The Taliban have ordered hair and beauty salons in Afghanistan to shut in the latest restriction faced by women
Amnesty calls for more countries to define rape as sex without consent |
Online clip showed man beating and abusing his wife, whose hands were tied behind her back |
Committed crime envisages from 5 to 7 years of imprisonment |
All 36 of Nigeria’s governors resolved to declare a state of emergency over rape and other gender-based violence against women and children in the country. |
Nigerian police say they have arrested a man after 40 people were raped in one town over the period of a year |
Avtandil Kharadze, the ex-husband of the Parliament’s Human Rights Committee head, Sopo Kiladze has been charged with domestic violence |
Detainee also inflicted injury in hand area with a cold steel to his spouse. After the incident the victim contacted police and asked for help |
Egyptian authorities have said they will prosecute the father of three girls who they say were tricked into undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM) and the doctor who performed the surgery |
The rare case spurs calls for action to protect women and girls in socially conservative Indonesia |
The report on measures implemented by Government of Georgia against COVID-19 says nothing about consultations with gender experts, women entrepreneurs, etc. throughout the drafting of the aforementioned anti-crisis policy document, which in turn is problematic and raises legitimate questions about the gender sensitivity of the action plan itself.
Three new projects implemented by civil society partners will work across the country with victims of domestic violence, IDPs, and persons with disabilities