Illustration & Article by Inge Snip November 11, 2020 - Anna was four months pregnant, but that didn’t stop her husband - who was on active military duty - from beating her. Months earlier, when she had filed an official complaint after her husband had broken her nose, she was pressured by his superiors to withdraw it. She would “embarrass” . Learn More
India – How Might Raising the Legal Age of Marriage from 18 to 21 Change the Lives of Girls?
By Aarushi Khanna, Regional Coordinator Equal Measures 2030 and Sahaj** India is home to the highest number of child brides in the world. UNICEF estimates that almost half of the child marriages in the world happen in South Asia, 1-in-3 of which are in India[1]. The existing legal framework sets the minimum legal age of marriage for girls in India . Learn More
Online Attacks on Female Journalists are Global Frontline of Danger – Research
A journalist from Radio Bundelkhand in India conducts an interview. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS Nov 25 2020 (IPS) - The insidious problem of online violence against women journalists is increasingly spilling offline with potentially deadly consequences, a new global survey suggests. Nearly three-quarters (73%) of female respondents to our survey – . Learn More
Greece – Minister Apologized for Arrest of Feminists & NGO’s at Rally on International Day VAW
The women stood at the stairs of Syntagma Square opposite the Parliament, wearing masks and maintaining their social distance. November 28, 2020 - Their banner read: “They don’t silence us. The quarantine does not protect us from the pandemic of violence against women.” Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis apologized on Friday for . Learn More
Central Asia – When the Violence Victim Is Considered Guilty in Courts
Parvin Jahongiri (right) said that she told her story so that young women would not be afraid or stay silent about violence or harassment in the workplace. By Bruce Pannier – November 7, 2020 - Two recent court cases, one in Tajikistan and the other in Kyrgyzstan, point once again to discrimination against women in Central Asian courts. On . Learn More
Closing the Gender Gap Accelerators
It is now widely accepted that gender parity in education and employment is critical for economic growth and societal cohesion. Pre-COVID-19 crisis the World Economic Forum predicted that at current rates of progress it will take 257 years to close the economic gender gap. Now initial evidence is showing that the socio-economic implications of . Learn More
Tanzania – Witchcraft Accusations
A woman using an energy efficient cookstove in Tanzania. Photo by: Russell Watkins / DFID / CC BY By Rumbi Chakamba November 17, 2020 - Three years ago, 66-year-old Christine Chizimu woke up to find a dead snake in front of her house in Kihumulo village in northwestern Tanzania. Soon afterward, her brothers accused her of being a witch, causing . Learn More
COVID-19 Recovery “Unattainable” Without Women-Led Organizations & Movements – UN Rapporteur
5 November 2020 -“Despite their vital importance, the contributions of women and girls in activism and civil society continue to be under-estimated, under-resourced and undermined,” said Clément Nyaletsossi Voule, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. Voule was speaking at the UN General Assembly . Learn More
New Zealand – Police Introduce Hijab Into Official Uniform
New Zealand Police have introduced a hijab into their official uniform to encourage more Muslim women to join. New recruit Constable Zeena Ali will become the first officer to wear the official hijab. A spokesperson said they aimed to create an "inclusive" service reflecting the country's "diverse community". Other forces such as the . Learn More
Ireland – Hundreds of Thousands of Intimate Images of Irish Women Released Online WITHOUT CONSENT
One server which was hosting the files has now been taken down By Ellen Coyne – November 19, 2020 The Irish Government is under pressure to urgently ban image-based abuse after it emerged that hundreds of thousands of intimate images of Irish women were released online without their consent. A victims support group has said that 140,000 intimate . Learn More
Latin America – Increased Violence Against Women, Sexual Violence & Femicide During the Pandemic & Under Lockdown
Women demand justice for Mexico’s many murdered women at a protest against gender violence in Mexico CIty, Aug. 15, 2020. Nadya Murillo / Eyepix Group/Barcroft Media via Getty Almost 1,200 women disappeared in Peru between March 11 and June 30, the Ministry of Women reported. In Brazil, 143 women in 12 states were murdered in March and April – . Learn More
USA – During the Pandemic, Women Are Dropping Out of the Workforce en Masse
A woman who lost her job waits in line to file for unemployment following an outbreak of the coronavirus, at an Arkansas Workforce Center in Fort Smith, Ark., April 6, 2020. --Nick Oxford—REUTERS BY ABBY VESOULIS OCTOBER 17, 2020 - The United States is in the midst of a crushing economic recession, COVID-19 infection rates are spiking, and . Learn More
How Toys Became Gendered, & Why It Will Take More than a Gender-Neutral Doll to Change Attitudes
(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) By Megan K. Maas Parents who want to raise their children in a ender-nonconforming way have a new choice, the gender-neutral doll. Announced a year ago September, Mattel’s new line of gender-neutral humanoid dolls don’t clearly identify as either a boy or a girl. The dolls come with a variety of wardrobe options . Learn More
Canada – Solitary Confinement in Women’s Prisons
Incarcerated Indigenous women are punished more harshly than other women in Canada’s prisons, accounting for 50 per cent of all solitary confinement placements. BY SABRINA MADDEAUX November 6, 2020 - Ashley Smith was 15 years old when she went to prison for throwing crabapples at a mailman suspected of withholding her neighbourhood’s welfare . Learn More
Libya – Prominent Woman Activist Killed
Photo captured from video on MEMO website A prominent human rights lawyer and activist was killed in a shooting in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi. Hanan Al-Barassi was livestreaming to Facebook from her car when gunmen opened fire on her vehicle. A security source told AFP that Al-Barassi "was shot dead in Road 20, one of the main commercial . Learn More
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