“At last the sexist tax that saw sanitary products classed as nonessential, luxury items can be consigned to the history books,” one supporter said. Credit-Stefan Wermuth/Reuters By Christina Morales January 1, 2021 - Britain on Friday became the latest country to transform its measures on sanitary products by abolishing the so-called tampon tax, . Learn More
Mexico – Documentary about Indigenous Woman Leader In Mexico
2020 documentary film by film-maker Monica Wise about LUPITA, a Tsotsil Maya massacre girl survivor who becomes a spokesperson for her people amid a Mexican indigenous movement led by women. In a country where indigenous people are increasingly displaced, their land stolen, where students disappear without trace following police arrest, and . Learn More
South Korea – Court Orders Japan to Compensate Comfort Women World War II Sex Slaves – Outcome Uncertain
A statue of a South Korean woman symbolises those who were subjected to sexual slavery by Japan. (ABC) A South Korean court has ordered Japan to financially compensate 12 South Korean women forced to work as sex slaves, commonly known as comfort women, for Japanese troops during World War II. The landmark ruling is set to rekindle animosities . Learn More
Lebanon – ISF: Internal Security Forces – Online Campaign Against Sexual Blackmail
Executive Magazine | ISF By Rim Zrein January 8, 2021 - The Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) released an online campaign that targets sexual exploitation and blackmail in Lebanon. In an attempt to shed light on an extremely serious issue, the ISF decided to publish a statement asking citizens not to take “inappropriate” pictures or videos . Learn More
Colombia – Amidst COVID-19, More Expectant Mothers Turn to Traditions & Midwives
Juana del Carmen Martínez, a traditional midwife, assists an Indigenous mother, Elina Chamorro, in Quibdó, Colombia, 29 November 2020. (Murcy-Jeison Riascos/TNH) By Ana Luisa González January 7, 2021 - SANTA MARTA, Colombia - In November, Juana del Carmen Martínez, an Afro-Colombian midwife self-taught in traditional medicine, waited outside the . Learn More
IPU Figures Reveal Increasing Violence Against Parliamentarians, Especially Women MP’s
December 2, 2020 - The IPU has released its yearly figures on the human rights abuses experienced by parliamentarians around the world. The numbers confirm an upward trend of reported violations against parliamentarians. They also reveal an uptick in acts of intimidation and violence, with women MPs suffering more disproportionately, according to . Learn More
The Hidden Debt of Care – Caregiver Women
Albertina is 15 and the oldest of three sisters. When her mother died she took over responsibility for raising her younger siblings. Now she wants to become a nurse. CHRIS DE BODE/PANOS By Amy Hall – 22 November 2020 It’s an essential ingredient for life. It keeps us fed, nurtured and healthy and enables social systems to function. It’s skilled, . Learn More
Bangladesh – Special Pandemic Risks of Child Marriage for Rural Girls, Without: School, Internet, Freedoms Outside Home, Future Dreams Beyond Marriage
By Saeda Bilkis BaniReprint * DHAKA, Bangladesh, Dec 21 2020 (IPS) - I recently visited rural areas of Bangladesh amid the COVID-19 pandemic and returned to Dhaka with a new understanding of the impact that COVID-19 is having on child marriage, a harmful practice that is a global challenge. The fundamental shift that I saw was that child marriage, . Learn More
USA – Sudden Sisterhood of COVID Widows – United in Loss
Sandra McGowan-Watts and her husband, Steven, at their wedding in 2007. He died of the virus in May. Women have witnessed the pandemic from a miserably close angle. They have been left behind with family responsibilities, financial burdens, worries about their children’s trauma and their own crushing loss and guilt. Many nursed their partners at . Learn More
Is the Legal System Failing Women? Young Feminist Europe
In the past thirty years there have been significant advances in the fight against gender based violence. Internationally and regionally we have seen the establishment of legal tools that have yielded fruitful results. Despite that, the legal system is way too often failing to take women’s experiences and accounts seriously. By Arianna . Learn More
Afghanistan – Rare UN-Taliban Agreement to Set Up 4000 Schools in Insurgent-Held Afghan Territory – Girls
Internally displaced Afghan girls and women study at a class near their temporary homes on the outskirts of Kabul. By Ayaz Gul December 19, 2020 - ISLAMABAD - UNICEF has struck a rare agreement with the Taliban in war-ravaged Afghanistan to establish thousands of informal schools in areas controlled by the Islamist insurgent group. The program . Learn More
USA – Kamala Harris Sworn in as First Female, Black, & South Asian Vice-President
Kamala Harris: ‘I feel a very big sense of responsibility …I will be the first, but I will not be the last.’ Photograph: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty Images By Daniel Strauss in Washington 20 Jan 2021 - Kamala Harris has been sworn in as vice-president, becoming the first woman in American history – as well as the first woman of African . Learn More
India – Free Wedding Shop Helps India’s Poor Brides
Secondhand clothes and wedding fabric are stored at Sabitha’s home in Kannuar, Kerala. They will be given free of charge to women for their weddings. Photograph: Sivaram V/The Guardian By Neeta Lal in Kerala 23 Dec 2020 - A section of a boutique in Pappinisseri town in Kerala’s Kannur district brims over with colourful bridal lehengas, saris, . Learn More
Argentina Legalizes Elective Abortion
Marcelo Endelli/Getty Images Pro-abortion demonstrators wait for the result of a vote on December 30, 2020, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The proposal being voted on authorizes legal, voluntary, and free interruption of pregnancy until the 14th week while allowing doctor’s conscientious objection. By Jerusalem Demsas@JerusalemDemsas - Dec 30, . Learn More
UK – Domestic Workers from The Philippines, Even More Vulnerable to Modern Day Slavery Abuse During Pandemic Lockdown
Sheila and Florence making lunch at the safehouse [Ylenia Gostoli/Al Jazeera] By Ylenia Gostoli 8 Sep 2020 – It is just after 7am on a rainy morning in July and 57-year-old Sheila Tilan is pacing up and down a private road that leads to one of London’s most exclusive streets. She is wearing white trousers and a black shirt, just as she said she . Learn More
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