Five men acquitted of gang-raping teenager in Spain
Category: Gender based violence
2019-11-01
A court in Barcelona has acquitted five men accused of gang-raping a 14 year old girl of the charge of sexual assault |
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Indonesian man who helped set strict adultery laws flogged for adultery
Category: Gender based violence
2019-11-01
An Indonesian man - who worked for an organisation that helped draft strict adultery laws - has been publicly whipped after being caught having an affair with a married woman |
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Kosovo rape: Teacher and policeman accused in teenager case
Category: Gender based violence
2019-11-01
Kosovo prosecutors have charged six people over the alleged rape of a teenager that has shocked the Balkans |
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Japan's Sadako Ogata, first female U.N. refugee chief, dies at 92
Category: Gender in the world
2019-10-29
Sadako Ogata, who was the first and only woman to serve as the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees has died, aged 92 |
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Sophie Wilmes becomes Belgium first woman Prime Minister
Category: Gender policy
2019-10-29
Belgian Budget Minister Sophie Wilmes was chosen for the country’s new caretaker prime minister — a first for a woman, the current premier Charles Michel |
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Geena Davis receives honorary Oscar for work against gender bias
Category: Women and Culture
2019-10-29
While equality for women lags throughout U.S. society, it is even worse in film and television, says Davis
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Bogota elects first woman mayor in Colombia regional vote
Category: Gender policy
2019-10-28
Lopez has promised to put more police officers on the streets, to fight child labor and teenage pregnancy and to expand educational opportunities for adults over 45 |
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Nusrat Jahan Rafi: Death penalty for 16 who set student on fire
Category: Gender based violence
2019-10-24
A Bangladesh court has sentenced 16 people to death for the murder of a student set on fire after accusing her teacher of sexual harassment.
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Norway at top, Yemen at bottom of rankings for women's quality of life
Category: Gender in the world
2019-10-23
While life for women has improved in some 60 countries, it has deteriorated in Yemen and other war-torn nations
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