by admin_HRWF | Nov 24, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
By Rumbi Chakamba Devex (17.11.2020) – https://bit.ly/2J7if7l – Three years ago, 66-year-old Christine Chizimu woke up to find a dead snake in front of her house in Kihumulo village in northwestern Tanzania. Soon afterward, her brothers accused her...
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 13, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Move comes after nationwide demonstrations sparked by series of sexual assaults. By Hannah Ellis-Petersen The Guardian (12.10.2020) – https://bit.ly/2H0T84M – Bangladesh will introduce the death penalty for rape cases, after several...
by admin_HRWF | Oct 6, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Government should implement legislation, address gaps in protection for victims. By Rothna Begum HRW (29.09.2020) – https://bit.ly/3nnWZtq – This month, after years of activism, Kuwaiti women’s rights activists won a new law establishing...
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...
