Archive for October, 2009
More than a third of the world’s child brides are from India, leaving children at an increased risk of exploitation despite the Asian giant’s growing modernity and economic wealth, according to a UNICEF report. Nearly 25 million women in India were married in the year 2007 by the age of 18, said the report released [...]
More than 2 million babies and mothers die worldwide each year from childbirth complications, outnumbering child deaths from malaria and HIV/AIDS, according to a study. The study, released last week at the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics world congress being held in Cape Town, also showed that such deaths could be easily avoided. “The [...]
Despite National Commitment, Many Unable to Access Services Tens of thousands of Indian women and girls are dying during pregnancy, in childbirth, and in the weeks after giving birth, despite government programs guaranteeing free obstetric health care, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 150-page report “No Tally of the Anguish: Accountability [...]
With US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the chair, the UN Security Council on 30th September 2009 unanimously adopted a resolution to halt the use of sexual violence as a tactic of war. Resolution 1888, sponsored by 61 countries, reiterated the 15-member body’s “demand for the complete cessation by all parties to armed conflict [...]
The UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution last week urging all countries to increase the ranks of women with a seat at the table when negotiations take place to resolve conflicts and start building peace. Nine years after the adoption of a landmark U.N. resolution calling for women be included in decision-making positions at [...]
Scores of Maoist activists protested outside the venue of the controversial “Miss Nepal” contest last month, saying the beauty pageant was an insult to women. The former civil war rebels chanted “you can’t expose the women” as they sat on the street outside a high security army club in the heart of Kathmandu. Many protesters [...]
Domestic violence killings in New York state more than doubled other types of homicides over a recent one-year period, statistics revealed last week. The data issued by the state Division of Criminal Justice Services showed a near 25 percent spike in the number of “intimate partner” homicides from 2007 to 2008 — and the increase [...]
LATIN AMERICA: Strides and Setbacks for Domestic and Rural Workers http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews48613 ZIMBABWE: Virgins Forced into Marriage to ‘Appease’ Evil Spirits http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews48630 RIGHTS: Shelters Open for Battered Husbands http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews48608 RIGHTS-JAPAN: Women Talk: ‘We Want Greater Gender Equality’ http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews48629 UGANDA-RIGHTS: Bride Price: You Feel You Are Family Property http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews48619 INDIA: Most Live Donors Are Wives or Mothers [...]
Darfuri refugee women and girls face high levels of rape and other violence on a daily basis both inside and outside refugee camps in eastern Chad, despite the presence of UN security forces, a new Amnesty International report reveals. In ‘No place for us here: Violence against refugee women in eastern Chad’, Amnesty International documents [...]
Successive governments of Bosnia and Herzegovina have failed to provide justice for thousands of women and girls who were raped during the 1992-1995 war, a new Amnesty International report reveals. Launching at a press conference in Sarajevo, Amnesty’s 82-page report, Whose Justice? The women of Bosnia and Herzegovina are still waiting, details how thousands of [...]
Some immigrant women’s advocates are concerned that legislation, drafted by Canadian immigration authorities earlier this year, may be detrimental for some females wanting to move to Canada. Bill C-45 would give Canadian visa officers the right to reject visa applications from live-in caregivers if they have any reason to suspect they will be exploited or [...]
Last month Poland approved a law making chemical castration mandatory for paedophiles in some cases, sparking criticism from human rights groups. Under the law, sponsored by Poland’s center-right government, paedophiles convicted of raping children under the age of 15 years or a close relative would have to undergo chemical therapy on their release from prison. [...]
Spain’s Socialist government approved controversial reforms to the country’s abortion law which would allow women as young as 16 to undergo the procedure without parental consent. The proposal was passed at a cabinet meeting despite strong opposition from the Roman Catholic Church, the conservative opposition Popular Party and even many supporters of Prime Minister Jose [...]
The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG), Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) and National Human Rights Society (HAKAM) are gravely concerned that the Pahang Syariah Court of Appeal had heard and decided the revision of Kartika Dewi Shukarno’s (Kartika) sentence of whipping without all the relevant stakeholders in attendance to present arguments, or the public [...]
Palestinian women in one of Lebanon’s largest refugee camps say that with no rights in the country or even within their own community, they feel they are treated “worse than dogs.” (MAP) Offering a unique insight into life in one of 12 refugee camps in the country, Medical Aid for Palestinians, a British charity working [...]
‘All kinds of trade-offs go on behind the scenes, which is the way they’ve done politics for the last three decades’ An in-depth investigation into the murky process that led to the enactment of Afghanistan’s controversial “rape” law reveals a porous, dysfunctional and corruptible parliamentary system. But the system is at least functioning, it shows, [...]
In the “Media and Women” panel discussion of the Mesopotamia Social Forum Turkish journalists and authors evaluated the role of women in the mass media regarding the Kurdish question. As part of last week’s meeting of the Mesopotamia Social Forum (MSF) publication director of the daily Günlük newspaper Filiz Koçaeli summarized her point of view [...]
The Committee of Human Rights Reporters reports that the bail order for Shiva Nazar Ahari, a human rights, student and women’s rights activist, was reduced from 500 Million Tomans to 200 Million Tomans (roughly $200,000), after follow-up by her family. The reduction of the bail order takes place at the order of Judge Hadad and [...]
Nadje Al-Ali and Nicola Pratt Berkeley-Los Angeles-London: University of California Press, 2009 Liberating women figured high in the official rhetoric justifying regime change in Iraq, but reality on the ground is a different story. In this carefully researched book, Nadje Al-Ali and Nicola Pratt, both professors at British universities, investigate why the situation of Iraqi [...]
In conjunction with the presentation of the UN Fact Finding Mission’s report to the Human Rights Council on 29 September, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) release “Through Women’s Eyes: A PCHR Report on the Gender-Specific Impact and Consequences of Operation Cast Lead”. Download http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/Reports/English/pdf_spec/through-women’s%20_eyes.pdf The Israeli offensive claimed the lives of 118 women, [...]
Recent postings- Towards a Future without Fundamentalisms: New Report Analyzes Religious Fundamentalist Strategies and Feminist Responses
- Statement on the Murder of Marisela Escobedo Ortiz, women’s human rights defender of Ciudad Juarez
- Sudan police arrest women protesting at flogging video
- UN Chief Leaves Women out of Year-End Summing Up
- Sex education is expelled from Egyptian schools
- Kurdish Parliament Turns Blind Eye to Prostitution
- Sexual harassment cases in Israel’s civil service rose 40% in 2010
- Women in south Sudan have been targeted in a string of abusive attacks by police cracking down on Western clothes
- Women and girls living in Haiti’s makeshift camps face an increasing risk of rape and sexual violence says Amnesty International new report
- Stand up against hatred and threats against LGBT in Malaysia
- new on womensgrid
- Where are the Women? Free cross university student led Women’s conference ~ 18th February 2012
- Louder Now! Launch Event – Feminism on Film season – Newcastle ~ 29th February 2012
- 6 February: An evening with Sister Fa – A celebration of progress made to end Female Genital Cutting
- Stalking consultation – closes 5th February 2012
- Woman who suffered years of domestic violence jailed because too terrified to testify
- I feel like as a woman I’m not welcome – Asylum Aid’s new research report combines legal and qualitative research in a gender analysis of the UK asylum system
- New report challenges social sector to smash the glass ceiling once and for all
- Leveson must back ban on sexualised images in media say women’s groups
- Ministers press on with controversial abortion changes
- Abolishing social fund will hit women and children hardest
- new on women in london
- Advocacy & Support Advisor – Complex Needs (Female*) – Solace – 9th February 2012
- 4 vacancies – Refuge – 3rd and 6th February 2012
- OBJECT present evidence at the Leveson Inquiry to end Page 3
- Support for women who have experienced sexual violence – Amina Scheme – Eaves
- Women Involved with the Criminal Justice System: One Day Training – Women in Prison – 29 March 2012
- Quiz Night – Womans Trust – 27th January 2012
- Development Manager – Clean Break ~ 6th February 2012
- Volunteer Bookkeeper – RASASC ~ 16th February 2012
- New Report – Silenced Voices Speak: Strategies for protecting migrant women from violence and abuse – ROW
- Hidden Value: Demonstrating the extraordinary impact of women’s voluntary and community organisations – WRC
