BY METEMBE SIBANDAWOMEN’s rights activist Nyarai Gumbonzvanda won a global award last week at the Hillary Rodham Clinton Awards in the United States of America for her role in promoting gender equality and women’s rights in the country , as well as in the fight against child marriage. Gumbonzvanda, whoRead More →
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Saudi women’s rights activist has accused three former U.S. intelligence contractors of illegal hacking of her phone which contributed to her arrest and then torture in her home country, according to a complaint filed in a US court. Ms. Loujain al-Hathloul helped lead a campaign to allowRead More →
Mon 13 Dec 2021 12:00 – 13:00 Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5) Register here. What is the current situation of Afghan women and women’s rights after the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban? And after? About this event Lina AbiRafeh is a global women’s rights expert and humanitarian worker with decadesRead More →
(Almaty) – The refusal by the authorities of the city of Almaty to allow a march for women’s rights on March 8, 2022, shows the authorities’ indifference to women’s rights, including a serious problem of domestic violence Human Rights Watch said today. On November 16, 2021, three Kazakh activists, actingRead More →
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In dire news for women’s rights, the United States Supreme Court today ruled to allow extreme anti-abortion law in the state of Texas for the time being. The move is likely to further embolden several other states across the country, which may ban abortion, and means most pregnant women inRead More →
New York City’s elected officials gathered at Planned Parenthood in Manhattan on Monday, Dec. 6, to demand reproductive justice as the Supreme Court decides the fate of abortion access in the country. Abortion rights are under threat as the Supreme Court reviews Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban and previously upheld Texas’Read More →
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Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul can be seen in this undated photo. Marieke Wijntjes / Document via REUTERS Register now for FREE and unlimited access to Reuters.com Register WASHINGTON, Dec.9 (Reuters) – A Saudi women’s rights activist has accused three former U.S. intelligence contractors of illegally hacking her phoneRead More →
In Senegal, gender-based violence is once again making headlines. This time, the biggest beauty pageant in the country, Miss Senegal, is at the center of the controversy. In November, Miss Senegal 2020 mother Fatima Dione told Senegalese media that her daughter was raped while performing her official pageant duties. SheRead More →
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai met with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Monday, December 6 and called on the United States to take action to ensure Afghan women and girls can return to the classroom and on. the workplace following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Blinken saidRead More →
Afghan women’s rights activists protested in Kabul on December 5, insisting they would continue to fight for their right to education, jobs and political participation after the government Taliban-led issued a decree on women’s rights they deem inadequate. Writer and women’s rights activist Huda Khamosh noted women are “a keyRead More →
Sign up for Patriarchy Week, a newsletter on feminism and sexism sent out every Saturday. Don’t ask what your country can do for you, ask how many children you can have for your country Looks like those “hysterical” women were right after all. In recent years, anyone who feared thatRead More →
On the night of October 25, in the hectic hours following the announcement of a military takeover in Sudan by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the coup leader, a group of forces wearing military uniforms took stormed the central complex of the University of Khartoum, including the student dormitories. During theRead More →
Istanbul, Turkey – A documentary chronicling the efforts of activists working to end violence against women in Turkey has been chosen as the UK’s official entry in the Best International Feature Film category for the Oscars. Dying to Divorce, produced by Turkish and British filmmakers and which took five yearsRead More →
As a student preparing to begin her final year of legal studies in Afghanistan, Azad* felt her future held endless possibilities. The drive and talent that had propelled her best academic performance, coupled with a sense that her country was on the threshold of a new era of good governance,Read More →
More than 120 members of the European Parliament have denounced the Riyadh regime’s “continued persecution” of Saudi women human rights defenders, saying activists released from prison still face rights violations and severe restrictions in the kingdom . The lawmakers, in a joint letter signed on International Women Human Rights DefendersRead More →
Sexist misinformation and online abuse against women in politics is not only a problem for the women targeted, but undermines women’s rights and democracy in general. 85 percent of women around the world said they had witnessed online violence against other women. The numbers are even higher in Latin America,Read More →
Three women’s rights activists – Baia Pataraia, Eliso Rukhadze and Tozu Gulmamedli – received the Kato Mikeladze Award from the Women’s Fund for their dedication to gender equality and the protection of women’s rights in Georgia. Tozu Gulmamedli is an activist working with ethnic minority women and founder of theRead More →
The international community must live up to its long-term commitment to women’s rights in Afghanistan, Amnesty International said, ahead of a new campaign highlighting the achievements of 16 remarkable Afghan women. To mark this year’s 16 Days of Gender-Based Violence Activism, an annual international campaign celebrating women from all partsRead More →
Malala Yousafzai said the rescue of women’s rights activists and others from Afghanistan captured by the Taliban brought “hope and security” to vulnerable Afghans. The Nobel Peace Prize winner’s comments come as it emerged that a former Afghan minister, as well as a lawyer who prosecuted more than 2,000 TalibanRead More →
Not long ago, activist, artist and former Afghan refugee Nahid Shahalimi won. The women’s school she worked to establish in Afghanistan was endorsed by the current Afghan government, the Taliban. Shahalimi has been working on the project for nearly six years, even before the Taliban hit the streets of KabulRead More →
Women’s rights activist Noof is now missing in Qatar more than a month after she went missing after returning from exile in Britain Noof al-Maadeed, 23, is still missing in Qatar more than a month after his disappearance She returned to the Gulf state from exile in Britain after beingRead More →
The protests come amid growing outrage over women killed by their partners and as French women increasingly speak out against sexual harassment and abuse. Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets across France to demand more government action to prevent violence against women. Saturday’s protests, in Paris andRead More →
News Staff June 15, 1938 – October 31, 2021 Isabel Marcus, a pioneering law professor whose advocacy for women’s rights spanned the world, died Oct. 31 in Los Angeles after living with advanced Alzheimer’s disease. She was 83 years old. Dr. Marcus recently returned to California after five decades inRead More →
(Beirut) – Iran’s new population law further violates women’s sexual and reproductive health rights and puts women’s health and lives at risk, Human Rights Watch said today. The Iranian authorities must immediately repeal the provisions that restrict human rights. On November 1, 2021, Iran’s Guardian Council approved the “Population RejuvenationRead More →
A 29-year-old activist and economics professor, Frozan Safi, was shot and killed in northern Afghanistan in what appears to be the first known death of a women’s rights defender since taking power of the Taliban almost three months ago. The body of Frozan Safi was identified in a morgue inRead More →
Littoral, Benin – One afternoon in September 2018, Fatima Ismail discovered she was pregnant after a friend told her to take a test. Aged 21 and fearful of what people might think, Ismail decided to have an abortion. “It’s simple, I wasn’t ready for a child, and neither was theRead More →
Activists staged several protests to call on the Taliban to guarantee basic rights (File) Kabul: The Taliban have once again used force to disperse female activists demonstrating for women’s rights in Kabul, media reported on Tuesday. A number of women have taken to the streets of Kabul to protest againstRead More →
NNA | Update: October 26, 2021 8:39 p.m. STI Kabul [Afghanistan]Oct. 26 (ANI): The Taliban have once again used force to disperse female activists organizing protests for women’s rights in Kabul, media reported on Tuesday.A number of women have taken to the streets of Kabul to protest against the closureRead More →
The UCI, Cal State Long Beach, and Northridge collaborated on an event on feminism, women’s rights, and Afghanistan titled “Islamization, Women’s Rights, and Feminist Engagement: A Conversation on Confirming the ‘Afghanistan’ on Thursday 7 October. The event was organized by Southern California professor-activists Catherine Sameh, Azza Basarudin and Khanum Shaikh,Read More →
I saw a tweet about Susanna Rustin’s article (My hope for a more open discussion on women’s and transgender rights is fading, October 13) by MP Jess Phillips. Reading the vitriolic responses under her tweet, which was later deleted, I can only despair and conclude that some kind of safe,Read More →
In March 1886, 28-year-old Pandita Ramabai traveled from England to Philadelphia at the invitation of Rachel Bodley, dean of the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania. It was an exceptional occasion. A new class had graduated from the historic institution and one of India’s first female medical students, Anandibai Joshi. AddingRead More →
NEW YORK, October 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — International women’s rights organization Equality Now is hosting its Making equality a reality gala on October 12, 2021 at 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT. Supporters from around the world can join some of their favorite artists and activists for an evening celebrating InternationalRead More →
Protesters are expected to flood the streets of Southern California this weekend, joining activists across the country for the fifth annual Women’s March, which will take place in the wake of a restrictive abortion law in Texas and before a U.S. Supreme Court case over Mississippi abortion laws — aRead More →
Beijing’s ambitious ‘women’s development’ proposals have raised concerns about a commitment to reducing abortions, with feminists and scholars pointing to the government’s history of control over women’s reproductive rights. On Monday, China’s State Council released its latest ten-year plan for women’s development. The lengthy document contained guidelines for China’s genderRead More →
Editor’s Note: The following essay is written by Dr. Susan M. Blaustein, Founder and Executive Director, WomenStrong International. As someone who has funded and worked with women’s organizations to advance gender justice, human rights and global development, I learned long ago that women always know what they, their families andRead More →
Prominent women’s rights activist, poet and author Kamla Bhasin died on September 25. She was 75 years old. Activist Kavita Srivastava said on Twitter that Bhasin breathed his last around 3 a.m. Bhasin has been a prominent voice in the women’s movement in India and other South Asian countries. “KamlaRead More →
Women must be able to play a bigger role at the COP26 summit as the needs of women and girls are overlooked amid the global climate crisis, a coalition of feminist groups has said. The Women’s World Assembly for Climate Justice issued a call to action at the UN GeneralRead More →
As several states introduce legislation restricting access to abortions across the United States, the nation’s global influence as an advocate for gender equality is subverted. Outside the Supreme Court after the decision on Whole Woman’s Health vs. Hellerstedta 2016 Texas abortion case. (Adam Fagen/Flickr) This month, world leaders gather inRead More →
Placeholder while loading article actions When the Taliban took power in Afghanistan last month, their leaders promised to respect women’s rights. But in the weeks since, the group has done little to allay fears that it will once again exclude women from politics and public life. Among its first targetsRead More →
Marcia Freedman, an Israeli lawmaker who pioneered LGBTQ and women’s rights in the 1970s and started the country’s first women’s shelter, died Tuesday at the age of 83. The US-born left-winger was also an early advocate of the two-state solution, advocating for recognition of an independent Palestinian state. She divorcedRead More →
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Artist and activist Sonita Alizadeh speaks during the ‘Girl, Uninterrupted: Increased Opportunity During Adolescence’ plenary session at the 2016 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in New York, United States, September 20, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Join now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register UNITED NATIONS, Sept 21 (Reuters) – Afghan rapperRead More →
Texas’ new anti-abortion law is a “terrifying” reminder of the fragility of hard-won rights, pro-choice activists have said, as they warn of a “more aggressive, much better organized” law. [and] better-funded global opposition movement”. Pro-choice activists have scored several victories in recent years, including in Ireland, Argentina and, most recently,Read More →
Renowned women’s rights activist Sonal Shukla died in a hospital in Mumbai on Thursday. She was 80 years old. Founder-in-chief of Vacha Charitable Trust, she had worked with adolescent girls and women since the 1980s. Popularly known as “Sonal Ben”, she had been actively involved in feminist movements for manyRead More →
In a courageous rebuke to the Taliban, a small group of Afghan women activists staged a protest in Kabul on Friday calling for equal rights for women in government and society. Getty According to a CNN reportthe group, known as the Women’s Political Participation Network, demonstrated outside the Afghan MinistryRead More →
The story at a glance A small group of Afghan women activists staged a protest in Kabul on Friday demanding equal rights for women in government and society. The group, called Women’s Political Participation Network, demonstrated outside the Afghan Ministry of Finance, where members of the Taliban were meeting. AlthoughRead More →