Women celebrate after Colombia's constitutional court voted to decriminalize abortion until 24 weeks of gestation, in Bogota, Colombia, on Feb. 21, 2022. (Luisa Gonzalez/Reuters) By Samantha Schmidt and Diana Durán February 21, 2022 - BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Colombia’s constitutional court voted Monday to decriminalize abortion in the first 24 weeks . Learn More
India Karnataka State – Debate & Protests on Hijabs in School & Minority Rights – Court to Decide
Muslim women demonstrating in Bangalore, in the Indian state of Karnataka, on Monday. Credit...Manjunath Kiran/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images By Suhasini Raj and Emily Schmall February 11, 2022 - UDUPI, India — An Indian court has said that students in the southern state of Karnataka should stop wearing religious garments in class until it . Learn More
EU – Feminism & Women’s Rights Movements
There are people who believe that we do not need feminism today, but nothing could be further from the truth. Women have struggled for equality and against oppression for centuries, and although some battles have been partly won - such as the right to vote and equal access to education – women are still disproportionally affected by all forms of . Learn More
China – Number of Jailed Female Journalists Surges Amid Global Increase in Arrests
FILE - This screengrab taken on Dec. 28, 2020, from an undated video showing former Chinese lawyer and citizen journalist Zhang Zhan as she broadcasts via YouTube, at an unconfirmed location in China. (AFP / YouTube) By Laurel Bowman December 16, 2021 - In its summary of press violations in 2021, the media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) . Learn More
Somalia – Daughters of Somalia Campaign to End FGM
UNFPA Somalia/Tobin Jones. Girls participate in an event at their school in Garowe, Puntland, during which Y-PEER explains the harmful effects of FGM. 4 February 2022 - In Somalia, over 90 per cent or more of girls and women, have been subjected to female genital mutilation, or FGM. Despite the practice having devastating health ramifications for . Learn More
The Man Box – A Call to Men – The Next Generation of Manhood – VIDEO
The practice of healthy manhood is the path out of the Man Box, and it is essential to preventing violence and pursuing equity in our society. A Call To Men coined the term the Man Box to illustrate the collective socialization of men. In the Man Box, men are expected to be strong, successful, powerful, dominating, fearless, in control, and . Learn More
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Afghanistan – Taliban Says All Afghan Girls May Be Back in School by March – Uncertainties Remain
Women were banned from education, work and public life during the Taliban's previous rule 20 years ago [File: Petros Giannakouris/AP] 17 Jan 2022 - Girls’ schools across Afghanistan will hopefully reopen by late March, a senior Taliban leader has told the Associated Press, offering the first timeline for the resumption of high schools for girls . Learn More
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Chile – President-Elect Boric Unveils Women-Majority Cabinet
Gabriel Boric’s cabinet includes at least six ministers under the age of 40 [Ailen Diaz/Reuters] SOURCE: NEWS AGENCIES Gabriel Boric, Chile’s left-wing president-elect, has announced his first cabinet, giving a majority of the posts to women and several to former student protest leaders. Fourteen of the 24 new ministers announced on Friday are . Learn More
Pakistan – First Women-Led Livestock Market
Rozina Ghulam Mustafa sells her goats for the first time at the women-led Marui livestock market in Sindh, Pakistan. Photograph: Khaula Jamil/The Guardian In rural provinces, women have always reared animals but are excluded from selling them. A new market is changing attitudes By Zofeen Ebrahim in Tando Allahyar January 20, 2022 - On Saturday, . Learn More
Surveillance Can Be a Form of Violence Against Women & Girls – Pegasus Spyware
Unsafe anywhere: women human rights defenders speak out about Pegasus attacks A new investigation led by Front Line Defenders reveals the hacking of two women human rights defenders from Bahrain and Jordan using NSO Group's notorious Pegasus spyware. The hacking discovery comes on the heels of the Pegasus Project revelations of governments in . Learn More
Lebanon – Malnutrition Masks Joy of Pregnancy for Many Women in Lebanon – Growing Crises
As Lebanon's economic crisis spirals out of control, pregnant women in the country face malnutrition, with many having to resort to cheap and unhealthy alternatives or skip meals altogether. By Rodayna Raydan 26 January 2022 - The health of many pregnant women in Lebanon is under threat, with the majority either having to rely on the cheapest . Learn More
Gender, Climate Change, & Security: Making the Connections
JAISALMER,INDIA - Unidentified women draw water form the well and take it to their home in rural areas of Jaisalmer, India. By Chantal de Jonge Oudraat* & Michael E. Brown* January 25, 2022 - Gender issues, climate change, and security problems are interconnected in complex and powerful ways. Unfortunately, some of these connections have not . Learn More
No Women’s Liberation Without Migrant Representation
Credits @RadicalGirlsss By Aleksandra Kuśnierkiewicz, from the European Network of Migrant Women and RadicalGirlsss. This article was adapted from the speech Aleksandra gave at #FiLiA2021 during the Political Participation of Migrant Women Panel. Migrant women have things to say. Through their experience of intersecting discriminations, migrant . Learn More
Iran – Rights Activist Narges Mohammadi Sentenced to Another 8 Years in Prison
Situation of Political Prisoners Worsens as Iranian Government’s Assault on Peaceful Dissent Intensifies Activists, Lawyers, Dissidents being Kept Behind Bars with Continuous New Convictions January 24, 2022 – In an ongoing campaign to silence human rights defenders and crush dissent in the Islamic Republic, the prominent rights defender . Learn More
USA – For the Sake of a Visa, I Was Forced into Marriage in Arizona – At Age 15
(Samia Ahmed for The Washington Post) By Sasha K. Taylor - Sasha K. Taylor is a forced child marriage survivor and former FBI analyst based in D.C. January 19, 2022 - When I was 15 years old and living in Arizona, I was forced by my family to become a visa bride. I am a U.S. citizen, ethnically Pashtun, born in Karachi, Pakistan, and raised in . Learn More
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