File photo In India, which declares itself to be a secular country, another heartbreaking incident of oppression and violence against minorities has taken place. According to Indian media reports, two Christian women in Manipur were stripped naked after brutal violence, the video of which is also viral on social media. According to Indian media reports,…
Women protested in the capital Kabul against the closure of beauty parlors in Afghanistan. Taliban security forces fired aerial fire and used water cannons to disperse the protesters. Taliban authorities last month ordered the closure of women’s beauty parlors in Kabul, against which around 50 women protested. Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce says that 60,000 people…
Out of 114 countries studied, none has achieved full gender parity, the report by UN Women and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has revealed. Moreover, fewer than one per cent of women and girls globally live in a country with both high women’s empowerment and a small gender gap in areas such as health and…
“The scourge of racism continues for Black women and girls in the Americas, many of whom are descendants of the victims of enslavement,” Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), said in a news release. “Too often, Afrodescendent women and girls are abused and mistreated, their needs are not taken seriously, and…
The study provides the first in-depth analysis of gender inequalities in drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in households, revealing that women and girls bear the brunt of the global water and sanitation crisis. Billions lack access Globally, 2.2 billion people still do not have safely managed drinking water at home, and some 3.4 billion…
A dangerous video of a car hitting women in India has surfaced. In the Indian city of Hyderabad, the car of a 19-year-old youth collided with 3 women who were walking in the morning. According to Indian media, the mother and daughter were killed in this accident, while a woman is being treated in the…
Speaking to the Council’s annual meeting in Geneva on protecting the rights of women and girls, the UN High Commissioner said it was an urgent task, and there needed to be zero-tolerance of gender-based violence. He highlighted the alarming reality that female human rights defenders, women journalists, and those in public office and political decision-making…
Female employees of the Norwegian Refugee Council working in Afghanistan, file photo In Kandahar province, Afghanistan, the Taliban have banned female employees from working on a refugee project. An official letter issued by the Taliban has banned women from working, although some organizations have made exceptions for their female employees. The letter said that the…
“The tendency of family courts to dismiss the history of domestic violence and abuse in custody cases, especially where mothers and/or children have brought forward credible allegations of domestic abuse, including coercive control, physical or sexual abuse is unacceptable,” said Reem Alsalem, UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, in a report to the Human Rights Council…
There is a heavy police presence outside the prison after riots and killings. 48 inmates were killed in a riot in a women’s prison in the Latin American country of Honduras. According to the news agency, most of the deaths were caused by a fire in the prison, which broke out between two groups of…
