New UN report reveals obstacles to combat impunity for conflict-related sexual violence in Ukraine
2017-02-17
The report was prepared by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) and looks at the period from 14 March 2014 to 31 January this year |
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Government supports women’s rights legislation
2017-01-25
Legislative amendments aimed at protecting women’s rights and preventing domestic violence have been approved by the Georgian Cabinet of Ministers |
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Air India introduces female-only rows to tackle harassment
2017-01-18
Country’s national airline acts after recent incidents of men allegedly groping passengers and cabin staff |
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Pakistani mother sentenced to death for burning daughter alive in "honour killing"
2017-01-17
Pakistan's parliament passed legislation against "honour killings" after the murder of outspoken social media star Qandeel Baloch |
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Russia: Anger at move to soften domestic violence law
2017-01-16
A bill to decriminalise some forms of domestic violence has passed its first reading in Russia's Duma, sparking anger among women's rights advocates |
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François Hollande pardons woman for murder of husband
2016-12-29
Jacqueline Sauvage receives presidential pardon and is released from prison in ‘strong message’ to domestic abuse victims |
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Woman, 30, beheaded in Afghanistan for entering a city to go shopping without her husband
2016-12-28
A woman has reportedly been beheaded by a group of armed men in Afghanistan after she entered a city without her husband |
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Where does violence start? | #Weareallwomen
2016-12-21
UN Women has launched the "We are all women" campaign to raise awareness on the consequences of the violence that takes place every day against women all over the world |
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Peruvian activists fight for forcibly sterilised women
Sophie Davies
2016-12-14
Many women sterilised were indigenous peasants, and those who signed consent forms in Spanish were illiterate and spoke only the indigenous Quechua language, rights groups say |
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