Archive for the 'Women's Group' Category
Something is stirring in the home of western European chauvinism. Italian womanhood is rising up. An online petition decrying the way female politicians are treated by Silvio Berlusconi, prime minister and billionaire businessman, has gathered 100,000 signatures.
A slogan – “I am not a woman at your disposal” – is catching on. It is aimed [...]
On May 13, 2009, the Home Secretary of India said in a seminar organized by the Central Bureau of Investigation that there are 1.3 million prostituted children in India right now. Most of them are girls. The National Human Rights Commission of India has stated that the average age of entry into prostitution for young [...]
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 [...]
In 2003, the African nation of Liberia was in turmoil; its president Charles Taylor was involved in a vicious civil war with war lords who wanted to take his place. Caught in the middle were innocent civilians who bore the brunt of the violence.
One woman, Leymah Gbowee, had had enough and she and her [...]
On 25 August the court of Al-Shamli, north of Hail, found Mrs Khamisa Sawadi guilty of the charge of “khilwa” (mingling with two young men to whom she was not immediately related), and the higher court in Riyadh ratified their verdict. One of the two young men who was tried alongside Sawadi may face additional [...]
A new approach is being taken to fight violence against women and HIV/AIDS, in Dominica and in the Caribbean region.
Over 20 individuals representing women’s groups and HIV/AIDS organizations, on Thursday began discussions on the findings of a study conducted by the University of the West Indies, Barbados, on the intersections between HIV/AIDS and violence against [...]
A coalition of over 300 international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) is “outraged” that an impending decision to create a new women’s entity at the United Nations is being postponed once again.
“If the General Assembly fails to act, it will send a very negative signal to women around the world who are now beginning to engage in [...]
The following is the text of a report submitted to the Commission on the Status of Women on the trial of Sudanese journalist Lubna Hussein who was charged under Article 152 (Indecent and Immoral Acts) of the 1991 Sudanese Penal Code for wearing trousers. (WLUML Networkers)
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is not [...]
Women’s rights activists say they aren’t fooled by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s nomination of the first female Cabinet ministers since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, calling it a ploy to improve his popularity that will actually hurt the cause of women.
With the nominations of three women for his new government, the hard-line president appears to be [...]
Since the first counselling session that August in 1984, and operating from only two rooms at Butt Street Methodist Church in Suva, more then 17,000 women have walked through its doors seeking the centre’s services. And as it celebrates its anniversary this month, the fact that they are still around after 25 years is indeed [...]
The jury deliberating on a most unusual trial – the first South East Asia Court of Women on HIV and Human Trafficking in South East Asia – here have urged the governments, UN agencies, civil society organizations and others to urgently address the vulnerabilities of women to trafficking and HIV.
However, these responses should be [...]
Leading women’s groups in India have called on the government to put an end to indignities against women such as making some of them undergo virginity tests and disrobing in public.
“It is shameful that governmental bodies treat women without any dignity,” says Sister Mary Scaria, one of 150 people from seven women’s organizations who demonstrated [...]
Women activists from over 50 women’s organisations from eight states in the country have suggested amendments to the Women’s Reservation Bill, including doubling of existing seats by converting all seats of the Lok Sabha and assembly constituencies into dual-member constituencies to elect one man and one woman each.
“A force needs to be created to [...]
Following changes to the Dutch abortion law, the organisation Women on Waves has decided to cancel all upcoming trips of its so-called abortion boat. Opposition to abortion is growing, says director Rebecca Gomperts.
A decade ago, Rebecca Gomperts (1966) had a vision. With her organisation Women on Waves (WoW) she would run a floating clinic that [...]
The debate over proposed changes to Israeli divorce laws has made its way to the Knesset, where interested parties are meeting to hash out a compromise in a dialogue that could stretch into the next legislative session.
Supported by a host of women’s rights groups, one plan seeks to eliminate the so-called “race to file,” [...]
The landmark Sexual Offences Bill, which reforms and amalgamates various laws relating to rape, incest and other sexual offences, was finally passed by the Senate last Friday.
The Bill will repeal the Incest (Punishment) Act, as well as several provisions of the Offences Against the Person Act. It also provides for the establishment of a Sex [...]
The National Commission for Women (NCW) along with its Delhi wing urged the central government to address the grievances of rape victims with sensitivity.
Several advocates, NGO workers and the members of the NCW and the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) held a seminar to discuss the guidelines approved by the Delhi High Court a few [...]
Women are in the forefront of the protest against the military coup of 28 June in Honduras. In the last week of June, as the threat of a coup loomed, women’s organisations sprang into action, organising marches, mobilising women, writing and distributing bulletins, and sending information and eyewitness images around the world by email, text [...]
Rape Crisis hopes that the victims of sexual violence and rape report their attacks in order to effect change.
The Government believes complainants in sex offence trials should receive greater protection. It is looking at the introduction of a positive definition of sexual consent, allowing the complainant’s sexual history to be heard only at the judge’s [...]
Recent postings- “Women Will Benefit From Secularism” – Nawal El-Saadawi
- ‘Polygamy club’ draws criticism in Indonesia
- Prostitution laws protect dignity and equality says lawyer in Ontario
- Rhode Island to close loophole which allows indoor prostitution
- 52 children rescued in nationwide sex-trafficking raids in the US
- Malawi health workers grapple with rising incidence of rape
- Israel’s first multi-disciplinary rape crisis center opens at Hadassah
- Libya should drop charges against journalist who reported allegations of sexual harassment
- Women’s and gay rights violated under guise of counter-terrorism says UN envoy
- Iceland leads Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index 2009
- new on womensgrid
- Women’s Theatre in the 1970s and 80s
- Volunteer Befrienders (Female) – Hibiscus – London
- Welsh Women’s Aid Trustee advert
- Reclaim the Night Leeds 28th November 2009
- Behind Closed Doors to benefit from inaugural event – 14th November 2009 Leeds
- Revival of This Wide Night at Soho Theatre – 24th November to 5th December 2009
- Tribute to Romy Schneider, 20 – 29 November 2009 including double bill of Maidens in Uniforms
- Women’s Films at The We The Peoples Festival 2009 19, 23-30 November 2009
- Vagina Rex and the Gas Oven – 40th Anniversary Reading – 8th November 2009
- Please sign the petition for continuing funding for Karma Nirvana
- new on women in london
- Head of Communications – Women’s Resource Centre – 23rd November 2009
- Mrs Goundo’s Daughter – Free Event – Forward – 7th December 2009
- New European Campaign on FGM – Forward
- FORWARD releases an Information Services and Support Guide for Young People in the UK
- FGM is always with us – experiences perceptions and beliefs of women affected by female genital mutilation in London – Forward
- Are you an London-based IDVA? – GLDVP
- GLDVP Newsletter – November 2009
- British public supports a legal requirement on employers to check they are paying women and men equally poll for Equal Pay Day finds – Fawcett
- Victory as Peers vote for women, not pimps and punters! – Object and Eaves
- 7 vacancies – Solace Women’s Aid – 12th November 2009
Debunking women’s movement of Nepal – comment
3 August 2009 in Asia, Opinion Comment, Women's Group
Although skeptical, I entered Nepal’s development-NGO work formally as a worker five years ago. I wanted to basically test the water. I stress on formally because informally, I have been involved in the NGO-led women’s movement for more than a decade. Let’s say it just comes with one´s family!
My experiences and observations after being [...]