Advancing the Human Rights of Women & Girls
Months after the Supreme Court of India allowed the entry of women between the ages of 10 and 50 to enter the Sabarimala temple in Pathanamthitta district in Kerala, not… Read more »
More than half of female murder victims last year globally, were killed by their partners or family members a new United Nations study has reported. Source: ‘Most dangerous place’ for… Read more »
The video of an in-game attack on an “annoying feminist” is a prime example of how endemic male rage against political women is in every aspect of our culture. On 28 October,… Read more »
Manoj Chaurasia, Patna and Hugh Tomlinson for The Times write: A mother has been burnt alive with her two young daughters by relatives in eastern India after she failed to… Read more »
Hugh Tomlinson for The Times writes: Women attempting to enter one of India’s holiest Hindu temples for the first time thanks to a court order were driven back by a… Read more »
Sarah Aziza for the Intercept writes: Beginning on May 15, 2018, just weeks before the end of the ban on female drivers, the government began a series of arrests targeting… Read more »
BBC News reports: The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has gone to campaigners against rape in warfare, Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege. Ms Murad is an Iraqi Yazidi who was tortured… Read more »
Sophie Tatum of CNN Politics reports: Nearly 300 protesters were arrested at a US Senate building on Thursday afternoon as crowds of activists descended on Capitol Hill while lawmakers reviewed… Read more »
Regan Penaluna for Guernica writes: Manne tosses out the common thinking that misogyny is equivalent to despising all women, and instead offers that it’s a way to keep women in… Read more »
Shannon Simms for The New York Times writes: With astonishing speed, female musicians in Brazil have begun breaking into the male realm of samba circles, taking a seat at the… Read more »