by admin_HRWF | Jun 9, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Kenya’s Matrimonial Property Act, which is discriminatory towards women and inconsistent with the country’s constitution, means few married women own land. Less than five percent of all land title deeds in Kenya are held jointly by women and only one...
by admin_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...
by admin_HRWF | Apr 15, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Male guardianship, sexual harassment amongst major concerns. By Hiba Zayadin HRW (14.04.2020) – https://bit.ly/2VvXnsp – Over the past two weeks, Saudi women have taken to Twitter, using pseudonyms, to share their experiences with sexual...
by admin_HRWF | Apr 15, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Classing abortions as ‘non-essential’ is cruel and an assault on the rights of women to bodily autonomy. By Claire Provost Al Jazeera (14.04.2020) – https://bit.ly/3abWECf – Women are prominent on the front lines of the...
by admin_HRWF | Apr 6, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
UNFPA (01.04.2020) – https://bit.ly/3bOMWqu – Approximately a quarter of women cannot refuse sex or make their own decisions about accessing proper health care, a major international study has found. UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health...
