by HRWF | Sep 14, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
One of two suspects arrested amid demonstrations over handling of probe into attack on mother travelling with children. Al Jazeera (13.09.2020) – https://bit.ly/3kfZNGp – Pakistani police say they have arrested one of two suspects in the rape of a...
by HRWF | Aug 31, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Women’s rights campaigners say new law will help ensure girls have equal rights to an education. By Farai Shawn Matiashe Thomson Reuters Foundation (25.08.2020) – https://tmsnrt.rs/3hNgYhN – Zimbabwe has made it illegal for schools to expel pupils...
by HRWF | Aug 31, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
By Golnaz Esfandiari RFE/RL (25.08.2020) – https://bit.ly/32EJNGV – For 14 years, former Iranian journalist Sara Omatali kept quiet about the time she says a prominent painter sexually assaulted her. Last week, the U.S.-based educator broke...
by 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 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...
