Women's Rights in the News
News items on women's rights from around the world
Controversial scheme would restrict foreign travel for young women
Rights activists in Kyrgyzstan are campaigning against a parliamentary proposal to bar women under the age of 23 from travelling abroad without their parents’ consent.
Read more...Statement about Guatemala by the UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict
Statement by United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zainab Hawa Bangura
Read more...Saudi prince makes economic case for women drivers
Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince AlWaleed bin Talal, a nephew of King Abdullah, has thrown his support behind allowing Saudi women to drive, saying it makes economic sense.
Read more...Malawi Pres. JB assents to domestic violence Bill: Vows to continue championing women rights
Malawi President Joyce Banda on Friday assured all women in the country that she will continue championing women empowerment and right in the country, disclosing that she has ascended the Domestic Violence Bill in into law.
Read more...Canada minister to oversee investigation of teen's suicide
Canada is looking further into the case of a teenage girl who hanged herself after an alleged rape and months of bullying, after a photo said to be of the assault was shared online and no charges were filed against four teenage boys being investigated.
Read more...Mexico: Man sentenced to 38 years in prison for the killing of human rights defender and journalist Regina Martinez
On 10 April 2013 the Third Court of First Instance of the Judicial District of Xalapa sentenced Jorge Antonio Hernandez Silva, “El Silva”, to 38 years and two months in prison, for the homicide and robbery of human rights defender and journalist Regina Martínez Pérez in April 2012.
Read more...Rights Commission Documents More than 900 Honor Killings In Pakistan
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) says hundreds of women were killed in so-called honor killings in the country last year.
Read more...Uruguay legalises same-sex marriage
Vote in lower house of Congress makes Uruguay the third country in Americas and 12th in world to allow gay marriage.
Read more...Egyptian Women Reject Blame for Upsurge in Sexual Harrassment
In Egypt, women's rights groups are pushing back against some Islamists' attempts to blame women for an upsurge in sexual harassment.
Read more...Papua New Guinea Witchcraft Killings: Two Women Suspected Of Sorcery Beheaded
Two elderly women were beheaded in Papua New Guinea after being tortured for three days, a report said Monday, the latest in a string of sorcery-related crimes.
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