by admin_HRWF | Nov 18, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
UK legislator Baroness Helena Kennedy demands world leaders shun G20 meeting in Riyadh over jailed women activists. Al Jazeera (12.11.2020) – https://bit.ly/3f8jaQx – A report released by a member of the United Kingdom’s House of Lords has called on...
by admin_HRWF | Nov 17, 2020 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
Trans man Freddy McConnell’s bid to be named the father rather than the mother on his child’s birth certificate was rejected by Britain’s Supreme Court. By Rachel Savage Thomson Reuters Foundation (16.11.2020) –...
by admin_HRWF | Oct 7, 2020 | Human Rights in the World
Court of appeal dismisses Home Office’s case against lesbian asylum seeker known as PN. By Diane Taylor The Guardian (28.09.2020) – https://bit.ly/3deq8CE – The Home Office has lost a case in the court of appeal against a 27-year-old lesbian...
by admin_HRWF | Sep 30, 2020 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
Britain’s government has dropped plans to let transgender people change gender legally without a medical diagnosis, after two years of heated debate. By Rachel Savage Thomson Reuters Foundation (22.09.2020) – https://bit.ly/3iburiQ –...
by admin_HRWF | Sep 15, 2020 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
Trans rights have become a contentious issue in Britain as the government decides whether to ease the rules on legally changing gender. By Rachel Savage Thomson Reuters Foundation (14.09.2020) – https://tmsnrt.rs/2E0YZpq – Dozens of...