Posted on September 18, 2020. Tags: Feminism, Justice for Women, Mexico, Poland, Politics, The European Union, Turkey, united nations, UNWomen, Women's Rights
The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines a pandemic as “an epidemic occurring worldwide, or over a very wide area, crossing international boundaries and usually affecting a large number of people”. We know all too well the disease that has brought the world to a shocked standstill. But what we don’t see is the one that already […]
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Posted in Europe, European Union, France, Humanitarian Intervention, Mexico, Turkey, World
Posted on December 10, 2017. Tags: 16 Days of Activism, Africa, CEDAW, Corruption, Culture, Democracy, Europe, gender, Globalization, Human Rights, Justice for Women, Middle East, Politics, She Can, UN, United Kingdom, United States, UNWomen, Violence Against Women, Women, Women's Rights, World
The television adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ has gripped viewers and political pundits alike, since its release in April 2017, for its astonishingly realistic parallels between the fictional world of Gilead, and the very real Donald Trump led USA. As the global campaign for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence draws to […]
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Posted in Culture, Global Economy, Security Issues, UN, World
Posted on October 18, 2017. Tags: Africa, Corruption, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, economy, Elections, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Kenya, Liberia, Women's Rights
The international community has been quick to praise Liberia’s presidential elections as marking the country’s first peaceful transition of power in decades, with former football star George Weah taking an early lead in provisional results. This is indeed a remarkable feat for a country that has been ravaged by two civil wars, unexpected slumps in […]
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Posted in Africa, World
Posted on September 30, 2015. Tags: Beijing, China, Culture, Hillary Clinton, Human Rights, UN, Washington, Women's Rights, Xi Jinping
By Jonathan Zimmerman, professor of education and history at NYU Last Sunday, at the United Nations, world leaders marked the 20th anniversary of the landmark Beijing accord on women’s rights. They celebrated women’s progress—especially in education, health, and labor—and underscored ongoing gender inequalities. But they also condemned the jailing of female political dissidents in China, which […]
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Posted in China, Religion, UN, World
Posted on March 19, 2015. Tags: Atizapan, Baltic States, Crime, discrimination, EuroLat, femicide, feminicidio, gender, global, inequality, machismo, macho, Michelle Bachelet, patricarchal, violence, Women, Women's Rights
Gender inequality is a thing of the past. This is the narrative we are fed; that any incidences of violence or discrimination regarding gender, particularly towards women, are anomalies often attributed to developing countries. We are all quite content to think, “We’ve got this under wraps” and the discussion is closed. The fact of the […]
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Posted in Europe, Latin America, Mexico, UN, Uncategorized, World
Posted on August 24, 2013. Tags: Afghanistan, Human Rights, Women's Rights
How is democracy faring in Afghanistan these days? Not well, as far as Afghan women are concerned. While many of its familiar trappings are in place – such as a constitution that promises equality before the law – the practice of democracy ranges from deeply flawed to nonexistent when it comes to women’s rights, especially […]
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Posted in Security Issues, World