatory records 86 killings of women and girls in September, the highest monthly total since 2017. By Megan Janetsky Al Jazeera (20.10.2020) – https://bit.ly/34t1USc – Letica Estacio hoped the wave of gender-based violence that...
by admin_HRWF | Oct 6, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
New study finds nearly 60 percent of women and girls using Facebook, Instagram and Twitter have suffered abuse. Al Jazeera (05.10.2020) – https://bit.ly/34vvZPL – Online abuse is driving girls to quit social media platforms including Facebook,...
by admin_HRWF | Sep 29, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
The 19-year-old victim was gang raped by four men in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras town, about 100km from New Delhi. Al Jazeera (29.09.2020) – https://bit.ly/34cR2GZ – A woman died in hospital in the Indian capital, New Delhi, on Tuesday, weeks after...
by admin_HRWF | Sep 14, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
One of two suspects arrested amid demonstrations over handling of probe into attack on mother travelling with children. Al Jazeera (13.09.2020) – https://bit.ly/3kfZNGp – Pakistani police say they have arrested one of two suspects in the rape of a...
by admin_HRWF | Sep 10, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Asif Pervaiz, 37, who has been in custody since 2013, given death penalty for sending ‘blasphemous’ text messages. By Asad Hashim Al Jazeera (08.09.2020) – https://bit.ly/2Fi6rNf – A court in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore has...