Latest items for IIP-PRACTICE-1
March 21, 2025, 4:44 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Awa says she is so traumatised that she fears being alone or going outside. 'Whenever I walk on the streets, I fear that someone will attack me,' she says" (para 24).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Awa says she is so traumatised that she fears being alone or going outside. 'Whenever I walk on the streets, I fear that someone will attack me,' she says" (para 24).
March 21, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, IIP-LAW-1
"A deluge of regime diktats has barred women from leaving home without a male relative, working, going to school or training as doctors and nurses. Women have even been banned from raising their voices in public and speaking loudly inside their homes" (para 8-9).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, IIP-LAW-1
"A deluge of regime diktats has barred women from leaving home without a male relative, working, going to school or training as doctors and nurses. Women have even been banned from raising their voices in public and speaking loudly inside their homes" (para 8-9).
March 19, 2025, 10:12 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"So-called ‘honour’ crimes in Iraq most often take the form of murder, but also encompass other forms of violence such as physical abuse, confinement, control of movement, deprivation of education, forced marriage, and public dishonouring" (4).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"So-called ‘honour’ crimes in Iraq most often take the form of murder, but also encompass other forms of violence such as physical abuse, confinement, control of movement, deprivation of education, forced marriage, and public dishonouring" (4).
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"We San woman have less freedom to move around and have to ask permission from our husbands and boyfriends when we want to attend meetings in our communities" (7).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"We San woman have less freedom to move around and have to ask permission from our husbands and boyfriends when we want to attend meetings in our communities" (7).
March 11, 2025, 5:39 p.m.
Countries: Senegal
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Girls as young as eight get married and are expected to stay at home" (par. 10).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Girls as young as eight get married and are expected to stay at home" (par. 10).
March 11, 2025, 4:41 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"In the regimented life of many Indian women, the idea of getting out of the house and hopping on a bus to take a break resides in the realm of fantasy. First they need permission, and then money for the fare. But the state of Karnataka in the country’s south is changing that. While some of the state’s 35 to 40 million women will still need permission to use public transport, they won’t need to ask for funds to cover the cost of a ticket. The state government launched free bus travel for women and transgender people on 11 June. Women can now board a bus any time, any number...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"In the regimented life of many Indian women, the idea of getting out of the house and hopping on a bus to take a break resides in the realm of fantasy. First they need permission, and then money for the fare. But the state of Karnataka in the country’s south is changing that. While some of the state’s 35 to 40 million women will still need permission to use public transport, they won’t need to ask for funds to cover the cost of a ticket. The state government launched free bus travel for women and transgender people on 11 June. Women can now board a bus any time, any number...more
March 3, 2025, 9:03 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"[T]he Committee is concerned that measures taken to contain the pandemic, such as restrictions on freedom of movement, have disproportionately restricted women’s and girls’ access" (Page 3).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"[T]he Committee is concerned that measures taken to contain the pandemic, such as restrictions on freedom of movement, have disproportionately restricted women’s and girls’ access" (Page 3).
Feb. 28, 2025, 5:42 p.m.
Countries: Niger
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2, IIP-PRACTICE-1
"The precariousness of girls’ schooling is also due to a hostile school environment due to physical assaults by male students, teachers and also by those with malicious intent on the girls’ way to school. This is more common in rural areas where girls and their parents are afraid to report violence against girls, which is considered taboo" (8).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2, IIP-PRACTICE-1
"The precariousness of girls’ schooling is also due to a hostile school environment due to physical assaults by male students, teachers and also by those with malicious intent on the girls’ way to school. This is more common in rural areas where girls and their parents are afraid to report violence against girls, which is considered taboo" (8).
Feb. 27, 2025, 7:51 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"When Ajita Topo, a cook in an affluent neighborhood in Delhi, leaves work in the evening, she holds her bag like a shield against her chest, keeps her fists clenched and carries a black umbrella with a very sharp end to ward off a possible attack. She makes sure to wear lots of layers—no matter how hot it is—to deter someone from trying to grope her chest, and secures her bun with a sharp metal stick as an additional weapon. Topo isn’t being paranoid. Last year, she was followed by two men when she left work after 10 p.m. She managed to scare them away by shouting as she passed...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"When Ajita Topo, a cook in an affluent neighborhood in Delhi, leaves work in the evening, she holds her bag like a shield against her chest, keeps her fists clenched and carries a black umbrella with a very sharp end to ward off a possible attack. She makes sure to wear lots of layers—no matter how hot it is—to deter someone from trying to grope her chest, and secures her bun with a sharp metal stick as an additional weapon. Topo isn’t being paranoid. Last year, she was followed by two men when she left work after 10 p.m. She managed to scare them away by shouting as she passed...more
Feb. 26, 2025, 8:53 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, EWCMS-DATA-3
"In the aftermath of the 2022 gathering of the Alpini, Italy’s widely admired mountain infantry, more than 170 women came forward to denounce aggressions, from catcalling to slaps, touchings and insults. Most Alpini are still in denial about the seriousness of the accusations. 'It’s the fault of how they dress,' said one. 'They’re provocative and then they play the victim,' said another" (par. 9).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, EWCMS-DATA-3
"In the aftermath of the 2022 gathering of the Alpini, Italy’s widely admired mountain infantry, more than 170 women came forward to denounce aggressions, from catcalling to slaps, touchings and insults. Most Alpini are still in denial about the seriousness of the accusations. 'It’s the fault of how they dress,' said one. 'They’re provocative and then they play the victim,' said another" (par. 9).
Feb. 26, 2025, 8:40 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Girls learn they are not equal to boys and cannot resist mistreatment and abuse, and that they should feel shame if they become targets of abuse by men, whether in the home or in public spaces. In interviews in Human Rights Watch’s 2018 report “You Cry at Night but Don’t Know Why,” North Korean students and teachers explained that in mixed gender classes boys were almost always made leaders and that male teachers usually made decisions in schools, even though the majority of teachers in the school were women. Social structures and conventions that discriminate against women are also reflected in socially enforced rules of interaction between girls and boys....more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Girls learn they are not equal to boys and cannot resist mistreatment and abuse, and that they should feel shame if they become targets of abuse by men, whether in the home or in public spaces. In interviews in Human Rights Watch’s 2018 report “You Cry at Night but Don’t Know Why,” North Korean students and teachers explained that in mixed gender classes boys were almost always made leaders and that male teachers usually made decisions in schools, even though the majority of teachers in the school were women. Social structures and conventions that discriminate against women are also reflected in socially enforced rules of interaction between girls and boys....more
Feb. 20, 2025, 9:55 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, PW-DATA-1
"Samira, who remains living with Mohammad and his first wife, says she is now struggling with depression and that the only place where she is allowed to go is her sister Yasmin’s house" (para 24).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, PW-DATA-1
"Samira, who remains living with Mohammad and his first wife, says she is now struggling with depression and that the only place where she is allowed to go is her sister Yasmin’s house" (para 24).
Feb. 15, 2025, 1:20 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"While some women serve in mixed-gender units, tank crews remain segregated by sex. That policy was meant to account for religious sensitivities about men and women being stuck together for days in a tank" (par. 25). This suggest that there are some religious standards regarding the intermingling of the sexes in public that the military has to be conscious of in how they assign people to tanks (IME - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"While some women serve in mixed-gender units, tank crews remain segregated by sex. That policy was meant to account for religious sensitivities about men and women being stuck together for days in a tank" (par. 25). This suggest that there are some religious standards regarding the intermingling of the sexes in public that the military has to be conscious of in how they assign people to tanks (IME - CODER COMMENT).
Feb. 12, 2025, 7:04 p.m.
Countries: Pakistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Five women police officers on pink Vespa-style scooters ride through a series of ever-narrowing lanes and alleys in the concrete-and-dust town of Gujranwala in the Pakistani province of Punjab. They are part of a pilot program launched in September called 'Pink Wheels,' which aims to address crimes against women and children by bringing help directly to their homes. Here, like much of Pakistan, police say many women shy away from reporting crimes such as domestic violence or sexual assault. The main barrier? 'She would likely encounter a police officer with a mustache,' says Muhammad Ayyax Saleem, deputy inspector general for Gujranwala, who developed the Pink Wheels program. He says a...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Five women police officers on pink Vespa-style scooters ride through a series of ever-narrowing lanes and alleys in the concrete-and-dust town of Gujranwala in the Pakistani province of Punjab. They are part of a pilot program launched in September called 'Pink Wheels,' which aims to address crimes against women and children by bringing help directly to their homes. Here, like much of Pakistan, police say many women shy away from reporting crimes such as domestic violence or sexual assault. The main barrier? 'She would likely encounter a police officer with a mustache,' says Muhammad Ayyax Saleem, deputy inspector general for Gujranwala, who developed the Pink Wheels program. He says a...more
Feb. 8, 2025, 12:18 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Beauty parlours mushroomed across Kabul and other Afghan cities in the 20 years that US-led forces occupied the country after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against New York City's World Trade centre. They were seen as a safe place to gather and socialise away from men and provided vital business opportunities for women. 'Women used to chat, gossip. There was no fighting here, no noise,' said a salon worker who asked to be identified only as Neelab" (par. 12-14). ""Raha, a 24-year-old student until she was barred from university last year, was visiting a salon Tuesday for a makeover before an engagement party. 'This place was the only place...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Beauty parlours mushroomed across Kabul and other Afghan cities in the 20 years that US-led forces occupied the country after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against New York City's World Trade centre. They were seen as a safe place to gather and socialise away from men and provided vital business opportunities for women. 'Women used to chat, gossip. There was no fighting here, no noise,' said a salon worker who asked to be identified only as Neelab" (par. 12-14). ""Raha, a 24-year-old student until she was barred from university last year, was visiting a salon Tuesday for a makeover before an engagement party. 'This place was the only place...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 5:50 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"The Taliban have banned families and women from outdoor dining at restaurants in an Afghanistan province, adding to a slew of restrictions imposed since they swept to power. An official confirmed today that women and families will be restricted from restaurants with gardens and green spaces in the northwestern province of Herat. The latest crackdown on women's rights follows complaints from religious scholars and members of the public about men and women mixing together in such places" (Para 1-3). "[Since] Tabliban's takeover in 2021 they have also prohibited women from public spaces such as parks and gyms" (Para 4). "[A]uthorities say the archaic restrictions (Not allowing women to intermingle in...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"The Taliban have banned families and women from outdoor dining at restaurants in an Afghanistan province, adding to a slew of restrictions imposed since they swept to power. An official confirmed today that women and families will be restricted from restaurants with gardens and green spaces in the northwestern province of Herat. The latest crackdown on women's rights follows complaints from religious scholars and members of the public about men and women mixing together in such places" (Para 1-3). "[Since] Tabliban's takeover in 2021 they have also prohibited women from public spaces such as parks and gyms" (Para 4). "[A]uthorities say the archaic restrictions (Not allowing women to intermingle in...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 5:21 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, IIP-PRACTICE-1, SRACE-PRACTICE-1
"The Taliban, a hardline Islamist group which previously ruled the country, has blocked women from the workplace, education and public spaces, as well as barring them from taking part in all sports since seizing power after US and British forces withdrew in 2021" (Para 11).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, IIP-PRACTICE-1, SRACE-PRACTICE-1
"The Taliban, a hardline Islamist group which previously ruled the country, has blocked women from the workplace, education and public spaces, as well as barring them from taking part in all sports since seizing power after US and British forces withdrew in 2021" (Para 11).
Feb. 3, 2025, 2:25 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, IIP-PRACTICE-1, SRACE-PRACTICE-1
"The Taliban, a hardline Islamist group which previously ruled the country, has blocked women from the workplace, education and public spaces, as well as barring them from taking part in all sports since seizing power after US and British forces withdrew in 2021" (Para 11).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, IIP-PRACTICE-1, SRACE-PRACTICE-1
"The Taliban, a hardline Islamist group which previously ruled the country, has blocked women from the workplace, education and public spaces, as well as barring them from taking part in all sports since seizing power after US and British forces withdrew in 2021" (Para 11).
Feb. 3, 2025, 2 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Hundreds of thousands of women have received orders to have their cars impounded in Iran as the Iranian government cracks down on women refusing to wear hijabs. In efforts to enforce the rule, surveillance cameras are watching women in their cars - and if they are seen to not be wearing the necessary headwear, they are forced to hand their cars over, Amnesty International said today" (Para 1, 2). Impounding cars for not wearing a hijab highlights how surveillance and strict dress code enforcement restrict women's autonomy and subject them to penalties for disobeying societal norms, reflecting wider limitations on their mobility and public freedoms (UST - CODERS COMMENT). "Amnesty...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Hundreds of thousands of women have received orders to have their cars impounded in Iran as the Iranian government cracks down on women refusing to wear hijabs. In efforts to enforce the rule, surveillance cameras are watching women in their cars - and if they are seen to not be wearing the necessary headwear, they are forced to hand their cars over, Amnesty International said today" (Para 1, 2). Impounding cars for not wearing a hijab highlights how surveillance and strict dress code enforcement restrict women's autonomy and subject them to penalties for disobeying societal norms, reflecting wider limitations on their mobility and public freedoms (UST - CODERS COMMENT). "Amnesty...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 1:01 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
It also mandates that women refrain from wearing “thin or short” clothing and that they conceal themselves from men who are not their relatives. Additionally, the law prohibits Muslim women from interacting with non-Muslim women. The legislation explicitly states that it is forbidden for men to look at unrelated women, and vice versa, further entrenching the Taliban’s extreme measures to segregate the sexes (Para 6, 7).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
It also mandates that women refrain from wearing “thin or short” clothing and that they conceal themselves from men who are not their relatives. Additionally, the law prohibits Muslim women from interacting with non-Muslim women. The legislation explicitly states that it is forbidden for men to look at unrelated women, and vice versa, further entrenching the Taliban’s extreme measures to segregate the sexes (Para 6, 7).
Feb. 1, 2025, 7:04 p.m.
Countries: Pakistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"More than 1,000 women are killed each year in Pakistan at the hands of community or family members over perceived damage to “honour”, according to independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. That could involve eloping, posting social media content, fraternising with men, or any other infraction against conservative values relating to women" (para 11-12).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"More than 1,000 women are killed each year in Pakistan at the hands of community or family members over perceived damage to “honour”, according to independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. That could involve eloping, posting social media content, fraternising with men, or any other infraction against conservative values relating to women" (para 11-12).
Jan. 25, 2025, 1:41 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, IIP-LAW-1
"The Taliban published a host of new 'vice and virtue' laws last week, approved by their supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, which state that women must completely veil their bodies – including their faces – in thick clothing at all times in public to avoid leading men into temptation and vice.Women’s voices are also deemed to be potential instruments of vice and so will not be allowed to be heard in public under the new restrictions. Women must also not be heard singing or reading aloud, even from inside their houses" (para 2-3). "From now on, Afghan women are also not allowed to look directly at men they are not related...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, IIP-LAW-1
"The Taliban published a host of new 'vice and virtue' laws last week, approved by their supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, which state that women must completely veil their bodies – including their faces – in thick clothing at all times in public to avoid leading men into temptation and vice.Women’s voices are also deemed to be potential instruments of vice and so will not be allowed to be heard in public under the new restrictions. Women must also not be heard singing or reading aloud, even from inside their houses" (para 2-3). "From now on, Afghan women are also not allowed to look directly at men they are not related...more
Jan. 24, 2025, 10:38 a.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"'The crime of deepfake sexual exploitation is not new,' the group said. 'Women have faced sexual crimes for decades, with their faces and identities exposed in male online communities, while the state has downplayed the severity and remained passive. As a result, women across the country are anxious and fearful of becoming victims, leading many to abandon their daily lives'" (para 6). "'Every time we do group assignments and hang out with male students, we have to worry about being victims of crime,' an anonymous university student said. 'We have to blame a society that has no choice but to suspect all men before telling us not to treat them...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"'The crime of deepfake sexual exploitation is not new,' the group said. 'Women have faced sexual crimes for decades, with their faces and identities exposed in male online communities, while the state has downplayed the severity and remained passive. As a result, women across the country are anxious and fearful of becoming victims, leading many to abandon their daily lives'" (para 6). "'Every time we do group assignments and hang out with male students, we have to worry about being victims of crime,' an anonymous university student said. 'We have to blame a society that has no choice but to suspect all men before telling us not to treat them...more
Jan. 23, 2025, 6:57 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, IIP-PRACTICE-1
"The backlash began in the mid-2010s, following a surge of feminist activism. During this time, women took to the streets in protest at sexual violence and the widespread use of hidden cameras that secretly film women using toilets and changing rooms - around 5,000 to 6,000 cases are reported annually" (para 24).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, IIP-PRACTICE-1
"The backlash began in the mid-2010s, following a surge of feminist activism. During this time, women took to the streets in protest at sexual violence and the widespread use of hidden cameras that secretly film women using toilets and changing rooms - around 5,000 to 6,000 cases are reported annually" (para 24).
Jan. 18, 2025, 3:13 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, IIP-LAW-1
"The Taliban have banned the construction of windows that allow women to be seen in the kitchen or courtyard of neighboring houses. This further restricts women’s freedom. Yet, the world and United Nations remains silent about Afghan women" (1).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, IIP-LAW-1
"The Taliban have banned the construction of windows that allow women to be seen in the kitchen or courtyard of neighboring houses. This further restricts women’s freedom. Yet, the world and United Nations remains silent about Afghan women" (1).
Jan. 18, 2025, 1:10 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, IIP-PRACTICE-1, AFE-LAW-1
"Girls are banned from education beyond sixth grade, including university, and women are barred from most jobs and public spaces" (par. 3).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, IIP-PRACTICE-1, AFE-LAW-1
"Girls are banned from education beyond sixth grade, including university, and women are barred from most jobs and public spaces" (par. 3).
Jan. 18, 2025, 12:52 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"In just over three years, Afghan women have been banned from nearly every aspect of public life: schools, universities, most workplaces – even parks and bathhouses. From Kandahar, the birthplace and political headquarters of the Taliban, the group’s leaders have dictated that women must cover their faces in public, always be accompanied by a man and never let their voices be heard in public" (para 3). "Foreign women... still carried the rare privilege of freedom of movement... which has nearly disappeared for the 14 million Afghan women and girls across the country" (para 4). " In some areas – in the south and east in particular – women were already...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"In just over three years, Afghan women have been banned from nearly every aspect of public life: schools, universities, most workplaces – even parks and bathhouses. From Kandahar, the birthplace and political headquarters of the Taliban, the group’s leaders have dictated that women must cover their faces in public, always be accompanied by a man and never let their voices be heard in public" (para 3). "Foreign women... still carried the rare privilege of freedom of movement... which has nearly disappeared for the 14 million Afghan women and girls across the country" (para 4). " In some areas – in the south and east in particular – women were already...more
Jan. 10, 2025, 6:10 p.m.
Countries: Maldives
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"When I walk it is with my head down, handbag clutched to my chest and my keys gripped in my palm as a weapon – always. Always I am on alert in case a man tries to overpower and attack me" (para 1). "[W]hy must a task as simple as going to the grocery store make me fear for my safety?" (para 8).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"When I walk it is with my head down, handbag clutched to my chest and my keys gripped in my palm as a weapon – always. Always I am on alert in case a man tries to overpower and attack me" (para 1). "[W]hy must a task as simple as going to the grocery store make me fear for my safety?" (para 8).
Jan. 10, 2025, 2:45 p.m.
Countries: Pakistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Activists and unionists decided to establish cooperatives where home-based workers could freely discuss their issues, work together, develop their skills and advocate for their rights. The workers had a broad range of concerns beyond a minimum wage, social security and their legal recognition as workers. They also discussed everyday concerns, including transport, electricity, housing security and violence against women" (par. 7). If the activists and unionists are discussing concerns about women and transportation, this suggests it is not safe for them to intermingle in public (IME - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Activists and unionists decided to establish cooperatives where home-based workers could freely discuss their issues, work together, develop their skills and advocate for their rights. The workers had a broad range of concerns beyond a minimum wage, social security and their legal recognition as workers. They also discussed everyday concerns, including transport, electricity, housing security and violence against women" (par. 7). If the activists and unionists are discussing concerns about women and transportation, this suggests it is not safe for them to intermingle in public (IME - CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 10, 2025, 12:09 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, IIP-LAW-1
"It is the latest attack on women’s rights by the Taliban who, since coming to power in August 2021, have ended higher education for girls, closed universities to young women, forced women out of their jobs and restricted their ability to leave their homes" (para 7).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, IIP-LAW-1
"It is the latest attack on women’s rights by the Taliban who, since coming to power in August 2021, have ended higher education for girls, closed universities to young women, forced women out of their jobs and restricted their ability to leave their homes" (para 7).