Latest items for DTCP-PRACTICE-1
Dec. 13, 2024, 3:26 p.m.
Countries: Mexico
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Women have to be wary of police in Mexico; a government study released in 2022 found that the majority of women who are detained by the police have been abused, a third of them sexually" (para 12).
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Women have to be wary of police in Mexico; a government study released in 2022 found that the majority of women who are detained by the police have been abused, a third of them sexually" (para 12).
Dec. 12, 2024, 9:43 p.m.
Countries: Mexico
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Other drivers are known to have been asked for sexual favours by the police to resolve alleged traffic infractions. So it is no wonder so few are prepared to make official complaints to the authorities. 'There is no culture of reporting to the police here in Mexico, because we know that the justice system doesn’t work' says Sergio Guerrero, Unta’s general secretary" (para 10).
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Other drivers are known to have been asked for sexual favours by the police to resolve alleged traffic infractions. So it is no wonder so few are prepared to make official complaints to the authorities. 'There is no culture of reporting to the police here in Mexico, because we know that the justice system doesn’t work' says Sergio Guerrero, Unta’s general secretary" (para 10).
Dec. 11, 2024, 11:26 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"'Improper veiling' can have harsh consequences if one runs into the so-called morality police. Last year, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini fell victim to them for allegedly violating the dress code and died while in custody under suspicious circumstances" (para 4). "The footage of her receiving the award with her hair uncovered went viral, and two days after the ceremony, her medical license was revoked. The authorities did not leave it at that. They summoned the event planners to a correction facility for interrogation and ousted the president of Imam Khomeini Hospital in Amol, where Dr. Rajaei-Rad was employed. The repercussions reached a point where the young doctor was compelled to make...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"'Improper veiling' can have harsh consequences if one runs into the so-called morality police. Last year, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini fell victim to them for allegedly violating the dress code and died while in custody under suspicious circumstances" (para 4). "The footage of her receiving the award with her hair uncovered went viral, and two days after the ceremony, her medical license was revoked. The authorities did not leave it at that. They summoned the event planners to a correction facility for interrogation and ousted the president of Imam Khomeini Hospital in Amol, where Dr. Rajaei-Rad was employed. The repercussions reached a point where the young doctor was compelled to make...more
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:42 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2, DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Taliban officials are sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, according to a U.N. report published Thursday. Before the Taliban seized power in 2021, there were 23 state-sponsored women protection centers in Afghanistan where survivors of gender-based violence could seek refuge. Now there are none, the U.N. report said. Officials from the Taliban-led administration told the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan that there was no need for such shelters or that they were a Western concept. The Taliban sends women to prison if they have no male relatives to stay with or if the male relatives are considered unsafe, the report said. Authorities have also asked...more
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2, DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Taliban officials are sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, according to a U.N. report published Thursday. Before the Taliban seized power in 2021, there were 23 state-sponsored women protection centers in Afghanistan where survivors of gender-based violence could seek refuge. Now there are none, the U.N. report said. Officials from the Taliban-led administration told the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan that there was no need for such shelters or that they were a Western concept. The Taliban sends women to prison if they have no male relatives to stay with or if the male relatives are considered unsafe, the report said. Authorities have also asked...more
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:24 a.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"[E]very police force in England was warned to root out sex offenders and to check staff have not 'slipped through the net' after Metropolitan Police's David Carrick rape scandal. Carrick, 48, who was known to colleagues as 'B***ard Dave', admitted to 80 sexual offences, including 48 rapes, while serving with the force between 2003 and 2020. He kidnapped, raped and murdered Sarah Everard while she walked home from a friend's house in Clapham in March 2020. The National Police Chiefs' Council is set to ask all forces to check their officers against national police databases to help identify anyone who has 'slipped through the net' before vetting standards were toughened"...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"[E]very police force in England was warned to root out sex offenders and to check staff have not 'slipped through the net' after Metropolitan Police's David Carrick rape scandal. Carrick, 48, who was known to colleagues as 'B***ard Dave', admitted to 80 sexual offences, including 48 rapes, while serving with the force between 2003 and 2020. He kidnapped, raped and murdered Sarah Everard while she walked home from a friend's house in Clapham in March 2020. The National Police Chiefs' Council is set to ask all forces to check their officers against national police databases to help identify anyone who has 'slipped through the net' before vetting standards were toughened"...more
Dec. 5, 2024, 6:07 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"One young woman from Iran, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: 'It won’t be a clinic, it will be a prison. We are struggling to make ends meet and have power outages, but a piece of cloth is what this state is worried about. If there was a time for all of us to come back to the streets, it’s now or they’ll lock us all up.' The announcement about the opening of the clinic comes after state media reported that a university student who was arrested after stripping down to her underwear on a in Tehran, reportedly in protest at being assaulted by campus security guards for breaches...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"One young woman from Iran, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: 'It won’t be a clinic, it will be a prison. We are struggling to make ends meet and have power outages, but a piece of cloth is what this state is worried about. If there was a time for all of us to come back to the streets, it’s now or they’ll lock us all up.' The announcement about the opening of the clinic comes after state media reported that a university student who was arrested after stripping down to her underwear on a in Tehran, reportedly in protest at being assaulted by campus security guards for breaches...more
Dec. 5, 2024, 4:37 p.m.
Countries: Norway
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee notes with appreciation the efforts made to improve the situation of women in detention, including the provision of a specialized mental health-care service in prisons. It remains concerned, however, that the infrastructure of the prison system has been designed for the majority male prison population. Specifically, it notes with concern that: the Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombud observed, in 2017, that the correctional service was unable to fulfil its obligation to protect women in prison from violence and abuse; there is a high suicide rate and likelihood of self-harm among women prisoners, and that health services in prison are often not tailored to the specific needs of women, including...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee notes with appreciation the efforts made to improve the situation of women in detention, including the provision of a specialized mental health-care service in prisons. It remains concerned, however, that the infrastructure of the prison system has been designed for the majority male prison population. Specifically, it notes with concern that: the Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombud observed, in 2017, that the correctional service was unable to fulfil its obligation to protect women in prison from violence and abuse; there is a high suicide rate and likelihood of self-harm among women prisoners, and that health services in prison are often not tailored to the specific needs of women, including...more
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:25 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Women cannot access justice agencies and in most areas their petitions asking for justice cannot not be heard, which will increase the deepening violence against women. Domestic violence against women has escalated since the Islamic Republic was overthrown, according to many local and international reports, and women’s ability to access the court system has been completely wrecked" (para 6).
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Women cannot access justice agencies and in most areas their petitions asking for justice cannot not be heard, which will increase the deepening violence against women. Domestic violence against women has escalated since the Islamic Republic was overthrown, according to many local and international reports, and women’s ability to access the court system has been completely wrecked" (para 6).
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:24 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"One gauge of the hypocrisy of the Iranian regime is that there are credible reports that it is enforcing its supposedly strict moral code by arresting women and girls accused of advocating immodesty, and then sexually assaulting them" (para 1). "In a searing report about the rape of protesters by security forces, CNN recounted how a 20-year-old woman was arrested for supposedly leading protests and later was brought by the police to a hospital in Karaj, shaking violently, head shaven, her rectum hemorrhaging. The woman is now back in prison" (para 2). "Hadi Ghaemi of the Center for Human Rights in Iran, a watchdog organization in New York, told me...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"One gauge of the hypocrisy of the Iranian regime is that there are credible reports that it is enforcing its supposedly strict moral code by arresting women and girls accused of advocating immodesty, and then sexually assaulting them" (para 1). "In a searing report about the rape of protesters by security forces, CNN recounted how a 20-year-old woman was arrested for supposedly leading protests and later was brought by the police to a hospital in Karaj, shaking violently, head shaven, her rectum hemorrhaging. The woman is now back in prison" (para 2). "Hadi Ghaemi of the Center for Human Rights in Iran, a watchdog organization in New York, told me...more
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:04 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Masoud Darshti, the chief executive of Tehran and Suburbs Metro Operation Company, had announced the establishment of a chastity and hijab headquarters to issue reminders. He said his staff would be required to implement any police order but added that he had not yet personally received the instruction formally" (Para 6). "The judiciary has said it is willing to impose fines of 1m tomans (£190) on women taken to court for not wearing the hijab. Cars in which women are not wearing the hijab would be impounded for 20 days if the car driver has committed the offence twice" (Para 11). "[K]nowing heavy-handed enforcement measures were already unpopular before the...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Masoud Darshti, the chief executive of Tehran and Suburbs Metro Operation Company, had announced the establishment of a chastity and hijab headquarters to issue reminders. He said his staff would be required to implement any police order but added that he had not yet personally received the instruction formally" (Para 6). "The judiciary has said it is willing to impose fines of 1m tomans (£190) on women taken to court for not wearing the hijab. Cars in which women are not wearing the hijab would be impounded for 20 days if the car driver has committed the offence twice" (Para 11). "[K]nowing heavy-handed enforcement measures were already unpopular before the...more
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:03 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"In Iran, the hijab law has typically been enforced by the so-called morality police. They would stop women in the streets, detain them and make them watch what they called a two-hour educational video. There have been reports of harassment and beatings in custody. Authorities have also fined women driving without headscarves, through traffic surveillance systems" (pARA 17). "Women in Iran do not have the same legal protections as men, and are particularly vulnerable when it comes to issues such as marriage, child custody, divorce and even employment" (Para 23).
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"In Iran, the hijab law has typically been enforced by the so-called morality police. They would stop women in the streets, detain them and make them watch what they called a two-hour educational video. There have been reports of harassment and beatings in custody. Authorities have also fined women driving without headscarves, through traffic surveillance systems" (pARA 17). "Women in Iran do not have the same legal protections as men, and are particularly vulnerable when it comes to issues such as marriage, child custody, divorce and even employment" (Para 23).
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:02 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"[S]ociety and government institutions often excuse and protect men from the consequences of their sexual violence. Women are blamed for being assaulted and are expected to sacrifice freedom and opportunity in exchange for personal safety. This culture contaminates public life — in movies and television; in bedrooms, where female sexual consent is unknown; in the locker room talk from which young boys learn the language of rape. India’s favorite profanities are about having sex with women without their consent" (Para 4). "[A] member of his party (Narendra Modi, PM India) explained that the accused, as upper-caste Brahmins, had “good” values and did not belong in prison. Men know these rules....more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"[S]ociety and government institutions often excuse and protect men from the consequences of their sexual violence. Women are blamed for being assaulted and are expected to sacrifice freedom and opportunity in exchange for personal safety. This culture contaminates public life — in movies and television; in bedrooms, where female sexual consent is unknown; in the locker room talk from which young boys learn the language of rape. India’s favorite profanities are about having sex with women without their consent" (Para 4). "[A] member of his party (Narendra Modi, PM India) explained that the accused, as upper-caste Brahmins, had “good” values and did not belong in prison. Men know these rules....more
Nov. 16, 2024, 3:45 p.m.
Countries: Bolivia
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Brisa [victim of sexual violence], like 1 in 3 girls in Bolivia, is a survivor of sexual violence. Raped repeatedly for months by an adult family member when she was 15, Brisa endured three legal trials in Bolivia but did not get the justice she deserved. Instead, she faced inhuman treatment from the Bolivian courts. In 2010, Brisa brought her case in front of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), which later concluded that the State had failed to properly investigate and prosecute her case, and in doing so, violated her internationally protected human rights" (para 3, 4).
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Brisa [victim of sexual violence], like 1 in 3 girls in Bolivia, is a survivor of sexual violence. Raped repeatedly for months by an adult family member when she was 15, Brisa endured three legal trials in Bolivia but did not get the justice she deserved. Instead, she faced inhuman treatment from the Bolivian courts. In 2010, Brisa brought her case in front of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), which later concluded that the State had failed to properly investigate and prosecute her case, and in doing so, violated her internationally protected human rights" (para 3, 4).
Nov. 16, 2024, 3:41 p.m.
Countries: Mexico
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"In a ruling last week that touched off a public outcry, a court in Mexico State said that while it agreed 23-year-old Roxana Ruiz was raped in 2021, it found her guilty of homicide with “excessive use of legitimate defense.” It also ordered Ruiz to pay more than $16,000 in reparations to the family of her attacker" (para 2). "Despite Ruiz [an assault survivor] telling police she had been raped, a forensic exam was never done, a crucial step in prosecuting sexual violence cases, Carrera [Ruiz's lawyer] said. Instead, an officer responded that she probably wanted to have sex with the man at first and then changed her mind, the...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"In a ruling last week that touched off a public outcry, a court in Mexico State said that while it agreed 23-year-old Roxana Ruiz was raped in 2021, it found her guilty of homicide with “excessive use of legitimate defense.” It also ordered Ruiz to pay more than $16,000 in reparations to the family of her attacker" (para 2). "Despite Ruiz [an assault survivor] telling police she had been raped, a forensic exam was never done, a crucial step in prosecuting sexual violence cases, Carrera [Ruiz's lawyer] said. Instead, an officer responded that she probably wanted to have sex with the man at first and then changed her mind, the...more
Nov. 16, 2024, 3:40 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-LAW-1, DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"The recent Taliban ban on women working in international and national organisations and women moving about public spaces has also affected women being able to find employment" (para 4). "This [female struggle to find employment] follows Taliban decrees banning women from education at the secondary and university level and not allowing them to travel without a mahram (male close relative as chaperone). The Taliban also ordered the closure of all beauty salons, public bathrooms, and sports centres for women, important sectors of employment for women" (para 17).
Variables: IIP-LAW-1, DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"The recent Taliban ban on women working in international and national organisations and women moving about public spaces has also affected women being able to find employment" (para 4). "This [female struggle to find employment] follows Taliban decrees banning women from education at the secondary and university level and not allowing them to travel without a mahram (male close relative as chaperone). The Taliban also ordered the closure of all beauty salons, public bathrooms, and sports centres for women, important sectors of employment for women" (para 17).
Nov. 16, 2024, 3:39 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Just weeks before 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died while in police custody after being arrested for failing to wear a hijab in public, an Iranian official announced the country’s law enforcement agencies would use facial recognition software to identify women who fail to follow the strict dress rule" (para 1). "Mounting evidence suggests that facial recognition software, used in conjunction with surveillance video cameras, is being used by Iranian authorities to identify, and prosecute, women who are choosing not to wear the hijab covering when they’re in public" (para 3). "In early September, The Guardian reported the Iranian government’s announcement of plans to use facial recognition technology on public transportation to...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Just weeks before 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died while in police custody after being arrested for failing to wear a hijab in public, an Iranian official announced the country’s law enforcement agencies would use facial recognition software to identify women who fail to follow the strict dress rule" (para 1). "Mounting evidence suggests that facial recognition software, used in conjunction with surveillance video cameras, is being used by Iranian authorities to identify, and prosecute, women who are choosing not to wear the hijab covering when they’re in public" (para 3). "In early September, The Guardian reported the Iranian government’s announcement of plans to use facial recognition technology on public transportation to...more
Nov. 16, 2024, 3:39 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Two women have been arrested in Iran for not covering their hair in public after having a tub of yoghurt thrown over them" (para 1). '"Iran’s judiciary chief threatened to prosecute 'without mercy' women who appear in public unveiled, Iranian media reported on Saturday. Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei’s warning came on the heels of an interior ministry statement on Thursday that reinforced the government’s mandatory hijab law. 'Unveiling is tantamount to enmity with [our] values,' Ejei was quoted as saying by several news sites. Those 'who commit such anomalous acts will be punished' and would be 'prosecuted without mercy,' he said, without saying what the punishment would entail. Ejei, Iran’s chief...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Two women have been arrested in Iran for not covering their hair in public after having a tub of yoghurt thrown over them" (para 1). '"Iran’s judiciary chief threatened to prosecute 'without mercy' women who appear in public unveiled, Iranian media reported on Saturday. Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei’s warning came on the heels of an interior ministry statement on Thursday that reinforced the government’s mandatory hijab law. 'Unveiling is tantamount to enmity with [our] values,' Ejei was quoted as saying by several news sites. Those 'who commit such anomalous acts will be punished' and would be 'prosecuted without mercy,' he said, without saying what the punishment would entail. Ejei, Iran’s chief...more
Nov. 16, 2024, 2:55 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-1, DV-LAW-2, DTCP-PRACTICE-1, DTCP-LAW-1
"For women, customary laws tend to prevail, with rape cases - where reported - handled by community elders. Impunity for perpetrators is also due to a weak legal system, consisting of a mixture of formal and customary laws"`
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-1, DV-LAW-2, DTCP-PRACTICE-1, DTCP-LAW-1
"For women, customary laws tend to prevail, with rape cases - where reported - handled by community elders. Impunity for perpetrators is also due to a weak legal system, consisting of a mixture of formal and customary laws"`
Nov. 16, 2024, 2:54 p.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"The ruling was a victory for women’s rights activists who had been campaigning for La China’s release, and fighting against the criminalisation of women who suffer miscarriages and stillbirths in Argentina" (para 6). "But women such as La China are still being charged with homicide for undergoing what lawyers and supporters say are miscarriages, stillbirths, or other complications. The same study found at least 37 women had faced charges – either for homicide, or abandonment of a person – for possible obstetric events. The Centre for Legal and Social Studies (CELS) in Buenos Aires said poor, migrant women are more likely to face prosecution" (para 9).
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"The ruling was a victory for women’s rights activists who had been campaigning for La China’s release, and fighting against the criminalisation of women who suffer miscarriages and stillbirths in Argentina" (para 6). "But women such as La China are still being charged with homicide for undergoing what lawyers and supporters say are miscarriages, stillbirths, or other complications. The same study found at least 37 women had faced charges – either for homicide, or abandonment of a person – for possible obstetric events. The Centre for Legal and Social Studies (CELS) in Buenos Aires said poor, migrant women are more likely to face prosecution" (para 9).
Nov. 12, 2024, 6:12 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1, DTCP-PRACTICE-1
“While scrolling through Twitter in 2018, Youngmi came across footage of protests taking place in the streets of Seoul. In South Korea, where cases of femicide, revenge porn, and dating violence are widespread, a surge in spy-cam sex crimes, overwhelmingly committed by men, had mostly resulted in fines and suspended jail sentences, if they were prosecuted at all. That was not the case, however, for one 25-year-old woman who had taken a nonconsensual photo of a nude male model at art school and posted it online; she was sentenced to ten months in prison and court-ordered sexual-violence counseling. The demonstrations were a reaction to the blatant hypocrisy” (para 3).more
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1, DTCP-PRACTICE-1
“While scrolling through Twitter in 2018, Youngmi came across footage of protests taking place in the streets of Seoul. In South Korea, where cases of femicide, revenge porn, and dating violence are widespread, a surge in spy-cam sex crimes, overwhelmingly committed by men, had mostly resulted in fines and suspended jail sentences, if they were prosecuted at all. That was not the case, however, for one 25-year-old woman who had taken a nonconsensual photo of a nude male model at art school and posted it online; she was sentenced to ten months in prison and court-ordered sexual-violence counseling. The demonstrations were a reaction to the blatant hypocrisy” (para 3).more
Nov. 1, 2024, 10:37 a.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, IIP-LAW-1, DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"The Public Order Act of 1996 imposed conservative Islamic social codes which restricted women’s movement, work and study. Women could be imprisoned or flogged for seemingly trivial transgressions – such as wearing western-style jeans" (para 10).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, IIP-LAW-1, DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"The Public Order Act of 1996 imposed conservative Islamic social codes which restricted women’s movement, work and study. Women could be imprisoned or flogged for seemingly trivial transgressions – such as wearing western-style jeans" (para 10).
Oct. 16, 2024, 3:21 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Masoud Darshti, the chief executive of Tehran and Suburbs Metro Operation Company, had announced the establishment of a chastity and hijab headquarters to issue reminders. He said his staff would be required to implement any police order but added that he had not yet personally received the instruction formally" (Para 6). "The judiciary has said it is willing to impose fines of 1m tomans (£190) on women taken to court for not wearing the hijab. Cars in which women are not wearing the hijab would be impounded for 20 days if the car driver has committed the offence twice" (Para 11). "[K]nowing heavy-handed enforcement measures were already unpopular before the...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Masoud Darshti, the chief executive of Tehran and Suburbs Metro Operation Company, had announced the establishment of a chastity and hijab headquarters to issue reminders. He said his staff would be required to implement any police order but added that he had not yet personally received the instruction formally" (Para 6). "The judiciary has said it is willing to impose fines of 1m tomans (£190) on women taken to court for not wearing the hijab. Cars in which women are not wearing the hijab would be impounded for 20 days if the car driver has committed the offence twice" (Para 11). "[K]nowing heavy-handed enforcement measures were already unpopular before the...more
Oct. 16, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"In Iran, the hijab law has typically been enforced by the so-called morality police. They would stop women in the streets, detain them and make them watch what they called a two-hour educational video. There have been reports of harassment and beatings in custody. Authorities have also fined women driving without headscarves, through traffic surveillance systems" (pARA 17). "Women in Iran do not have the same legal protections as men, and are particularly vulnerable when it comes to issues such as marriage, child custody, divorce and even employment" (Para 23).
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"In Iran, the hijab law has typically been enforced by the so-called morality police. They would stop women in the streets, detain them and make them watch what they called a two-hour educational video. There have been reports of harassment and beatings in custody. Authorities have also fined women driving without headscarves, through traffic surveillance systems" (pARA 17). "Women in Iran do not have the same legal protections as men, and are particularly vulnerable when it comes to issues such as marriage, child custody, divorce and even employment" (Para 23).
Oct. 16, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"[S]ociety and government institutions often excuse and protect men from the consequences of their sexual violence. Women are blamed for being assaulted and are expected to sacrifice freedom and opportunity in exchange for personal safety. This culture contaminates public life — in movies and television; in bedrooms, where female sexual consent is unknown; in the locker room talk from which young boys learn the language of rape. India’s favorite profanities are about having sex with women without their consent" (Para 4). "[A] member of his party (Narendra Modi, PM India) explained that the accused, as upper-caste Brahmins, had “good” values and did not belong in prison. Men know these rules....more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"[S]ociety and government institutions often excuse and protect men from the consequences of their sexual violence. Women are blamed for being assaulted and are expected to sacrifice freedom and opportunity in exchange for personal safety. This culture contaminates public life — in movies and television; in bedrooms, where female sexual consent is unknown; in the locker room talk from which young boys learn the language of rape. India’s favorite profanities are about having sex with women without their consent" (Para 4). "[A] member of his party (Narendra Modi, PM India) explained that the accused, as upper-caste Brahmins, had “good” values and did not belong in prison. Men know these rules....more
Oct. 16, 2024, 3:10 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"One gauge of the hypocrisy of the Iranian regime is that there are credible reports that it is enforcing its supposedly strict moral code by arresting women and girls accused of advocating immodesty, and then sexually assaulting them" (para 1). "In a searing report about the rape of protesters by security forces, CNN recounted how a 20-year-old woman was arrested for supposedly leading protests and later was brought by the police to a hospital in Karaj, shaking violently, head shaven, her rectum hemorrhaging. The woman is now back in prison" (para 2). "Hadi Ghaemi of the Center for Human Rights in Iran, a watchdog organization in New York, told me...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"One gauge of the hypocrisy of the Iranian regime is that there are credible reports that it is enforcing its supposedly strict moral code by arresting women and girls accused of advocating immodesty, and then sexually assaulting them" (para 1). "In a searing report about the rape of protesters by security forces, CNN recounted how a 20-year-old woman was arrested for supposedly leading protests and later was brought by the police to a hospital in Karaj, shaking violently, head shaven, her rectum hemorrhaging. The woman is now back in prison" (para 2). "Hadi Ghaemi of the Center for Human Rights in Iran, a watchdog organization in New York, told me...more
Oct. 16, 2024, 3:08 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Women cannot access justice agencies and in most areas their petitions asking for justice cannot not be heard, which will increase the deepening violence against women. Domestic violence against women has escalated since the Islamic Republic was overthrown, according to many local and international reports, and women’s ability to access the court system has been completely wrecked" (para 6).
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Women cannot access justice agencies and in most areas their petitions asking for justice cannot not be heard, which will increase the deepening violence against women. Domestic violence against women has escalated since the Islamic Republic was overthrown, according to many local and international reports, and women’s ability to access the court system has been completely wrecked" (para 6).
July 18, 2024, 6:38 p.m.
Countries: Guatemala
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Guatemala has made efforts to reduce overcrowding and promote non-custodial alternatives by processing the cases of 1,481 people in 2020 and by processing 345 applications for early release from women in 2021. Judges are responsible for granting such requests. With regard to ensuring the health, nutrition and hygiene of women detainees, the Government has developed health-care programmes that are being implemented by specialized personnel (gynaecologists and paediatricians) in the Santa Teresa Preventive Detention Centre for Women in zone 18 and in the Women’s Counselling Centre in Fraijanes. Medical and nursing personnel coordinate with local health centres in order to organize events and campaigns to support women and children" (34). "Guatemala...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Guatemala has made efforts to reduce overcrowding and promote non-custodial alternatives by processing the cases of 1,481 people in 2020 and by processing 345 applications for early release from women in 2021. Judges are responsible for granting such requests. With regard to ensuring the health, nutrition and hygiene of women detainees, the Government has developed health-care programmes that are being implemented by specialized personnel (gynaecologists and paediatricians) in the Santa Teresa Preventive Detention Centre for Women in zone 18 and in the Women’s Counselling Centre in Fraijanes. Medical and nursing personnel coordinate with local health centres in order to organize events and campaigns to support women and children" (34). "Guatemala...more
April 9, 2024, 9:31 p.m.
Countries: Cuba
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1, DTCP-LAW-1
"There is a record of progress in essential areas: the Comprehensive Strategy against gender-based and intrafamily violence, the transversal treatment of gender-based violence in regulatory bodies such as the Family Code, the Penal Code and the Criminal Enforcement Law, based on the updating of the National Program for the Advancement of Women. However, they are instruments that are not yet sufficiently grounded in the institutional and political dynamics of the country. The Program will have been approved two years ago and the Strategy for just over one. In turn, they are legal mechanisms that function without a legal instrument that governs and organizes them. Nor does it organize the institutional...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1, DTCP-LAW-1
"There is a record of progress in essential areas: the Comprehensive Strategy against gender-based and intrafamily violence, the transversal treatment of gender-based violence in regulatory bodies such as the Family Code, the Penal Code and the Criminal Enforcement Law, based on the updating of the National Program for the Advancement of Women. However, they are instruments that are not yet sufficiently grounded in the institutional and political dynamics of the country. The Program will have been approved two years ago and the Strategy for just over one. In turn, they are legal mechanisms that function without a legal instrument that governs and organizes them. Nor does it organize the institutional...more
March 15, 2024, 2:30 p.m.
Countries: Gabon
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"For more serious cases, a detained woman is sent to a university hospital, accompanied by a prison officer. If a [female] prisoner does not have medical insurance, her family is responsible for the cost of health care" (27). "[T]here is a school for juvenile female prisoners, which at the end of the course can provide a diploma (junior secondary school diploma (BEPC), primary school certificate (CEP) or baccalaureate (BAC)) (28).
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"For more serious cases, a detained woman is sent to a university hospital, accompanied by a prison officer. If a [female] prisoner does not have medical insurance, her family is responsible for the cost of health care" (27). "[T]here is a school for juvenile female prisoners, which at the end of the course can provide a diploma (junior secondary school diploma (BEPC), primary school certificate (CEP) or baccalaureate (BAC)) (28).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Women engaged in prostitution are subjected to violence by the police, including sexual violence, rape and harassment, and the perpetrators are not sanctioned" (9). "[M]easures necessary to prosecute and sanction sexual violence, rape and harassment committed by the police against women in prostitution [are not taken]" (9).
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Women engaged in prostitution are subjected to violence by the police, including sexual violence, rape and harassment, and the perpetrators are not sanctioned" (9). "[M]easures necessary to prosecute and sanction sexual violence, rape and harassment committed by the police against women in prostitution [are not taken]" (9).