Women shout slogans during a funeral for a man killed protesting a military operation in Pulwama, south of Srinagar, in December 2018. (Masrat Zahra/TNH) By Masrat Zahra & Peerzada Sheikh Muzamil – 14 July 2020 SRINAGAR, Indian-administered Kashmir - For women in heavily militarised Kashmir, the battleground is both on the streets and at . Learn More
Egypt – Abduction, Rape, & Forced Conversion of Christian Girls in Egypt
The kidnapping, sexual abuse and forced conversion of Christian women and girls in Egypt is rampant, with no signs of easing up. (Image source: iStock. Image is illustrative and does not represent any person in the article.) The Abduction, Rape, & Forced Conversion of Christian Girls in Egypt One of the strategies they used to gain the . Learn More
Iran – Release from Prison of Prominent Rights Activist Woman Narges Mohammadi
Iranian human rights activist, Narges Mohammadi (file photo) October 8, 2020 - Iran has released Narges Mohammadi, a prominent human rights activist who campaigned against the death penalty. Mohammadi, arrested in May 2015, was freed late on October 7 after her 10-year prison sentence had been reduced. Judiciary official Sadegh Niaraki was . Learn More
Algeria – Women Protest Over Teen’s Rape & Murder, Continued Femicides
Protesters in Algiers said there was a heavy police presence during their rally Photo: Getty Images Femicides Algeria group, which tracks such killings, says 38 women have been killed on account of their gender in the country since the start of the year. They recorded 60 in 2019, but believe the actual number is far higher as many such killings . Learn More
Bangladesh – Approval of Death Penalty for Rapes
Bangladeshi students and activists protest in Dhaka demanding justice for a recent gang assault on a woman. Photograph: Zabed Hasnain Chowdhury/Rex/Shutterstock Hannah Ellis-Petersen South Asia correspondent October 12, 2020 - Bangladesh will introduce the death penalty for rape cases, after several high-profile sexual assaults prompted a wave of . Learn More
India – Gang Rapes & Deaths of 2 Dalit Young Women – Social Outrage
The death of a second Dalit woman in a few days after an alleged gang rape has shocked and angered India. The 22-year-old was dragged into a vehicle after going to apply for admission at a local school and raped, her mother told the BBC. The news follows the death of another Dalit woman, 19, on Tuesday after an alleged gang rape by upper-caste . Learn More
France – Growing Anger at Physical & Verbal Abuse Towards Women Over Their Dress in Public – Attack Example
A picture of Elisabeth’s bruised face was posted on the Twitter account of France Bleu Alsace. Photograph: Twitter/France Bleu Alsace Agence France-Presse in Paris 24 Sep 2020 - French police have opened an investigation after a young woman said she was attacked by three men and beaten in public for wearing a skirt. The government denounced the . Learn More
Uzbekistan – National TV Urges Battle Against “Spiritual Viruses” (Including Feminism) Threatening the Nation
The guests on the Munosabat program were outraged by the demonstrators' slogans. September 01, 2020 - By Farangis Najibullah Uzbek state television has launched an attack on feminism and homosexuality, saying they don't belong in the predominantly Muslim Central Asian country. In the 90-minute live program known as Munosabat (Attitude), the . Learn More
Over 60 Countries Adapt the Idea of a Maternity Package for Pregnancy, Delivery, Baby Care
A Tanzanian family has just received a maternity package. The mother, an older child, and the grandmother, with a 1-month-old infant sleeping in a box. In mountainous areas, the temperature can fall below zero during the night. Photograph: Annika Varpe The research team has defined a maternity package as a box, a bag, or other packaging that . Learn More
France – Feminists Paper Paris With Posters Decrying Domestic Abuse
Names of victims of domestic violence who were killed since the feminist activist group known as the Gluers started its poster campaign. Photo: Dmitry Kostyukov for The New York Times By Constant Méheut September 13, 2020 - PARIS — On a recent mild night, a squad of four young women wandered through a peaceful neighborhood in eastern Paris, armed . Learn More
Iran – Images of Girls Removed from the Cover Of a Math Textbook
Many Iranians have been angered by the removal of the images of several girls from the cover of a math textbook. Authorities said the cover was “overcrowded" and erased the girls, though three boys still appear on the new edition of the textbook (image on left). September 15, 2020 - There's outrage among Iranians over the removal of the images . Learn More
India – COVID Crisis Sees Rise in Child Marriages & Trafficking
Complaints of child marriage and child labour have risen during the lockdown – Getty Images Photo By Divya Arya – BBC – September 19, 2020 India's coronavirus lockdown has had an adverse impact on children, pushing up incidents of child marriage and child labour. Thirteen-year-old Rani has just won her first battle in life. Her parents tried to . Learn More
USA – Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Passes Away – Was a Champion of Women’s Rights
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died at 87. She became the second woman on the high court in 1993 and was a legal pioneer for gender equality. (Joyce Sohyun Lee, Elyse Samuels/The Washington Post) By Robert Barnes & Michael A. Fletcher September 19, 2020 - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on . Learn More
Right to Food: Discrimination Against Women – Looking Back, Looking Forward
WUNRN just sent a release on The State of the Right to Food & Nutrition 2020. Recently published information / reports / references are always significant, but this article PUBLISHED IN SEPTEMBER 2014 - and 6 years ago! - shows the continuing / protracted serious issue of women, food security, right to food, and discrimination. Now, in 2020, we . Learn More
Pakistan – Stop Blaming the Victims for Sexual Violence
Women demonstrate to condemn the police response to the of rape of a woman by a highway, Islamabad, Pakistan, September 12, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Anjum Naveed September 14,2020 - “Azaadi!” – or “freedom!” – women chanted on the streets of major cities across Pakistan on Saturday, as they protested police handling of a case known as the “motorway . Learn More
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