Category: Women Rights
June 10, – Angelina Jolie appealed for a change in attitude on sexual violence in conflict Tuesday, bringing the power of her celebrity to an international summit on a topic she said has been taboo for too long. Opening the four-day London summit, the Hollywood star and United Nations envoy spoke with passion and conviction, […]
June 10, – A Saudi man has reportedly been shot by his wife only a few days after he married another woman. The man and his new bride were attacked by the first wife at in al-Jouf, a region near the northern border of Saudi Arabia. The husband died instantly after the first wife shot […]
June 07, – More than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls who remain captives of Boko Haram militants “definitely” face the danger of being raped, the U.N. special representative on sexual violence in conflict said. “My worry is those girls don’t come back half of them pregnant,” said Zainab Hawa Bangura told a luncheon at the British Residence […]
June 06, – Street harassment has become an epidemic among many countries, with an estimated 65 percent of American women being harassed in public at some point in their lives. In Egypt, this number is believed to be even higher, with 99.3 percent of Egyptian women reporting experiencing some form of harassment, from catcalling to […]
June 02, – Angelina Jolie, Special Envoy for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, is working towards stamping out sexual violence in conflict and will be co-chairing a global summit in London next month. The Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict will also be headed by the British Foreign Secretary William Hague and […]
May 30, – Malaysian police have detained 13 men and are looking for other suspects following allegations that a 15-year-old girl was raped by 38 men in the country’s northern region, Reuters news agency says quoting local media. Astro Awani television and The Star daily reported that the assault took place in the northern state […]
May 28, – Security and legal experts have said there is an urgent need to employ female investigators to deal with sensitive cases involving women, Al-Hayat daily reported. Such cases include harassment and rape where detailed information is needed from victims, many of whom find it embarrassing to reveal such information to male investigators. Women […]
May 27, – A woman was stoned to death by her own family in front of a Pakistani high court on Tuesday for marrying the man she loved, police and a defense lawyer said. Nearly 20 members of the woman’s family, including her father and brothers, attacked her and her husband with batons and bricks […]
May 18, – Mexican film star Salma Hayek and French actress Julie Gayet branded signs saying #BringBackOurGirls on Cannes’ red carpet Saturday, joining global calls to free 223 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist militants in Nigeria. Hayek and Gayet posed with the signs for a long time before climbing up the steps to the festival hall […]
May 09, – The incident took place at a marriage garden in Lalghati area of Bhopal city. Anurag Singh, shot dead his own cousin, on her wedding stage in full public view, who accused her of “cheating him.” Around 11:15 pm on Thursday, when the bride, Jaishri Namdeo, was standing with her groom on a […]
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Human Rights Observers conference on Women’s rights and Environment
Human Rights Observers an organization in special status with UN ECOSOC has organized conference on Women’s rights and Environmental awareness Speaking on the occasion prominent senior advocate smt. Venkateshwari, stated that Violence against women and girls, a gross human rights violation, devastates lives, causes untold pain, suffering and illness. She has given various examples of […]
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