by admin_HRWF | Nov 2, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
A 13-year-old girl was recently forced to wear the hijab at her school in Egypt, which prompted a wave of condemnation that revealed similar practices across the country. Al-Monitor (30.10.2020) – https://bit.ly/3mLP73K – Controversy has recently...
by admin_HRWF | Apr 28, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
New Q&A on discrimination against pregnant students, young mothers. HRW (24.04.2020) – https://bit.ly/2Sd8WUM – The World Bank should work with the Tanzanian government to ensure that all pregnant girls and adolescent mothers can attend public...
by admin_HRWF | Mar 31, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Amnesty International (30.03.2020) – https://bit.ly/3bGXJmq – Following today’s ministerial statement to overturn with immediate effect the ban on pregnant girls attending schools, Marta Colomer, Amnesty International’s Acting Deputy Regional Director for...
by admin_HRWF | Dec 16, 2019 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Sierra Leone government policy banning pregnant girls from attending school breaches the right of girls to access education, according to a ruling handed down by the Economic Community of Economic State (ECOWAS) Court of Justice on Thursday, and said that this policy...
