Women protest against violence against women with a sign reading 'Sexual violence as a war weapon still exists in Colombia' in Medellin, Colombia, on June 19, 2020, amid the new coronavirus pandemic [Photo by Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP] By Megan Janetsky 20 Oct 2020 - Medellin, Colombia – Letica Estacio hoped the wave of gender-based violence . Learn More
EU – Parliament Launches Its First European Gender Equality Week
Many EP Committees will hold hearings, debates and exchanges of views on topics related to gender equality. ©E.Contini/NurPhoto-Getty Images At the initiative of the Women’s Rights Committee, the European Parliament is holding its first ever European Gender Equality Week from 26 to 29 October. 2020 sees the 25th anniversary of the Beijing . Learn More
Kenya – When the Price of Water Is Sexual Assault
Acts of sextortion for access to water have been recorded in Kenya, South Africa, and Colombia. Photo by: Jo Harrison / Oxfam / CC BY-NC-ND By Rebecca Root // 22 October 2020 ALICANTE, Spain — In a village in Kenya, women wait to fill their jerrycans. While 2 Kenyan shillings ($0.01) should be payment enough, oftentimes the men operating the . Learn More
Turkey – Femicide on the Rise Amidst Debate over EU Istanbul Convention on VAW
Nicholas Frakes, Al Arabiya -19 August 2020 As Turkey’s government debates withdrawing from an agreement meant to protect women from gender-based violence, femicide continues to rise, and protests have cropped up against a possible withdrawal from the agreement, known as the Istanbul Convention. Over the last decade, violence against women has . Learn More
Nepal – New Laws to Deter & Punish Acid Attacks – Activists Call for Monitoring & Implementation
Beeju Maharjan/TKP September 30, 2020 - Three years after the Supreme Court issued an order to the government to regulate the sale and distribution of acid, the country finally has new laws to that effect. But the government needs to do more to end acid attacks in the country. On Monday, President Bidya Devi Bhandari authenticated three . Learn More
Global Media Monitoring Project 2020 – Update
Volunteers from Papua New Guinea take part in monitoring day September 29 for the 2020 Global Media Monitoring Project. Women all over the world are celebrating the sixth instalment in 25 years of the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP). What is it? A series of extensive gender and media monitoring studies conducted every five years since . Learn More
Afghanistan – Women May Be Forced to Have “Virginity Tests”- Illegal
A burqa-clad Afghan woman walks in an old bazaar in Kabul. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (AFGHANISTAN) October 15, 2020 - KABUL—Women in Afghanistan are being forced to undergo so-called virginity tests, more than two years after a law requiring consent was introduced, researchers said on Thursday. The test involves a doctor performing an examination to . Learn More
Egypt – Accelerate Issuance of Domestic Violence Law, as When Women File DV Report With Police, Husbands Often File Report Against the Wife
By Noha Faraq August 19, 2020 - A video of a wife who was subjected to severe violence at the hands of her husband has been circulated on social media. When she went to the police station to file a report, she was surprised to find that her husband has already filed a police report against her. She was informed by the officer that if she filed a . Learn More
Iran – Women Improperly Veiled Should Be “Unsafe” in Public – Leader Reps, but Society Divided
Yaghoub Fazeli, Al Arabiya English Monday 05 October 2020 Representatives of Iran’s supreme leader are urging law enforcement to make public places “unsafe” for women who are “improperly veiled,” sparking widespread criticism from Iranians on social media platforms. During a meeting on Friday with military and security officials, the Friday . Learn More
Kashmir – Protracted Conflict – Women’s Changing Roles – A “Gendered War”
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
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