Sexual violence in armed conflict, while prohibited by international humanitarian law, remains a brutal reality. Sophie Sutrich, ICRC’s Head of Addressing Sexual Violence, highlights the effects of conflict-related sexual violence on its survivors and discusses the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.00 June 19, 2020 - Sexual violence is a well-known . Learn More
India – Obstetric Violence During COVID-19 Is Yet Another Challenge for Indian Women
A prior COVID-19 test is not mandatory for admitting pregnant women in hospitals. Photo: Reuters/Vivek Prakash By Surbhi Shrivastava and M. Sivakami 23/APR/2020 - A recent report on institutional delivery in Jharkhand recounts a pregnant woman’s experience of being asked by a government hospital’s staff to clean up her blood, and then being . Learn More
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Africa – More Women Should Lead Africa’s Coronavirus Response
A volunteer sprays disinfectants in a room where other women make face masks to help fight the spread of the coronavirus in the Kibera slums of Nairobi on April 18, 2020 [Reuters/Baz Ratner] By Damaris Matoke-Muhia – July 26, 2020 As the race to contain one of the worst pandemics in history continues, there is an urgent need for more stringent . Learn More
USA – Sexual Abuse Is an Epidemic Far Beyond the Headline News
Audrey Strauss, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, at a press conference announcing the arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell on July 2. Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images By Jessica Valenti – July 24, 2020 Nearly a year after the death of Jeffrey Epstein, the financier and serial sexual abuser of young girls, the country is still . Learn More
India – Coronavirus Fallout: Impact of School Closures on Girls
Amid the many impacts of implementing the world’s biggest lockdown, India’s cohort of adolescents (aged 10-19)—the largest in the world—face unique challenges as schools close across the country. (World Bank Photo) 4/14/2020 - By SHARMISHTHA NANDA At 21-day lockdown in India halted operations for all but essential services—bringing a country with . Learn More
Turkey – Rising Violence Against Women – Public Outrage over Recent Additional Femicide
Protest called by KCDP (We Will Stop Femicides Platform) in Istanbul, 19 July 2020. Photograph: Yasin Akgül/AFP/Getty Images The recent murder of Turkish student Pinar Gültekin by her ex-boyfriend has sparked outrage in Turkey. Womens' rights activists are calling for the government to tackle the widespread problem of femicide in the . Learn More
Afghanistan – Women Campaign for the Right to Reveal Their Personal Names – Protracted Challenges
By Mahjooba Nowrouzi BBC Afghan Service 25 July 2020 - A woman from western Afghanistan - we will call her Rabia - was suffering from severe fever, so she went to see a doctor. The doctor's diagnosis was Covid-19. Rabia returned home, suffering from pain and fever, and gave her prescription to her husband to buy the medicine for her. But when he . Learn More
Poland – Planned Withdrawal from the Istanbul EU Convention on Violence Against Women
PROTESTS against the planned withdrawal took place on Friday - Image copyright EPA 25 July 2020 - Poland is to withdraw from a European treaty aimed at preventing violence against women, the country's justice minister announced on Saturday. Zbigniew Ziobro said the document, known as the Istanbul Convention, was "harmful" because it required . Learn More
Afghanistan – The Women-Only Bank that Could Help the Afghan Economy Recover from Coronavirus
Giving women access to finance can help lift whole families out of poverty CREDIT: Jim Huylebroek By Ben Farmer KABUL - 20 July 2020 Visitors climbing the stairs of a Kabul office block are met with an unusual sight for a bank in Afghanistan. The cashiers, advisers, manager and customers are all women. Moreover the Finca branch is buzzing with a . Learn More
Gender Equality Guide
What is Gender Equality? Gender equality is a state in which one’s gender does not determine one’s opportunities, freedoms, or importance. Gender parity – a measure of gender balance in a given situation – and gender equity – allocating resources and power evenly between men and women – are tools to achieve gender equality. According to the UN . Learn More
Iceland – High Gender Gap Ratings But Challenges with Domestic Violence & Justice
A supporter of Iceland cheers the Group C match between Iceland and Austria during the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 at Sparta Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands. MAJA HITIJ/GETTY IMAGES BY SIGRÚN SIF JÓELSDÓTTIR, GRANT WYETH July 15, 2020 - For the past 11 years Iceland has led the World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Index, earning the country the label of . Learn More
Russia – Woman Journalist Wins Press Freedom Award after Conviction for “Justifying Terrorism”
Svetlana Prokopyeva leaving her trial on July 6 July 14, 2020 - Russian journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva has won a prestigious media award, just days after a Russian court found her guilty of “justifying terrorism” in a controversial case widely criticized as an attack on freedom of speech. The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) . Learn More
EU – European Union Funds Must Mirror Women’s Equality – EWL
[Brussels, 29 June] On 27 May 2020, President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, presented at the European Parliament, a proposal for a €750 billion recovery instrument, “Next Generation EU”, which will be embedded in the next long-term €1.1 trillion EU budget (Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027). These funds to “Repair and . Learn More
How Data Can Stop Women from Going Hungry
A woman prepares a tray with lentils and cereals at a food distribution center in Tawilla, North Darfur, Sudan. Photo by: Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMID / CC BY-NC-ND By Helen Castell // 13 July 2020 LONDON — Good data is key to understanding — and ultimately dismantling — the complex relationships between hunger, inequality, and disempowerment . Learn More
Harnessing Feminist Principles & Approaches to Improve Mental Health Care for Gender-Based Violence Survivors in Humanitarian Contexts
Laura Martineau-Searle, GBV AoR Helpdesk Manager, introduces a new GBV AoR Helpdesk report authored by Jeanne Ward, which explores what it means to apply feminist principles to specialized mental health care for GBV survivors, and how we might reinforce these principles in GBV-related mental health and psychosocial support programming in . Learn More
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