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UNITED KINGDOM: Supreme Court backs ‘biological’ definition of woman

Women's Rights & Gender Equality

UK: Supreme Court backs ‘biological’ definition of woman BBC (15.04.2025) – Judges at the UK Supreme Court have unanimously ruled that a woman is defined by biological sex under equalities law.  It marks the culmination of a long-running legal battle...

AFGHANISTAN: Taliban assault on women’s rights reaches a new level

Women's Rights & Gender Equality

AFGHANISTAN: Taliban assault on women’s rights reaches a new level The Islamist fundamentalists in power are demanding that NGOs operating in the country get rid of their female staff. They are also ordering kitchen windows to be blocked to conceal their female...

AFGHANISTAN: The Taliban’s unprecedented threats to women and girls

Women's Rights & Gender Equality

AFGHANISTAN: Freedom of Religion or Belief in Afghanistan: The Taliban’s Grave Threats to Women and Girls By Fatema Ahmadi Forb Women’s Alliance (17.09.2024) – Under the Taliban, women in Afghanistan face unprecedented threats. According to UN experts, women...

IRAQ: The European Parliament considers the revision of Law 188/1959 a threat to women

Women's Rights & Gender Equality

IRAQ: The European Parliament considers the revision of Law 188/1959 would endanger the future of women Human Rights Without Frontiers denounces the legislative process of the Iraqi Parliament aiming at dramatically reducing women’s and girls’ rights HRWF (14.10.2024)...

IRAQ: Parliament poised to legalize child marriage, girls’ rights in peril

Women's Rights & Gender Equality

IRAQ: Parliament poised to legalize child marriage Sweeping bill imperils women’s, children’s rights Human Rights Watch (16.08.2024) – Iraq’s parliament is moving forward an amendment to the country’s Personal Status Law that would allow Iraqi religious...
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