Download: Women in Niqab Speak: A Study of the Niqab in Canada – 75 Pages Executive Summary Very few pieces of faith based clothing in Canada have ignited as much impassioned debates as the Muslim practice of the niqab. Covering the woman’s body and hair and leaving only the eyes visible, the niqab has often been problematized as a symbol of . Learn More
China – Births Hit Historic Low, a Political Demographic Challenge
A newborn at a hospital in Danzhai, China, last year.Credit...Agence France-Presse — Getty Images By Steven Lee Myers and Alexandra Stevenson January 17, 2022 - China announced on Monday that its birthrate plummeted for a fifth straight year in 2021, moving the world’s most populous country closer to the potentially seismic moment when its . Learn More
Egypt – Teenage Girl Digitally Blackmailed, Commits Suicide – 2 Males Arrested – Public Outrage
Speak Up, Facebook, an Egyptian feminist initiative, posted the text of a letter in which Basant protested her innocence January 4, 2022 - Two people have been arrested in Egypt after a teenage girl who was allegedly being blackmailed with digitally altered images killed herself. The sister of Basant Khaled, 17, told the Youm7 news website . Learn More
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EU – The Female Face of Energy Poverty Is Still Invisible
Research has since long found that poverty has a female face, so clearly, the female population is more likely to experience or fall into energy poverty. [Michael Gaida / Pixabay] By Michaela Kauer, Director of the Brussels office of the City of Vienna, linking Vienna with EU policy and global sustainability goals. April 13, 2021 - Currently, the . Learn More
Afghanistan – UN Experts Decry Taliban Measures to “Steadily Erase” Afghan Women & Girls from Public Life
UN Experts Decry Taliban Measures to "Steadily Erase" Afghan Women & Girls from Public Life GENEVA (17 January 2022) – Taliban leaders in Afghanistan are institutionalizing large scale and systematic gender-based discrimination and violence against women and girls, a group of UN human rights experts* said today. The experts reiterated their . Learn More
India – NGO’s Face Permit Bans regarding Licenses & Foreign Funds
Photo by: Pacific Press Media Production Corp. / Alamy via Reuters By Kunal Purohit // 13 January 2022 For India’s nonprofit sector, the new year has been a harbinger of grim news and a reminder of old struggles. Making use of a controversial law criticized by the UN Human Rights office, the Indian government in early January stripped nearly . Learn More
Kenya – Alternate Rites of Passage for Girls to Replace FGM
Kenya First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has lobbied stakeholders and communities to support the adoption of alternative rites of passage that involves mentorship to replace Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). By Beth Nyaga December 7, 2021 -“The proposal to take girls through a 15-day initiation programme comprising of sessions on mentorship into . Learn More
South Korea – Male Anti-Feminist Activists Target Gender Equality & Women’s Rights
Bae In-kyu, the head of Man on Solidarity, one of South Korea’s most active anti-feminist groups, leading a rally in Seoul last month. “Feminists are a social evil,” he has said.Credit...Woohae Cho for The New York Times By Choe Sang-Hun Jan. 1, 2022 - SEOUL — They have shown up whenever women rallied against sexual violence and gender biases in . Learn More
Indonesia – Married Woman Flogged 100 Times for Adultery; Partner Received Only 15 Lashes
© CEK MAD The court handed down a heftier sentence for the married woman after she confessed to investigators she had sex out of her marriage 13 January 2022 - An Indonesian woman was flogged 100 times Thursday in conservative Aceh province for adultery while her male partner, who denied the accusations, received just 15 lashes. Ivan Najjar . Learn More
France – Expansion of Free Birth Control for Women Ages 18-25
As of the new year, birth control will be available to women in France between the ages of 18 and 25 December 31, 2021 - Starting in 2022, birth control will be available to women in France aged 18 to 25 for free, expanding an existing program for minors that seeks to prevent unwanted pregnancies because of the cost of birth control. French . Learn More
African Perspective: Women’s Rights as Human Rights
By Leonida Odongo - Kenya The Maputo Protocol[1] outlines various rights in relation to women. These include Non discrimination against women where it calls for equality between men and women and integration of gender perspective in policy decisions, legislation, development plans and activities. Article 27 of the Constitution affirms the right . Learn More
Widows Refugee Village – Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
©Farzana Hossen/British Red Cross - A woman walking through the widow's block. Khushida Begum, 45, lost her husband and her daughter in the violence in Myanmar. When she fled, she lost the rest of her family in the confusion. She has since been reunited with five of her children – but she has had no news of another. “I hope they will bring news . Learn More
Meta Builds Tool to Stop the Spread of “Revenge Porn”
Getty Images; NBC News By Olivia Solon December 2, 2021 - Facebook’s parent company, Meta, has worked with the U.K.-based nonprofit Revenge Porn Helpline to build a tool that lets people prevent their intimate images from being uploaded to Facebook, Instagram and other participating platforms without their consent. The tool, which builds on . Learn More
Coronavirus Drives Increase in Child Brides – Let Your Girls Grow Up! West Africa +
Fatouma speaks to mothers in a suburb of Niamey, the capital of Niger, in September, trying to convince them to heed her message: Let your girls grow up. By Danielle Paquette December 22, 2021 - KOIRA TAGUI, Niger — Fifteen women crowded in plastic chairs below an acacia tree, passing around a bowl of peanuts, all watching her. Was that boredom . Learn More
What Does Islam Say About Forced Marriages?
flickr.com November 8, 2021 - In some cultures, a girl’s right to marry is ignored. Educated men and women now talk about marriage at home, but in some cultures, women may still be discouraged from talking about marriage. In these cultures, parents may an arrange a marriage for their children. Some Muslims from these cultures don’t accept the . Learn More
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