Image by Tumisu from Pixabay Women’s rights activists have criticized a government proposal to tackle gender-based violence, saying it is inadequate to protect women and soft on perpetrators of violence, the Duvar news site reported. The proposal was presented by the government of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) andRead More →
The 8th In March, nations marked the umpteenth International Women’s Day, which aims to uplift women by recognizing and celebrating their achievements. This year’s theme is Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Future. This year’s goal is to focus “on women and girls around the world, who are taking partRead More →
Dorothy Njemanze is an activist, producer, inspirational speaker and President of the Dorothy Njemanze Foundation. In this interview with the Daily Trust on Sunday, she talks about the never-ending battle for human rights, gender equality regarding the Nigerian woman. As we celebrate International Women’s Day, can you highlight some issuesRead More →
Mr. Guterres highlighted the contribution of women to ending the COVID-19 pandemic, hailed the ideas, innovations and activism that are changing our world for the better, and welcomed more women leaders from all walks of life. However, as the UN chief pointed out, women and girls have often borne theRead More →
Stakeholders committed to women’s rights, gender and equality have finalized plans to establish a center of excellence in Uganda to extend support to all organizations working for the same cause. Speaking to the press in Kampala, Patricia Munaabi, the Executive Director of Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE) revealed thatRead More →
Last Monday, even as many celebrated Valentine’s Day with symbolic expressions of love, One Billion Rising, an initiative to end violence against all women – cisgender, transgender, gender non-conforming – girls, and the planet, celebrated its ninth anniversary with the launch of a new campaign to transform “women from victimsRead More →
A serious lack in the global women’s movement is the failure to include the environment as the most critical and pressing feminist concern, even though many of the world’s leading environmental activists are women. For Bangladesh, this is all the more true as climatic disasters hit the country more thanRead More →
On January 24, a judicial committee nominated 55-year-old Ayesha Malik to Pakistan’s Supreme Court by a narrow majority. National and international activists celebrated Malik’s appointment to Pakistan’s Supreme Court as a milestone towards women’s rights in the country. Women judges make up only 4% of Pakistan’s high courts, BBC reporting.Read More →
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a searing dissent on Thursday after the court rejected another attempt to block Texas’ six-week abortion ban, appearing to step into the role of women’s champion that was once held by the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg. In a 6-3 decision, the court ruledRead More →
When Kyrsten Sinema first ran for Democratic senator from Arizona, her support of Emily’s List seemed like a no-brainer. The Political Action Committee (PAC) is one of the most important in politics and is historically one of the main reasons for the remarkable influx of women leaders into the DemocraticRead More →
A growing wave of female activists in China calling for gender equality and the protection of women’s rights have urged the government to consider an amendment to the national women’s rights law. But the authorities’ track record of persecuting activists and failing to tackle gender-based violence and discrimination leaves manyRead More →
Women seeking to participate in training and building peace and advocating for human rights face a “much worse” situation than before the Covid-19 pandemic, the leader said on Tuesday. United Nations human rights. Michelle Bachelet told the UN Security Council that in 2020, her office verified 35 killings of womenRead More →
The union of two people is often a joyous occasion that celebrates love, families coming together and visions of a prosperous future. Whether it’s walking down the aisle, breaking glass, standing under a mandap, jumping over a broom or performing a tea ceremony, a wedding is a memorable event thatRead More →
Pakistan’s highest judicial commission has appointed a female judge to the Supreme Court for the first time in the country’s history. The decision to clear the way for Judge Ayesha Malik to join the court has been widely hailed by lawyers and civil society activists as a watershed moment inRead More →
The announcement was presented – in official reports, on social media – as a major victory for Chinese women. The government was set to revise its law governing women’s rights for the first time in decades, refine the definition of sexual harassment, assert bans on discrimination in the workplace, andRead More →
Indian women activists have forged pioneering paths through dominant narratives this year, daring to speak out frankly despite the consequences they knew they would follow. Their moments of dissent were seen as acts of courage by some and acts of radicalism by others, but at the same time it hasRead More →
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Credit: UN Women Opinion by Divya Srinivasan, Humaida Abdulghafoor (New Delhi, India) Wednesday 22 December 2021 Inter Press Service NEW DELHI, India, December 22 (IPS) – Marital rape is now criminalized without exception in the Maldives, as part of a seriesRead More →
Featured, Gender, Gender Violence, Global, Titles, Human Rights, TerraViva United Nations Opinion International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Credit: UN Women NEW DELHI, India, December 22, 2021 (IPS) – Marital rape is now criminalized without exception in the Maldives, as part of a series of significant amendmentsRead More →
I hope the commemoration of Mother’s Day serves as a reminder to all of us, both stakeholders and the public, that women hold a high position who contribute to the development of the nation we love. Sleman, Yogyakarta (ANTARA) – Women’s Empowerment and Child Welfare Minister Bintang Puspayoga stressed thatRead More →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
King of controversy. Koffi Olomide’s show in Kigali is balanced. Several activists mobilized to demand the ban of an upcoming show by Congolese singer and maestro soukous Koffi Olomide, accusing him of having abused or mistreated women in the past, arguing that performing in Rwanda would set a bad precedent.Read More →
FOUR years ago, Morgan May donned her Pussyhat to participate in the latest women’s rights march to crush patriarchy – stopping only to stock up on a vegan burger. But fast forward to 2021 and Morgan, 32, who lives in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico, couldn’t be further from herself. 4Read More →
Bandana Rana, who is the former vice-chair of the United Nations Association for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Committee and currently chair of the CEDAW Investigations Working Group , says she plans to talk about amplifying the voices and visibility of women through United Nations mechanisms during herRead 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 →
Young women have an important role to play in advocating for gender equality and the empowerment of women, and it is with this in mind that the “Creating Agents of Change” program was launched in October. “Change is important, but it’s difficult, especially if we’ve been doing things the sameRead More →
Women and gender constituency climate advocates speak out about the challenges of participating in environmental negotiations and share their demands for building a fairer future for all of us Over the next two weeks, Glasgow will be the scene of some of the most important decisions ever made on climateRead More →
Women’s rights activists speaking during a discussion hosted by Nari Grontho Probortona and Unnayan Bikalper Nitinirdharoni Gobeshona (UBINIG) on Sunday October 31, 2021 Courtesy Women face many obstacles to be successful because of their gender, say activists To start a new movement for women’s rights, women’s rights activists should listenRead More →
Ugandan Vice President Jessica Alupo challenges women activists to hold elected political leaders accountable for commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment. Alupo made the call during the opening of the regional convention on women’s political leadership organized by Akina Mama wa Africa at the Serena Hotel Kampala. Alupo saidRead More →
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The new UN Women director made her New York debut on Thursday with a call to better protect women activists who face threats and even assassinations while pushing for change in Afghanistan, Libya and beyond . In her first Security Council appearance since becoming the agency’s executive director this month,Read More →
When the Bolivian peasant movements took to the streets last year against the coup government, they maintained a centuries-old tradition. The road blockade campaign spanned the entire country, a strategy that recalled the rebellion of Túpac Katari and Bartolina Sisa against the Spaniards in 1781, and supported deep currents ofRead More →
Kamla Bhasin has worked on development and gender issues. New Delhi: Women’s rights activist Kamla Bhasin, known to have been part of the “One Billion Rising” campaign in South Asia among other prominent movements, has died today. She was 75 years old. A renowned feminist and author, she had workedRead 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 →
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 →
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 →
For the past 20 years, Afghan women activists have been at the forefront of justice for their loved ones in the homeland. From education to politics to careers, women leaders have emerged as trailblazers moving through the glass ceiling, together forging resources and rights to ensure a future where genderRead More →
In early July, world leaders addressed the United Nations Generation Equality Forum in Paris, reaffirming the role of gender equality in prosperity and stability and commemorating the historic 1995 Beijing conference which enshrined women’s rights in international law. But two and a half decades later, little has changed for womenRead More →
Women activists underscored the importance of women’s participation in peace solutions as the countdown to Gender Equality Forum 2021 draws to a close. Ahead of the forum, a representative panelist attending a webinar titled “Sharing the Path to Peace: Exploring Shared Priorities and Collaboration Across the Region” calls for realRead More →
Suddenly women and girls seem to be invisible. Women are no longer the top priority, even at the Women’s Sports Foundation, which advocates for the rights of biological men who identify as women or trans women to participate in women’s sports. This despite the science that clearly shows that transRead More →
I am not Machiavelli, but having spent most of my career in communication, I have developed some princely rules. One of them is to choose your allies wisely. The wrong ally will fail your cause more completely than the most vicious opponent. Zealots, ideologues and activists are exciting to haveRead More →
Published on: 03/12/2021 – 12:33 On our show “Correspondence”, we explore how the world is coping with the twists and turns of 2021, amid the aftermath of Covid-19 and beyond. FRANCE 24 offers you a selection of original reports from our correspondents and teams around the world. March 8 wasRead More →
‘Belarus: Women on the Front Line’ highlights important role women activists have played in recent protests “In a deeply patriarchal society where domestic violence is rampant, Belarusian women have risked everything to defend their beliefs” – Aisha Jung Women who played prominent roles in the protests that have swept BelarusRead More →
Anthea Arukola, a former political adviser to the Vanuatu government, is planning to become the country’s first MP since 2008. Georgiilla Worwor, a law student and community activist, wants to go one step further and convince voters to elect her as Vanuatu’s first. never prime minister. As part of anRead More →
A group of 15 women human rights defenders (WHRD) and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTIQ) activists are celebrated through a photo exhibition which opened at the Bophana Center in Phnom Penh on Wednesday. The fifteen photos of the activists are displayed in the gallery along with profilesRead More →
Why Global Citizens Should Care Global Citizen campaigns on the United Nations Global Goals, including Goal 5 for gender equality. Governments, schools, women’s organizations, businesses, media and ordinary citizens must all work together to address gender-based violence and gender inequality. Join the movement and take action on this issue andRead More →
The Aronson Center for International Studies hosted the third event in its Fall 2020 Human Rights Lecture Series to discuss the theme “Women and Conflict” on Thursday, October 29. Sarah Parkinson, Assistant Professor of International Studies and Political Science, moderated the event. The webinar featured three guest panelists: Susan Rimmer,Read More →
Activists take on a YouTuber who made sexist videos against them. Photo courtesy of Facebook Live Video Screenshots posted by Diya Sana Ravina, a 23-year-old student from the western Indian city of Mumbai, was the least surprised to see a Facebook livestream of a women’s group confronting a YouTuber forRead More →
On that day 25 years ago, August 11, 1995, a devadasi woman, Yellamma, traveled from Raichur district in Karnataka to Delhi to participate in a historic event. In the presence of over a thousand Dalit women, Yellamma lit the inaugural lamp to establish a pan-Indian network, the National Federation ofRead More →
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Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Spain on Sunday evening to participate in walks across the country for International Women’s Day. The reasons for the protest were the same as those which inspired the mass protests of the past two years: gender-based violence, the gender payRead More →
“The central issue of gender equality is a question of power,” he stressed, noting that we continue to live in a male-dominated world with a male-dominated culture. “Power is not given, power is taken”, he stressed, adding that we “have to step back” against resistance to change “because people doRead More →
Addressing the 63rd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in a joint speech, Muniba Mazari and Mary Fatiya both called for basic social protections to be extended to women and girls in the around the world, as needed, and in accordance with their inalienable humanRead More →
Women seeking employment often have to overcome the conscious or unconscious gender biases of those who hire, as numerous studies have shown. But women seeking employment also face another hurdle: Guardians in charge of hiring are heavily influenced in their decisions by the biases of the employees the woman wouldRead More →
OULAD SEBATA, Morocco — For most of her life, Saida Soukat’s days were filled with farm routines, field work and herding livestock. On a recent Tuesday, she did something quite different, however, speaking to a group of women at their bi-weekly protests demanding an end to the state-sanctioned privatization ofRead More →
Statues of women’s suffrage pioneers Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and Lucretia Mott in the rotunda of the United States Capitol. MICHAEL MATHES/AFP/Getty Images The Declaration of Independence, which prompted the birth of the United States, noted that all men are created equal. But in the 241 years since,Read More →
As the Rana Plaza tragedy in Bangladesh is all too clear, factory jobs in our global supply chain carry significant risks for the millions of people who work in them – the majority of whom are women under the age of 30. Their working life consists of sitting and standingRead More →