by 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 HRWF | Jun 30, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
The Afghan government is facing hard decisions over the futures of hundreds of detained radicalised women and their children. By Elise Blanchard The Guardian (26.06.2020) – https://bit.ly/38cp8w6 – The “Daesh wives” from the Afghan branch of...
by HRWF | May 26, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
UNFPA (22.05.2020) – https://bit.ly/2zmMqTh – Five years ago, Marwa* was a child bride living in the port city of Al Hudaydah. “I was almost 17 years old, and happy with my new life. I was a new bride and I got pregnant fast. I thought life was smiling at...
by HRWF | Apr 21, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
UNHCR (20.04.2020) – https://bit.ly/2XTxKVi – Around the world COVID-19 is taking lives and changing communities but the virus is also inducing massive protection risks for women and girls forced to flee their homes, the Assistant High Commissioner for...
