Women's Rights in the News
News items on women's rights from around the world
Malala Yousafzai speaks publicly for first time since Taliban attack
Malala Yousafzai releases a video message thanking her many supporters around the world for their good wishes as she recovers after being shot by the Taliban in Pakistan.
Read more...Somalia: Alleged Rape Victim Charged
Somali authorities should drop politically motivated charges against five people including a journalist and a woman who alleged she was raped by state security forces.
Read more...Vicious Murder Emphasizes Need for Domestic Violence Law in Russia
On January 3, Alexei Kabanova murdered his journalist wife, Irina, after a fight. Kabanov, a well-known opposition figure, confessed that during a state of anger, he murdered his wife, dismembered her body in the heat of passion, and could not remember anything of what he had done.
Read more...Africa: Clinton Focuses Global Dialogue On Democracy, Women's Rights
Hillary Rodham Clinton says that in her four years as U.S. secretary of state, she and President Obama have tried to promote a world where more nations take greater responsibility for shaping their futures.
Read more...Historic Ruling: Rios Montt charged with genocide and crimes against humanity
On Thursday, January 26, Guatemala’s former dictator Efrain Rios Montt sat in court while the Public Prosecutor read the evidence against him…and read…and read…until he had summarized the crimes committed by armed forces under Rios Montt’s command in 1982-83 which constituted acts of genocide in Guatemala’s Ixil Triangle (San Juan Cotzal, San Gaspar Chajúl and Santa María Nebaj): the forced displacement of 29,000, the deaths of 1,771 individuals in 11 massacres, as well as torture and 1,485 acts of sexual violence against women.
Read more...Concern over unsafe abortions in Papua New Guinea
BANGKOK, 25 January 2013 (IRIN) - Health experts are concerned about the number of unsafe abortions taking place in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
Read more...Ireland: Abortion debate language 'worrying'
Some of the language used in the ongoing debate on abortion in the State is “disconcerting”, Minster of State for Mental Health Kathleen Lynch has said.
Read more...Iran: Lawyer and Women’s Rights Activist Hopes Discriminatory Passport Law Does Not Pass
Lawyer and women’s rights activist Farideh Gheirat told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the new Passport and Exit Law bill, which will make it mandatory for girls and women to have the approval of their “guardian” (father, husband, or paternal grandfather) to exit the country, is at odds with the Iranian Constitution. Farideh Gheirat expressed hope that the bill will not be approved.
Read more...Sudan releases prisoner of conscience Jalila Khamis Koko
Sudanese teacher and activist Jalila Khamis Koko, who was arrested by the National Security Service in March 2012, was released from detention after a court hearing today.
Read more...United Kingdom Pledges to ensure Abortion Access for Women raped in War
The United Kingdom (UK) announced a historic change in their policy on abortions for women raped in armed conflict, a move that should have enormous global impact on health care given women in war zones.
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