by admin_HRWF | Jul 14, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
The threat of violence against women is escalating amid coronavirus lockdowns around the globe. But one region that has lived through a military clampdown for nearly a year – Indian-administered Kashmir – could have foretold the surge. By Safina Nabi The...
by admin_HRWF | May 19, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Father of one victim and brother of the other arrested in connection with the murders. By Hannah Ellis-Petersen The Guardian (17.05.2020) – https://bit.ly/3bKqyOA – Two female teenagers in Pakistan have been murdered by family members after a...
by admin_HRWF | Feb 25, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
The murders of Ingrid Escamilla, 25, and Fátima Aldrighett, 7, are forcing a reckoning in a country that has wrestled with violence against women. The president’s response has been harshly criticized. By Kirk Semple and Paulina Villegas The New York...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 14, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Native American women and girls are targeted at rates that far outweigh other American women, and are 10 times more likely to be murdered. By Sara Hylton The Guardian (13.01.2020) – https://bit.ly/30qH4iU – On a warm summer day in 2018, Lissa...
by admin_HRWF | Dec 9, 2019 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
An Indian woman who was set on fire on her way to testify against her alleged rapists has died of her injuries. BBC News (07.12.2019) – https://bbc.in/2Rz3o7x – The 23-year-old died late on Friday after suffering cardiac arrest at a Delhi hospital....
