Namibia has been awarded the best African country regarding progress made in mainstreaming gender equality into the fight against corruption. Windhoek – During the 32nd Ordinary Session of the African Union General Assembly, held February 10-11, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Namibia was recognised for outstanding efforts in promoting women’s rights and gender equality as well…
“The Bill barely tinkers at the edges of what is necessary to ensure migrant women are treated fairly” Kate Allen This article outlines the response of Sisters For Change, alongside the Step Up For Migrant Women Coalition (the SUMW Coalition), led by the Latin American Women’s Rights Service, to the production of the draft domestic…
The Indonesian Government’s effort to target sexual violence, through the publication of a new draft law on the elimination of sexual violence, has been met with backlash from conservative religious groups. Opposition to the new bill argue that the new legislation violates Muslim values, puts too much emphasis on women’s rights and promotes sex outside…
University students in Bhopal held a demonstration to protest against the restrictive and discriminatory policies on university campuses. NEW DELHI — Late one night in the fall, about 200 female students in Bhopal, a city in central India, held a rare demonstration on their college’s basketball court. Their very presence there was an act of…
Organisations in Saint Lucia call for safe spaces for victims of domestic violence as crimes against females are on the rise. In failing to offer victim services, the human rights of the women and girls in St Lucia go unprotected. (SNO) — An organization which advocates on behalf of women and children who are victims…
Enticed to the UK with promises that never materialise, many women face exploitative or abusive employers – and a government that just wants to deport them. You see them sometimes in the kitchens and nurseries of wealthy people – women, mostly Filipino, rarely introduced by name. They come to the UK with a promise of…
Practice of banishing women to small outbuildings during periods claims further victims despite country declaring practice illegal. A woman and her two sons have suffocated to death in a windowless shed to which they were banished in the latest tragedy linked to the illegal practice of chhaupadi, whereby women in Nepal are forced to sleep in “period huts”.…
“It is vital that when women and girls come forward to report a crime they have full confidence in the system. It is the least they deserve, but the statistics released today bring that into question.” Sarah Champion, Labour MP The number of people being charged with rape has fallen by almost a quarter, despite a…
