Women's Rights in the News
News items on women's rights from around the world
European Court of Human Rights Decision P & S v Poland: Delayed Access to Abortion After Rape
A fourteen-year-old who became pregnant as a result of rape encountered much difficulty seeking legal abortion.
Read more...Women of Mali call for increased protection and involvement in resolving the conflict
“This occupation is the cruelest one that the Malian people have had to undergo, nowadays women are deprived of all liberties and even the choice of a husband is dictated to them by the occupying forces,” says a displaced woman* living in Bamako and originally from Timbuktu – a city occupied by armed groups today.
Read more...Chinese women’s rights activist sent to labour camp again
BEIJING: A Chinese woman who has campaigned against the strict one-child policy has been sent to labour camp for one and a half years, the third time she has been detained for criticising the government, her husband said on Tuesday.
Read more...A Fresh Start for Women in Myanmar?
BANGKOK — Feminists, like business people, are sensing opportunity amid the recent political liberalization in Myanmar.
Read more...Syrian Women Making Peace Forum Launches in Cairo
In a first of its kind initiative, more than forty Syrian women from all walks of social and political life, convened a working seminar in Cairo to form the “Syrian Women’s Forum for Peace” between October 30 and November 1 2012.
Read more...France's Government Gets Anti-Sexism Lessons
PARIS — First there was Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who allegedly referred to women as "material," then catcalls in the French Parliament just because a female government minister wore a floral dress.
Read more...Drafting Egypt's Constitution Stalls on Women's Equality
Representatives of political forces in the Constituent Assembly failed to resolve a dispute over Article 68, related to the equality of men and women.
Read more...Security Council urges wider role for women’s groups in peace efforts
The Security Council has called on the international community to give women’s civil society organizations a prominent role in the negotiation, planning and implementation of peace processes and post-conflict development programmes.
Read more...Gold mine drives wedge in Guatemala community
Supporters say Marlin mine creates jobs, but critics see it as exploitative and environmentally unsound.
Read more...Stand With Malala on November 10th
The world is encouraged as Malala Yousafzai continues her fight since being shot in the head by the Taliban simply because she wanted to go to school.
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