
Despite landmark legal protections, women continue to face gender-based violence in pandemic-era Tunisia
In Tunisia, during the two and a half months of lockdown introduced on 21 March to stop the spread of the coronavirus, the ‘1899 Green […]
In Tunisia, during the two and a half months of lockdown introduced on 21 March to stop the spread of the coronavirus, the ‘1899 Green […]
Protests around the country to mark the start of a national campaign by different organisations to build and connect community struggles against covid-19 and government austerity took place on Saturday, 1 August.
When she left the Philippines to work in Jordan, Rosa (not her real name) took two mobile phones with her. She knew that one of […]
With a third of the world’s population under some form of government-mandated lockdown during recent months, hundreds of millions of people have been cooped up at home […]
The vast majority of Brazilian textile and shoe factory workers who took part in a recent study say they have experienced some form of violence […]
In August 2018, Argentina’s Senate rejected a bill to decriminalise abortion. Two months earlier, amid a historic gathering of the feminist movement on the streets, […]
The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence seems way too little concern about the war on women.
If the face is the mirror of the soul – as Cicero would have it – the toilet is the mirror of society as a […]
In Pakistan women don’t just have to contend with glass ceilings. They are hemmed-in by walls and barriers of every construction. Look at most international […]
According to the World Health Organization, Female genital mutilation (FGM) “includes procedures that intentionally alter or cause injury to the female genital organs for non-medical […]
On 17 December 1997, public awareness of gender-based violence saw a radical and lasting change in Spain. On that day, Ana Orantes, a 60-year-old woman, […]
She covers her reddened cheeks with her hands and her eyes fill with tears. “It is as if they had raped me. We’re devastated, we’re […]