Women rights

Many businesses’ success depends on raising finance. To get business finance and capital, women-owned firms confront unique hurdles. Although women controlled over 40% of firms in the US by 2019, almost 99% of new venture money went to male founders in 2020. Women entrepreneurs face more challenges than males inRead More →

In February, a 15-year-old girl was charged with killing her newborn baby after giving birth alone at a home in Malaysia’s eastern state of Terengganu. The baby was found to have wounds on her body, including what appeared to be a stab wound. When the police arrested the girl, sheRead More →

What is politics and what is art can hardly be separated in the works of Sara Nabil. The Afghan artist – who now lives in Germany – processes her own experience of oppression, escape and search for identity in her work. Through photographs and performances, she describes how women inRead More →

The Taliban have ordered women in Afghanistan to cover themselves from head to toe and only go out in the company of male chaperones, intensifying the worst aspects of the misogynistic rule they first displayed in power and that they swore not to repeat this time. A decree issued onRead More →

LONDON (Reuters) – Pakistani Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai reacted on Monday to an order by the Afghan Taliban government to force women to cover their faces in public, saying the Taliban want to erase girls and women of all public life in Afghanistan. Malala, who is also an education activist,Read More →

Republicans are poised for a massive midterm red wave that could continue through the next presidential election. As the COVID panic subsides and the harsh economic reality of our response begins to sink in, 50% of respondents to a new CNN poll said “the economy” was their number one concern,Read More →

Former US President Donald Trump is being blamed after a years-long Republican offensive against women’s abortion rights appears to have gained traction in the US Supreme Court. A draft court memo, written by Judge Samuel Alito, makes it clear that the Conservative majority is set to overturn the landmark 1973Read More →

“This is what our current situation demands: that women stand up and fight, not only for their rights, but for the liberation of the nation to which they belong.” By AIRA MARIE SIGUENZA and SHARLYN VIVOBulatlat.com MANILA — Arlene Brosas, who currently serves as a lawmaker for the Gabriela Women’sRead More →

With a leaked draft opinion suggesting the Supreme Court is set to overturn Roe v. Wade and the abortion protections she has guaranteed for half a century, women’s rights advocates have pledged to fight for freedom. “I hear people literally every hour,” Jesse Mermell said Wednesday. Mermell previously worked forRead More →

While the United States Supreme Court appears poised to overturn the landmark decision that gave women the constitutional right to access abortion, courts in many other parts of the world have taken the opposite direction. In February, Colombia’s Constitutional Court legalized abortion up to the 24th week of pregnancy, partRead More →

Women’s Rights Network Northern Ireland (WRN NI) have reported to the PSNI the defacement of the billboard, which has been erected between the M2 and M3 motorways in central Belfast. The WRNNI believes that women are defined by biology and opposes measures to allow men with genitalia but who identifyRead More →

Women’s Rights Network Northern Ireland (WRN NI) have reported to the PSNI the defacement of the billboard, which has been erected between the M2 and M3 motorways in central Belfast. The WRNNI believes that women are defined by biology and opposes measures to allow men with genitalia but who identifyRead More →

My daughter is likely to grow up – in America – with fewer rights than her mother. Let it sink in. Late Monday night, a draft opinion from the United States Supreme Court was leaked — a phenomenon that had never happened before — that showed the court was preparingRead More →

As women’s rights suffer in Afghanistan, we should look to other countries in the region for inspiration. From the Taliban reneging on their promise to provide an education for girls, Iran elected to a four-year term on the UN Commission on the Status of Women, and International Women’s Day protestersRead More →

Since the Taliban took power, women have been deprived of their basic rights, including adequate food, the right to work and the opportunity to complete their education. Hezbollah reporter Khan captured footage of women trapped in cages and fighting for food in his home in Afghanistan. “Currently the Taliban areRead More →

On Saturday, a Cairo court found journalist and writer Rasha Azab not guilty on charges of insulting, defaming and willfully harming film director Islam Azazi. The case dates back to December 2020 when the online blog Daftar Hekayat released anonymous testimonies from six survivors who said Islam sexually assaulted them,Read More →

Photo: Twitter @morcativakfi Representatives of Turkish women’s rights organizations and lawyers will meet early on April 28 outside the Council of State, Turkey’s highest administrative court, in Ankara, before the court announces its decision on the appeal requesting the cancellation of Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, Turkey Minute reported,Read More →

Critical gender activist Mia Ashton has sent a letter to 3,000 school trustees across Canada expressing deep concern over policies allowing schools to hide a child’s transgender leanings from their parents. Ashton is an Ottawa-based spokesperson for the organization Canadian Women’s Sex-Based Rights (caWsbr), which aims to uphold women’s rightsRead More →

Two Minute Masterpiece: Remarkable Story of Women’s Rights Activist Mary Slessor Schedule An icon of a desktop calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across it. Caret A right-pointing solid arrow icon. E-mail An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of Facebook’s “f” mark.Read More →

IranSource April 21, 2022 Ableism exists online among Iranian women’s rights activists. It needs to be fixed. By Ahou Koutchesfahani Iranian women’s rights activism is very present and visible on social media with countless hashtags, images and videos circulating online and going viral to regularly draw attention to important causes,Read More →

Afghan women and girls take part in a protest outside the Ministry of Education in Kabul on March 26, 2022, demanding the reopening of high schools for girls. (Ahmad Sahel Arman/AFP via Getty Images) To subscribe to The nation Subscribe now for as low as $2 per month! Thank youRead More →

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Two inmates who become pregnant at a women’s prison in central Jersey are erasing the ‘trope’ that ‘transgender women are women’, a women’s rights activist said on ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ on Tuesday. Kara Dansky of the Women’s Human Rights Campaign was reactingRead More →

Gillian Philip’s contract was terminated in 2020 for supporting women’s rights. She files a complaint with the Labor Court that she should not have been discriminated against for holding and expressing gender-critical views. Please donate to support this important legal case and please share with others who may wish toRead More →

In the 19th century, Lucretia Mott made her mark on America as a pioneering abolitionist and suffragist – who demanded equal rights for all. National Portrait Gallery/Wikimedia CommonsLucretia Coffin Mott (1793 – 1880). Painting by Joseph Kyle. In Quaker religion, men and women are considered equal in the sight ofRead More →

A Lanarkshire councilor has become embroiled in a row with a women’s rights group over transgender issues. Gender critical group the Sole Sisters say they are “absolutely shocked” by comments from Janine Calikes, who is running to represent Rutherglen Central and North for the second time. SNP candidate Ms CalikesRead More →

Women demonstrate in Istanbul against Turkey’s decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, March 2021. Photo: EPA-EFE/ERDEM SAHIN The prosecutor’s office filed a complaint on Wednesday, seeking to shut down the We Will Stop Femicide platform, Turkey’s leading women’s NGO, for allegedly “acting against the law and against morals”. TheRead More →

When the non-governmental organization Global Rights recently staged a commissioned performance of the play “Beere” based on the historical account of the Egba women’s revolt, the historical drama resonates with the renewed call for quality and to women’s political participation in Nigeria. Yinka Olatunbosun reports In prelude to the dramaRead More →

Lorna Slater’s remarks, made as a jab at the BBC, have been described as ‘grossly offensive’ Scottish Minister Lorna Slater has sparked fury after she compared women’s rights activists to racists and anti-Semites. Ms Slater, one of Nicola Sturgeon’s coalition ministers and a member of the Scottish Green Party, madeRead More →

Women’s rights activists are like ANTI-SEMITES, says Scottish minister: fury at Lorna Slater’s ‘grossly offensive’ comparison between feminists fighting against trans rights laws and racists Lorna Slater is a minister in Nicola Sturgeon’s government under the Green-SNP deal Ms Slater, 46, spoke out after feminists criticized new sex reassignment legislationRead More →

Feminists who fear a sweeping overhaul of transgender laws in Scotland will threaten their rights and safety have been likened to racists and anti-Semites by a cabinet minister in Nicola Sturgeon’s government. Lorna Slater, who won a ministerial post last year as part of the SNP’s coalition pact with theRead More →

Sajid Javid must tell the NHS to protect women-only hospital wards (Image: GETTY) Indeed, he must explain to a health service that his job is to protect not only the rights of women, but also their dignity and, above all, their safety. Javid told the NHS this week to takeRead More →

A transgender scholar has outraged Woman’s Hour listeners with an interview full of “incredible nonsense” in which she gave convoluted answers about feminism and the “natural organic type” of women. Grace Lavery is a British professor of English and gender studies at the University of California, Berkeley, who wrote aRead More →

By Chris Fitzgerald* The Taliban systematically remove women and girls from social life in Afghanistan by denying their basic human rights. This makes their ability to work, learn and live a meaningful life increasingly difficult. It comes after the Taliban took control of the country quickly last year, culminating inRead More →

The Taliban systematically remove women and girls from social life in Afghanistan by denying their basic human rights. This makes their ability to work, learn and live a meaningful life increasingly difficult. It comes after the Taliban took control of the country quickly last year, culminating in the capture ofRead More →

For Ruth Serwotka, the lowest point came on February 13, 2020. She was making coffee when Lisa Nandy, then a Labor leadership candidate, was asked on the radio about Woman’s Place UK, the grassroots campaign organization which Serwotka helped found three years ago. earlier. “She refused to say that weRead More →

On April 4, Yale announced that Reshma Saujani LAW ’02, an advocate for women’s economic and academic empowerment and founder of Girls Who Code, will speak at this year’s class day. Sarah Cook and Anika Seth 01:09, 05 April 2022 Staff journalists Wikimedia Commons Reshma Saujani LAW ’02, founder ofRead More →

Justyna Wydrzyńska, 47, a mother of three who has been helping women access abortions for more than 15 years, is due to stand trial in Poland this week for breaking the country’s strict abortion law. She could be jailed for up to three years if convicted of providing abortion pillsRead More →

Mumsnet readers rally behind campaign to protect women’s rights as they praise trio lobbying local election candidates on gender issues Maya Forstater, Caroline Ffiske and Heather Binning are behind the campaign They urge voters to ask politicians about their stance on gender politics The campaign has received support from RosieRead More →

The UK Research Center hosted a dialogue on Saturday on “Understanding Slogans, Expression and Visualization: Aurat March & Beyond”, in which experts, women’s rights activists and Aurat March organizers discussed the slogans of the Aurat march and the future course of action. Discussing arguably the most famous slogan “Mera JismRead More →

Due to sexual harassment, she was fired from a senior position at the World Bank. Now economist Rodrigo Chaves, who ran as a populist outsider in an election marred by anti-establishment sentiment, is leading the race to become Costa Rica’s next president on Sunday. It is an unexpected rise inRead More →

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Amid an ongoing debate over transgender athletes, a women’s rights group called out the Biden administration on Thursday after the White House announced new policies aimed at expanding the rights of transgender Americans. The Biden administration issued a statement announcing new actionsRead More →

Dozens of civil society activists from across Afghanistan gathered in Kabul to discuss vital issues including the education and employment rights of Afghan women, saying the Islamic Emirate must hear its voice citizens. The participants stressed that national unity is one of the priorities of Afghanistan and that the leadersRead More →

Paris-Geneva-Ankara, March 30, 2022 – In the early hours of March 16, 2022, police raided the homes of 24 women’s rights defenders and activists in Diyarbakır, and arbitrarily detained them. On March 18, 2022, 11 of them were arrested. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT), theRead More →

A Liberian women’s rights activist and winner of the 2022 International Women of Courage Award, Ms Facia Harris, has expressed deep sadness over the suspicious death of Ms Princess Cooper, the young woman recently found dead in the fence housing the materials store of Fawaz construction at ELWA Junction inRead More →

A Liberian women’s rights activist and winner of the 2022 International Women of Courage Award, Ms Facia Harris, has expressed deep sadness over the suspicious death of Ms Princess Cooper, the young woman recently found dead in the fence housing the materials store of Fawaz construction at ELWA Junction inRead More →

Women and Gender Studies Fellow Roshan Mashal looks towards the Central Library March 23 in front of the Science and Engineering Research and Innovation building. Mashal evacuated from Afghanistan in 2021. Photo by Ward Sakeik Fleeing Afghanistan meant leaving behind her home and the people she was close to, butRead More →

Susan B. Anthony was an American social reformer and women’s rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women’s suffrage movement and is also the first woman to appear on a U.S. Mint coin; So who was Susan B. Anthony and where was she from? How did she becomeRead More →

The recent elections in South Korea have given power to an anti-feminist party. But it also provided motivation for feminist activists. A feminist protest in South Korea in December 2021. (Courtesy) Earlier this month, the Korean presidential election brought to power conservative candidate Yoon Suk-yeol and her staunchly anti-feminist party.Read More →

Women’s rights activists and women who claimed they were sexually harassed and intimidated by actor Noel Clarke have reacted with dismay to the Metropolitan Police’s decision not to open a formal criminal investigation into the allegations against him . The Met said on Friday that no further action would beRead More →

Published on: 03/28/2022 – 05:15 Women’s rights activists pledged on Sunday to launch a wave of protests across Afghanistan if the Taliban do not reopen secondary schools for girls within a week. Thousands of high school girls flocked to classes on Wednesday after extremist Islamists reopened schools for the firstRead More →

When the story of women’s activism in Nigeria is told in full, the name, Margaret Ekpo, will obviously feature prominently. Ekpo is the one who sensitized women and brought many of them to traditional activism in a patrilineal and largely male-dominated country. Margaret Ekpo, a great woman was born BornRead More →

Reacting to the rape allegations against his son, Rajasthan Congressman Johari Lal Meena said “they are innocent”. Asked about the victim’s allegations, Meena said the case was a lie and her son was “innocent”. On Saturday, Deepak Meena and four other people were arrested for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girlRead More →

JK Rowling has done nothing wrong except bravely stick her head above the parapet of an increasingly toxic debate to defend other women, writes Piers Morgan. “There is a special place in hell for women who do not help each other,” said the first female US Secretary of State, MadeleineRead More →

There was a day when equal rights for black Americans was the cause celebre of the left. But for more than a decade now, gay rights have trumped black rights. Why? There was a day when equal rights for women was the cause celebre of the left. But in recentRead More →

A Kochiite, Paul Pavothithara, has been arrested on POCSO charges for allegedly abusing his housekeeper for years. The wife of the accused, Céline Paul, who would be the president of the committee for the protection of women in Edappally, is on the run. The incident came to light after theRead More →

What some people may imagine when they think of feminism are the marches of women who were predominantly white and that happened during Trump’s inauguration. Feminism is much more complex than that. As Women’s History Month draws to a close, the world around us continually reminds us how important intersectionalityRead More →

GENEVA, March 24, 2022 — Iran will begin a 4-year term on the UN’s top women’s rights body tomorrow, having been elected last year with the votes of at least four Western states. “Electing the Islamic Republic of Iran to protect women’s rights is like making an arsonist the city’sRead More →

The aroma of freshly baked empanadas and savory pancit noodles filled the air as dozens of people gathered at Beacon Hill’s Station Cafe on the evening of Tuesday, March 8. With masks and bottles of hand sanitizer spread around the polished wooden tables, soft murmurs filled with anticipation covered theRead More →

In 2019, I signed up for an online course on women’s health and rights by Anne Firth Murray, women’s rights activist and Stanford teacher. It was an impulsive decision; I’m not even sure it really interested me at the time. While I considered myself a feminist, I was wary ofRead More →

In July 1848, a remarkable event took place in the town of Seneca Falls, New York. It was a convention on women’s rights, the first ever held in the United States. More than 200 women attended the event originally organized by five women – Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, MarthaRead More →

Q. If religious law is recognized in the constitution, does the constitution state that it must respect gender and sex equality and non-discrimination? Not clear. This question has been the subject of great debate since the entry into force of the Constitution and even before. In India, personal laws dealRead More →

Tuesday, March 22, 2022, 7:05 a.m.Press Release: Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy GENEVA, March 21, 2022 – A coalition of 25 human rights organizations announced today that their prestigious women’s rights award will go this year to Zarifa Ghafari, Afghanistan’s youngest female mayor and survivor of three TalibanRead More →

At the NCAA Women’s Swimming Championships this weekend in Atlanta, Georgia, the former outdoor sports Editor-in-chief Dawn Ennis, a biological male who identifies as female, confronted a women’s rights activist about the use of female spaces. Ennis was confronted at the NCAA Women’s Swimming Tournament by Standing for Women UKRead More →

When you think of Dolly Parton, many things can come to mind. From her assortment of big blonde wigs to her country music and of course, Dollyworld, Parton is widely known for her work in the music industry. However, her success in her music isn’t the only thing that makesRead More →

The life Twitterzuela does not want to talk about women’s rights Compared to 2021, there is little engagement in the conversation about Venezuelan women’s rights in 2022 Probox Team & Chronicles of Caracas March 18, 2022 2021 has been an important yearRead More →

A conversation with US Special Envoy Rina Amiri and prominent Islamic scholars and leaders Dated: Monday, March 28, 2022 / Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. EDT Center:Central Asia Since their takeover of Afghanistan in 2021, the Taliban have introduced new policies and regulations based on their own interpretation ofRead More →

Even before the Russian military fired its first strikes in its assault on Ukraine, there were signs that this conflict, like all wars, would upend the peacetime relationships and identities of men, women and people of all kinds and inflict very serious suffering on them. particular ways. Writing about WorldRead More →

The development of sophisticated software like Pegasus means that no one is immune to hacking by authoritarian governments, and this is particularly frightening for women’s rights activists in Saudi Arabia, writes Alainna Liloia. NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware was used to hack into the phone of prominent Saudi women’s rights activistRead More →

Alarming attacks on women’s rights around the world in 2021/22. Legal protections have been dismantled and women human rights defenders are now exposed to unprecedented risk. Protecting and promoting the rights of women and girls and supporting women human rights defenders is crucial, including for the recovery from Covid-19. GovernmentsRead More →

On this International Women’s Day, we pay tribute to all the women who support each other in these extraordinary times. Today, hundreds of thousands of women are fleeing conflict in Ukraine, increasing the number of refugees and displaced people around the world. The staggering number of women leaving their homes,Read More →

The procedural ruling allows the Republican Kentucky administration to appeal a lower court ruling against state law. The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed Kentucky’s Republican attorney general to take over the defense of a restrictive abortion law after the state’s Democratic governor dropped the case when lower courts overturned theRead More →