Turkish prosecutors target group highlighting femicide
The Turkish authorities have tried to silence activists who aim to prevent gender-motivated killings. We Will Stop Femicide (WSF) said…
Tag: women’s rights
Thousands condemn Poland’s abortion restrictions after woman dies
The Polish health authorities have told doctors it is legal to terminate a pregnancy when the mother’s health is in…
Kyrgyzstan called to explain women’s protest arrests
Kyrgyzstan’s authorities have been accused of arresting approximately 70 activists – mostly women – last week, according to Human Rights…
HRW: Russian police targeting domestic abuse NGOs
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the police in southern Russia have raided the homes and office of activists who helped…
Spanish court clears five men of gang-raping child
Spanish women have protested after five men were cleared by a Barcelona court of gang-raping a 14-year-old in an abandoned…
Spain’s female to strike over €8,000 annual pay offer
Almost 200 top-flight women’s footballers have voted to go on strike over pay and working conditions. The vote won 93-per-cent…
Online Dutch sex-work forum hacked
Hackers have obtained personal details, user names, IP addresses and passwords of approximately 250,000 users of the sex-work forum hookers.nl…
French #MeToo movement founder loses court case
A French court has ordered the founder of France’s #MeToo movement to pay €15,000 in damages to a man she…
Over 700 men fined under French street harassment law
More than 700 men in France have been convicted of sexist behaviour under a year-old law introduced to end the…
Spain child sex attack trial reopens rape law debate
Spanish prosecutors in the trial of six males accused of attacking a 14-year-old in the northeast Catalan town of Manresa…
447 fines issued under new French harassment law
The French courts say they have issued 447 fines in the previous eight months under a new law to protect…
Gender violence grips Spain after another murder
A Spanish man found guilty of killing his wife in 2003 died trying to avoid the police after allegedly murdering…
Siberian policeman convicted for 56 more murders
A Siberian police officer labelled Russia’s most prolific non-political mass murderer in recent years, has been convicted for killing 56…
Merkel wants more women in politics and tech
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her role as the most powerful woman in the country should not let it avoid…
French minister donates hair for cancer wigs
France’s gender equality minister Marlène Schiappa has donated her hair to a charity that makes wigs for women with cancer…
Ireland to excavate baby remains
The former western Irish mother and baby home where as many as 796 children were buried in the 20th century…
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