Latest items for IIP-PRACTICE-1
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).
Jan. 9, 2025, 6:48 p.m.
Countries: Burkina Faso
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"More than 60 women and girls who had been abducted last week in the West African nation of Burkina Faso were freed on Friday, the national broadcaster said. The kidnappings took place outside two villages near the northern city of Arbinda as the women were foraging for wild fruits and leaves" (par. 1-2). Women are not safe in some areas to be outside (IME - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"More than 60 women and girls who had been abducted last week in the West African nation of Burkina Faso were freed on Friday, the national broadcaster said. The kidnappings took place outside two villages near the northern city of Arbinda as the women were foraging for wild fruits and leaves" (par. 1-2). Women are not safe in some areas to be outside (IME - CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 9, 2025, 10:38 a.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: UVAW-PRACTICE-1, IIP-PRACTICE-1
"5.43 million women and girls in South Sudan face a range of human rights violations rooted in multiple layers of violence and discrimination, including sexual abuse, harassment, intimidation, exclusion, and restrictions of movement, compounded by a lack of access to justice" (para 4).
Variables: UVAW-PRACTICE-1, IIP-PRACTICE-1
"5.43 million women and girls in South Sudan face a range of human rights violations rooted in multiple layers of violence and discrimination, including sexual abuse, harassment, intimidation, exclusion, and restrictions of movement, compounded by a lack of access to justice" (para 4).
Jan. 8, 2025, 3:34 p.m.
Countries: Tajikistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"In order to improve the knowledge and skills of civil servants on issues of gender equality, prevent domestic violence, increase the participation of women in public administration and the civil service, and promote the active participation of women in elections, the Academy of Public Administration has developed and, taking into account the positions and functional duties of trainees, has added the following subjects to civil service capacity-building programmes and other training courses for civil servants:. . .• The role of women in the social and political life of society" (p. 7-8).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"In order to improve the knowledge and skills of civil servants on issues of gender equality, prevent domestic violence, increase the participation of women in public administration and the civil service, and promote the active participation of women in elections, the Academy of Public Administration has developed and, taking into account the positions and functional duties of trainees, has added the following subjects to civil service capacity-building programmes and other training courses for civil servants:. . .• The role of women in the social and political life of society" (p. 7-8).
Jan. 6, 2025, 1:57 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"The Taliban has banned women from hearing other women's voices, in its latest bid to control and subjugate an entire gender in Afghanistan. Announced on Monday, the new rule is feared to mean that women will now no longer be able to talk to each other. Afghanistan's minister for the promotion of virtue and prevention of vice, Khalid Hanafi said: 'Even when an adult female prays and another female passes by, she must not pray loudly enough for them to hear'" (par. 1-3). "Women are also ordered to cover their faces 'to avoid temptation and tempting others', and are banned from speaking if unfamiliar men who aren't husbands or close...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"The Taliban has banned women from hearing other women's voices, in its latest bid to control and subjugate an entire gender in Afghanistan. Announced on Monday, the new rule is feared to mean that women will now no longer be able to talk to each other. Afghanistan's minister for the promotion of virtue and prevention of vice, Khalid Hanafi said: 'Even when an adult female prays and another female passes by, she must not pray loudly enough for them to hear'" (par. 1-3). "Women are also ordered to cover their faces 'to avoid temptation and tempting others', and are banned from speaking if unfamiliar men who aren't husbands or close...more
Jan. 4, 2025, 12:52 p.m.
Countries: Germany
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"But most definitely, I’ll be humiliated by a cisgender man shouting a slur at me on the bus, belittling my work, touching me without consent or making inappropriate remarks about my body – and I’ll choose to keep quiet about it. Peace of mind over a demand for basic decency" (par. 2). This indicates that women are free to move about society, since the writer is able to ride the bus (IME - CODER COMMENT). "Cases of domestic violence in Germany rose drastically during the pandemic, as they did elsewhere – but instead of returning to pre-lockdown rates they are still rising, even though women are not, at least in...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"But most definitely, I’ll be humiliated by a cisgender man shouting a slur at me on the bus, belittling my work, touching me without consent or making inappropriate remarks about my body – and I’ll choose to keep quiet about it. Peace of mind over a demand for basic decency" (par. 2). This indicates that women are free to move about society, since the writer is able to ride the bus (IME - CODER COMMENT). "Cases of domestic violence in Germany rose drastically during the pandemic, as they did elsewhere – but instead of returning to pre-lockdown rates they are still rising, even though women are not, at least in...more
Dec. 13, 2024, 3:48 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Toure says the risks are both outside the camp and inside it: 'If you go to fetch water in the camp, it's a risk. If you go to the restroom, it's a risk. A lot of the daily tasks become risk calculations'" (para 14).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Toure says the risks are both outside the camp and inside it: 'If you go to fetch water in the camp, it's a risk. If you go to the restroom, it's a risk. A lot of the daily tasks become risk calculations'" (para 14).
Dec. 12, 2024, 9:39 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, IIP-PRACTICE-1
"YouGov research carried out for Channel 4 which revealed 1 in 4 women in the UK have been followed at some point during a night out, while 1 in 4 have been sexually assaulted or raped on a night out" (para 19).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, IIP-PRACTICE-1
"YouGov research carried out for Channel 4 which revealed 1 in 4 women in the UK have been followed at some point during a night out, while 1 in 4 have been sexually assaulted or raped on a night out" (para 19).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:42 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, IIP-LAW-1
"Women and girls have been increasingly confined to their homes since the Taliban takeover in 2021. They are barred from education beyond sixth grade, including university, public spaces like parks, and most jobs. They are required to take a male chaperone with them on journeys of more than 72 km (45 miles) and follow a dress code. A Taliban decree in July ordered the closure of all beauty salons, one of the few remaining places that women could go to outside the home or family environment" (para 7-8).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, IIP-LAW-1
"Women and girls have been increasingly confined to their homes since the Taliban takeover in 2021. They are barred from education beyond sixth grade, including university, public spaces like parks, and most jobs. They are required to take a male chaperone with them on journeys of more than 72 km (45 miles) and follow a dress code. A Taliban decree in July ordered the closure of all beauty salons, one of the few remaining places that women could go to outside the home or family environment" (para 7-8).
Dec. 6, 2024, 6:21 p.m.
Countries: Trinidad/Tobago
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"'From the Tuesday, police started questioning the taxi driver. We had just moved to the area and school was online for Covid, so neighbours didn’t know I had young girls at home. So they didn’t warn us about the character of the taxi driver. After, I had people come to my door to say: ‘That man raped my daughter.’ One father say that when his face [was shown] on TV his daughter say: ‘Daddy, that is the man who raped me.’ Before, she had not told. She didn’t want the shame.What chance do our girls have? It’s normal to get a taxi'" (para 23-25).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"'From the Tuesday, police started questioning the taxi driver. We had just moved to the area and school was online for Covid, so neighbours didn’t know I had young girls at home. So they didn’t warn us about the character of the taxi driver. After, I had people come to my door to say: ‘That man raped my daughter.’ One father say that when his face [was shown] on TV his daughter say: ‘Daddy, that is the man who raped me.’ Before, she had not told. She didn’t want the shame.What chance do our girls have? It’s normal to get a taxi'" (para 23-25).
Dec. 6, 2024, 3:58 p.m.
Countries: Uganda
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"The walk to school can be dangerous in Karamoja. In this region of north-east Uganda, one of the poorest in the east African country, marriages can begin with a man abducting a woman, raping her and keeping her captive at his house until it is unacceptable for her to return to the life she had. Girls on their way to school are a target. 'Most children drop out of school when their mothers cannot always escort them. Other mothers, out of fear, stop sending their girls to school,' says Christine Akello, from the Uganda Association of Women Lawyers in Karamoja. It is why Gloria Nakong became a home-help when she...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"The walk to school can be dangerous in Karamoja. In this region of north-east Uganda, one of the poorest in the east African country, marriages can begin with a man abducting a woman, raping her and keeping her captive at his house until it is unacceptable for her to return to the life she had. Girls on their way to school are a target. 'Most children drop out of school when their mothers cannot always escort them. Other mothers, out of fear, stop sending their girls to school,' says Christine Akello, from the Uganda Association of Women Lawyers in Karamoja. It is why Gloria Nakong became a home-help when she...more
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:53 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Hours later, videos verified by human rights groups showing women and girls being forcefully arrested by agents of the notorious Gasht-e-Irshad ('morality police') flooded social media along with stories of beatings and assault. One mother and daughter walking through a busy Tehran square were surrounded by five chador-clad female agents and two male agents, who hurled insults and accusations before they grabbed the women. When they resisted arrest, they were violently dragged into the van, a source close to the family said" (par. 3-4). "Dina Ghalibaf, a student at Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti University and was among the first to tweet about a confrontation. On her now suspended X (formerly Twitter)...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Hours later, videos verified by human rights groups showing women and girls being forcefully arrested by agents of the notorious Gasht-e-Irshad ('morality police') flooded social media along with stories of beatings and assault. One mother and daughter walking through a busy Tehran square were surrounded by five chador-clad female agents and two male agents, who hurled insults and accusations before they grabbed the women. When they resisted arrest, they were violently dragged into the van, a source close to the family said" (par. 3-4). "Dina Ghalibaf, a student at Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti University and was among the first to tweet about a confrontation. On her now suspended X (formerly Twitter)...more
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:20 p.m.
Countries: Bolivia
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"The life-defining event pushed Diaz to learn how to drive, buy a car and work for Mujeres al Volante (Women at the Wheel), a taxi service exclusively for children, women and older people, for three years" (par. 5). This suggest that women have the ability to learn how to drive (IME - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"The life-defining event pushed Diaz to learn how to drive, buy a car and work for Mujeres al Volante (Women at the Wheel), a taxi service exclusively for children, women and older people, for three years" (par. 5). This suggest that women have the ability to learn how to drive (IME - CODER COMMENT).
Nov. 16, 2024, 9:46 p.m.
Countries: Taiwan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, IIP-PRACTICE-2
"As a young woman growing up in Taipei in the 1980s and ’90s, I [author] was taught to expect sexual harassment. Many clothing shops sell so-called safety shorts for women and girls to wear under their skirts to thwart peeping Toms. We have designated women’s waiting areas in metro stations with enhanced surveillance.The message? Creeps happen, but the burden is on us, women and girls, to change our behavior to protect ourselves" (9). This implies that women are harrassed when in public spaces such as metro station (CEC2 - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, IIP-PRACTICE-2
"As a young woman growing up in Taipei in the 1980s and ’90s, I [author] was taught to expect sexual harassment. Many clothing shops sell so-called safety shorts for women and girls to wear under their skirts to thwart peeping Toms. We have designated women’s waiting areas in metro stations with enhanced surveillance.The message? Creeps happen, but the burden is on us, women and girls, to change our behavior to protect ourselves" (9). This implies that women are harrassed when in public spaces such as metro station (CEC2 - CODER COMMENT).
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:24 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, IIP-PRACTICE-1, IIP-LAW-1
"Tala Raassi, an Iranian-American fashion designer who knows firsthand the brutality of the regime: At 16, she was arrested and given 40 lashes for wearing a T-shirt and miniskirt at a private party" (para 16).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, IIP-PRACTICE-1, IIP-LAW-1
"Tala Raassi, an Iranian-American fashion designer who knows firsthand the brutality of the regime: At 16, she was arrested and given 40 lashes for wearing a T-shirt and miniskirt at a private party" (para 16).
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:04 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Hijab enforcement groups are to be set up on the Tehran metro and women not wearing the hijab will be refused entry, in effect banning some women from work, Iranian state TV has reported" (Para 1). Womens mobility is seriously imapcted by if they were hijab or not and because of this it limits their ability to intermingle in public. (UST - CODERS COMMENT) "The latest threatened clampdown comes as girls in secondary schools in Tehran, Karaj and other cities continue to report poison attacks. At least nine schools were reported to have been attacked on Sunday. According to the Iranian MP Mohammad Hassan Asefari, a government fact-finding committee said...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Hijab enforcement groups are to be set up on the Tehran metro and women not wearing the hijab will be refused entry, in effect banning some women from work, Iranian state TV has reported" (Para 1). Womens mobility is seriously imapcted by if they were hijab or not and because of this it limits their ability to intermingle in public. (UST - CODERS COMMENT) "The latest threatened clampdown comes as girls in secondary schools in Tehran, Karaj and other cities continue to report poison attacks. At least nine schools were reported to have been attacked on Sunday. According to the Iranian MP Mohammad Hassan Asefari, a government fact-finding committee said...more
Nov. 16, 2024, 3:40 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-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-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: IIP-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: IIP-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: RCDW-LAW-1, IIP-PRACTICE-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 justice, said law enforcement officers were 'obliged to refer obvious crimes and any kind of abnormality that is against the religious law and occurs in...more
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, IIP-PRACTICE-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 justice, said law enforcement officers were 'obliged to refer obvious crimes and any kind of abnormality that is against the religious law and occurs in...more
Nov. 16, 2024, 2:55 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: UVAW-PRACTICE-1, IIP-PRACTICE-1
"5.43 million women and girls in South Sudan face a range of human rights violations rooted in multiple layers of violence and discrimination, including sexual abuse, harassment, intimidation, exclusion, and restrictions of movement, compounded by a lack of access to justice" (para 4).
Variables: UVAW-PRACTICE-1, IIP-PRACTICE-1
"5.43 million women and girls in South Sudan face a range of human rights violations rooted in multiple layers of violence and discrimination, including sexual abuse, harassment, intimidation, exclusion, and restrictions of movement, compounded by a lack of access to justice" (para 4).
Oct. 22, 2024, 11:02 a.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Coming home late in the evening as a young girl in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, Zainab, then 15, feared each day could be the last time she could go to school. Living in a conservative district in Basra province, where females out alone in the evening are frowned upon, Zainab’s family were... concerned about her safety. Her school, like many in Iraq, had been forced to divide and rotate pupils into morning, afternoon and evening shifts" (para 1-2).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Coming home late in the evening as a young girl in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, Zainab, then 15, feared each day could be the last time she could go to school. Living in a conservative district in Basra province, where females out alone in the evening are frowned upon, Zainab’s family were... concerned about her safety. Her school, like many in Iraq, had been forced to divide and rotate pupils into morning, afternoon and evening shifts" (para 1-2).
Oct. 16, 2024, 3:21 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Hijab enforcement groups are to be set up on the Tehran metro and women not wearing the hijab will be refused entry, in effect banning some women from work, Iranian state TV has reported" (Para 1). Womens mobility is seriously imapcted by if they were hijab or not and because of this it limits their ability to intermingle in public. (UST - CODERS COMMENT) "The latest threatened clampdown comes as girls in secondary schools in Tehran, Karaj and other cities continue to report poison attacks. At least nine schools were reported to have been attacked on Sunday. According to the Iranian MP Mohammad Hassan Asefari, a government fact-finding committee said...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Hijab enforcement groups are to be set up on the Tehran metro and women not wearing the hijab will be refused entry, in effect banning some women from work, Iranian state TV has reported" (Para 1). Womens mobility is seriously imapcted by if they were hijab or not and because of this it limits their ability to intermingle in public. (UST - CODERS COMMENT) "The latest threatened clampdown comes as girls in secondary schools in Tehran, Karaj and other cities continue to report poison attacks. At least nine schools were reported to have been attacked on Sunday. According to the Iranian MP Mohammad Hassan Asefari, a government fact-finding committee said...more
Oct. 16, 2024, 3:10 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, IIP-PRACTICE-1, IIP-LAW-1
"Tala Raassi, an Iranian-American fashion designer who knows firsthand the brutality of the regime: At 16, she was arrested and given 40 lashes for wearing a T-shirt and miniskirt at a private party" (para 16).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, IIP-PRACTICE-1, IIP-LAW-1
"Tala Raassi, an Iranian-American fashion designer who knows firsthand the brutality of the regime: At 16, she was arrested and given 40 lashes for wearing a T-shirt and miniskirt at a private party" (para 16).
Oct. 16, 2024, 11:27 a.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"She [Elizabeth Salmon, United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in North Korea] said that the COVID-19 measures were feared to have 'a disproportionate impact on women and girls” there. 'Women must also be under further pressures during the pandemic as market activities, which the women relied on for their living, were greatly reduced due to border closures,' she said.With no alternative source of income, they are still required to feed their family, look after sick family members, while also providing contributions to the state' (para 13-15).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"She [Elizabeth Salmon, United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in North Korea] said that the COVID-19 measures were feared to have 'a disproportionate impact on women and girls” there. 'Women must also be under further pressures during the pandemic as market activities, which the women relied on for their living, were greatly reduced due to border closures,' she said.With no alternative source of income, they are still required to feed their family, look after sick family members, while also providing contributions to the state' (para 13-15).
Oct. 16, 2024, 11:13 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
The letter, confirmed by economy ministry spokesperson Abdulrahman Habib, said the female employees were not allowed to work until further notice because some had not adhered to the administration's interpretation of Islamic dresscode for women (para 2, 17). "He[minister of higher education Nida Mohammad Nadim] said the ban was necessary to prevent the mixing of genders in universities and because some subjects being taught violated the principles of Islam" (para 33). The Taliban have banned girls from middle school and high school, barred women from most fields of employment and ordered them to wear head-to-toe clothing in public. Women are also banned from parks and gyms. The Taliban have prevented...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
The letter, confirmed by economy ministry spokesperson Abdulrahman Habib, said the female employees were not allowed to work until further notice because some had not adhered to the administration's interpretation of Islamic dresscode for women (para 2, 17). "He[minister of higher education Nida Mohammad Nadim] said the ban was necessary to prevent the mixing of genders in universities and because some subjects being taught violated the principles of Islam" (para 33). The Taliban have banned girls from middle school and high school, barred women from most fields of employment and ordered them to wear head-to-toe clothing in public. Women are also banned from parks and gyms. The Taliban have prevented...more