SUDAN/UN agencies demand an end to sexual attacks against women and girls in the war-hit country and call for independent investigations. Top United Nations officials have expressed shock at increasing sexual…
IRAN/ Following up the plans and programmes of the 13th government of the Islamic Republic of Iran in upgrading more the status of the women population of this country; on…
FRANCE/ The old guard faces off against prominent so-called women right’s defenders, as resignations provoke controversy inside Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s coalition. Julien Bayou is no longer co-president of the green group…
AFGHANISTAN/ The plight of women and girls in Afghanistan on Monday where UN rights experts warned of systematic “gender apartheid”.
The annual UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) meets in March each year to address the widespread inequalities, violence and discrimination women continue to face, all around the…
For the first time, New Zealand will see an equal number of men and women in its government. NEWZEALAND/ This comes after Northland MP Willow-Jean Prime, who is of Māori…
WALES/ Muslim youth, and particularly women, are at the heart of a buoyant new movement in Wales and elsewhere against the Israeli oppression of the people of Palestine. “We got…
Violence against female politicians – and the threat of it – is becoming much more common, and not only in Britain. Mona Lena Krook looks at how social media has opened up new channels for harassment, what distinguishes misogynistic attacks, and how other countries are responding to them. Ignoring or playing down the problem is not an option: it represents a growing threat to democracy across the world.
AFGHANISTAN/Afghan women protested against the continued Taliban ban on girls’ education. There chants were “Education is our right“, “Right, justice, freedom” and “Either all or none“. The first demonstration of…
PALESTINE/ By ordering a brutal attack against Palestinian worshippers inside Al-Aqsa Mosque on the 14th day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu knew very well that…
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