by admin_HRWF | Feb 25, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
By Swati Gupta CNN (17.02.2020) https://cnn.it/32wU3Ra – India’s Supreme Court ruled on Monday in favor of equal rights in the armed forces, ordering the government to grant permanent commission and command positions to women officers on par with...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 14, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
By Vasco Cotovio CNN (12.01.2020) – https://cnn.it/2Re9pVt – Iran’s sole female Olympic medalist, Kimia Alizadeh, has announced that she’s permanently left her country for Europe. “Let me start with a greeting, a farewell or...
by admin_HRWF | Oct 9, 2019 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
By Matthew Ponsford CNN (09.10.2019) – https://cnn.it/2VryVIl – On the Polynesian island of Tahiti, there is said to be something akin to a sixth sense — one that belongs to neither men nor women. Instead, it is the sole domain of the...
by admin_HRWF | Dec 13, 2018 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
By Jennifer Hansler CNN (11.12.2018) – https://cnn.it/2ErhOkr – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday announced the US has deemed 10 countries guilty of severe religious freedom violations. The nations — China, Eritrea, Iran,...
by admin_HRWF | Dec 6, 2018 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
By Yonat Shimron Religion News Service (03.12.2018) – https://bit.ly/2Ej7Pxe – Hanukkah is meant to mark the victory of the Jewish people over religious oppression. But in the days and weeks leading up to Hanukkah, which began Sunday (Dec....
