by admin_HRWF | Jan 6, 2021 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Supporters says charges against Zara Kay, who has had her passport confiscated, are ‘politically motivated’. By Daniel Hurst The Guardian (03.01.2021) – https://bit.ly/393rFK8 – An Australian ex-Muslim women’s rights activist faces...
by admin_HRWF | Dec 14, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Closed trial in ‘terrorism court’ starts more than two years after her imprisonment for peaceful activism. By Emma Graham-Harrison The Guardian (10.12.2020) – https://bit.ly/3oSfbLv – Saudi Arabia has put a women’s rights activist, Loujain...
by admin_HRWF | Dec 8, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
By Daina Beth Solomon & Cassandra Garrison Reuters (01.12.2020) – https://reut.rs/3orDvUe – Several weeks pregnant and about to start a job away from home, Lupita Ruiz had no doubts about wanting to end her pregnancy, despite knowing she could...
by admin_HRWF | Nov 18, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Ms. Lee was a prominent activist and a founder of women’s studies programs. She also stood up to the country’s dictators. By Michael Astor The New York Times (14.11.2020) – https://nyti.ms/3f86edt – When Lee Hyo-jae learned of a university...
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...