Equal Pay Day
Around the world, despite decades of activism, and dozens of laws on equal pay, women still earn less than 80 cents for every dollar men do. For women with children, women of colour, women refugees and migrants, and women with disabilities, that figure is even lower. If you had told me this forty years ago, […]
International Equal Pay Day
International Equal Pay Day, celebrated for the first time this 18 September, represents the longstanding efforts towards the achievement of equal pay for work of equal value. It further builds on the United Nations commitment to human rights and against all forms of discrimination, including discrimination against women and girls. Across all regions, women are […]
Domesticate International Legal Frameworks On Women Health Rights, Nigerian Govt Urged
The Nigerian government has been urged to domesticate all international and regional legal frameworks that promote Women’s Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (WSRH&R). This was one of the outcomes of a three-day workshop for journalists on the Global Gag Rule (GGR) and its implications on women’s health. In a communique issued Friday at the end […]
Cambodia Police Chief Stood Down In ‘Unprecedented’ Sex Abuse Investigation
A high-ranking Cambodian police official has been suspended from duties pending an investigation into “unprecedented” allegations of sexual misconduct made by four junior female officers that hit the headlines, according to the interior ministry. The two-star major general and provincial police chief is accused of forcing officers to perform sex acts at work under the […]
Egypt Lawmakers Approve Bill To Protect Sex Assault Victims’ Identity
The government is under pressure to encourage more women to report assault after a slew of complaints on social media Egyptian lawmakers on Tuesday approved a draft law that would give survivors of sexual assault and harassment the automatic right to anonymity, under pressure to do more to encourage women to report such crimes. The […]
Hundreds Of Girls, Women Have Disappeared During Pandemic In Peru
More than 900 women and girls have gone missing in Peru during its coronavirus lockdown, a top women’s rights official said on Tuesday, calling for the creation of a national missing persons register to address the “alarming” number of disappearances. Records must be kept to track those who go missing, whether they are found alive […]
Widowhood Practices And The Long Way To Healing
The African culture is rich in cultural and religious practices with rules that govern every aspect of the lives of its people. Despite the differences in these practices across various cultures, there are similarities in practices regarding widowhood. Without a doubt, the African culture is rich and has for decades served as the source through […]
Law To Ban ‘Inappropriate’ Dress In Cambodia Seen Threatening Women’s Freedoms
A proposed law that would let Cambodian police fine people deemed to be dressed inappropriately could be used to curtail women’s freedoms and reinforce a culture of impunity around sexual violence, rights campaigners say. The draft legislation, which will take effect next year if approved by several government ministries and the national assembly, would […]
N.Korean Women Faced Torture, Rape, Malnourishment In Detention – U.N. report
North Korean women detained in prison camps suffered from torture, rape and other forms of “multiple and serious” violence by security and police officials, a U.N. human rights report said on Tuesday, citing accounts from over 100 women. The women, detained between 2009 and 2019 after failing to flee the country, recounted in interviews with […]
Afghan Women Demand Right To Be Named On Children’s Documents
Afghan women could win the legal right to have their names on their children’s birth certificates and identity cards under a proposal to be presented to parliament, one of the country’s few female lawmakers has said. Naheed Farid, an independent lawmaker who chairs the parliamentary commission on women’s affairs, said she and other MPs had […]
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