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. Written by By St. Lucia News Online (SNO) — An organization which advocates on behalf of…
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. Anne Karpf for The Guardian You see them sometimes in the kitchens and nurseries of wealthy people – women, mostly Filipino, rarely introduced by name. They come to the…
Practice of banishing women to small outbuildings during periods claims further victims despite country declaring practice illegal. Micheal Safi for The Guardian 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…
“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 Written by Lizzie Deardon for The Independent The number of people being charged with rape has fallen…
