Latest items for IIP-PRACTICE-1
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
April 30, 2024, 8:19 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"The trains from Tel Aviv were packed one evening last month when Inbal Boxerman, a 40-year-old mother of two, was blocked by a wall of men as she tried to board. One of them told her that women were not allowed on — the car was for men only" (para 1). "When women and men are seated separately at publicly funded shows and concerts to accommodate the wishes of the ultra-Orthodox, she said, 'the women are seated in the back'" (para 25).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"The trains from Tel Aviv were packed one evening last month when Inbal Boxerman, a 40-year-old mother of two, was blocked by a wall of men as she tried to board. One of them told her that women were not allowed on — the car was for men only" (para 1). "When women and men are seated separately at publicly funded shows and concerts to accommodate the wishes of the ultra-Orthodox, she said, 'the women are seated in the back'" (para 25).
April 9, 2024, 10:09 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Protesters gather to call for revision of sex crime legislation in Tokyo, 2019" (para 7).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Protesters gather to call for revision of sex crime legislation in Tokyo, 2019" (para 7).
Feb. 20, 2024, 9:55 a.m.
Countries: Qatar
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Whilst women hotel workers across the world face a disproportionate risk of gender-based violence compared to other industries, rights groups say that those working in Qatar could find it particularly difficult to report the abuse they may face. A report published this year by Equidem, a labor rights organization, said gender-based violence and harassment are 'a fact of life for women' at some Fifa World Cup hotel partners. Equidem’s researchers contacted more than 800 migrant workers across the region, male and female, but only 10% agreed to have their experiences recorded" (para 20).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Whilst women hotel workers across the world face a disproportionate risk of gender-based violence compared to other industries, rights groups say that those working in Qatar could find it particularly difficult to report the abuse they may face. A report published this year by Equidem, a labor rights organization, said gender-based violence and harassment are 'a fact of life for women' at some Fifa World Cup hotel partners. Equidem’s researchers contacted more than 800 migrant workers across the region, male and female, but only 10% agreed to have their experiences recorded" (para 20).
Feb. 11, 2024, 3:55 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, DSFMF-PRACTICE-2, DSFMF-PRACTICE-3, DSFMF-LAW-1
"Women accused of adultery have been publicly lashed by the Taliban as the Islamist group rolls out sharia law across Afghanistan. Ten men and nine women were each whipped 39 times in the city of Taloqan for alleged adultery and theft, a senior Taliban official said" (para 1-2).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, DSFMF-PRACTICE-2, DSFMF-PRACTICE-3, DSFMF-LAW-1
"Women accused of adultery have been publicly lashed by the Taliban as the Islamist group rolls out sharia law across Afghanistan. Ten men and nine women were each whipped 39 times in the city of Taloqan for alleged adultery and theft, a senior Taliban official said" (para 1-2).
Jan. 29, 2024, 5:50 p.m.
Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"[L]esbian, bisexual and transgender women [are stigmatized and discriminated against in society]" (14).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"[L]esbian, bisexual and transgender women [are stigmatized and discriminated against in society]" (14).
Jan. 22, 2024, 6:37 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"The formerly liberal city is also the site of a Taliban prison where women are being held without trial simply for taking taxis without male companions" (para 3). "Other 'immoral offences' prompting women to be locked up include schoolgirls posing for photos with male classmates" (para 4). "A Taliban official at the local Ministry for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice confirmed today that authorities have 'instructed that men and women be segregated in restaurants'. Riazullah Seerat told AFP business owners had been verbally warned that the rule applies 'even if they are husband and wife'" (para 9-10). "Seerat added his office has issued a decree that Herat's public...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"The formerly liberal city is also the site of a Taliban prison where women are being held without trial simply for taking taxis without male companions" (para 3). "Other 'immoral offences' prompting women to be locked up include schoolgirls posing for photos with male classmates" (para 4). "A Taliban official at the local Ministry for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice confirmed today that authorities have 'instructed that men and women be segregated in restaurants'. Riazullah Seerat told AFP business owners had been verbally warned that the rule applies 'even if they are husband and wife'" (para 9-10). "Seerat added his office has issued a decree that Herat's public...more
Jan. 21, 2024, 10:43 a.m.
Countries: Saudi Arabia
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"He also removed some of the legal enforcements of the dreaded guardianship system, which consigned every Saudi woman to the near total control of a male family member...M.B.S. defanged the notorious religious police and ended the mandatory gender segregation they imposed on every public space." (Parag. 6) "The recent reforms mean that if a woman has been born or married into a clan of freethinking men willing to let her do things, the state will not interfere. But for the many Saudi women who lack a benevolent male guardian, there is no remedy. If, for example, a woman’s husband or father doesn’t think she should get her driving license, she...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"He also removed some of the legal enforcements of the dreaded guardianship system, which consigned every Saudi woman to the near total control of a male family member...M.B.S. defanged the notorious religious police and ended the mandatory gender segregation they imposed on every public space." (Parag. 6) "The recent reforms mean that if a woman has been born or married into a clan of freethinking men willing to let her do things, the state will not interfere. But for the many Saudi women who lack a benevolent male guardian, there is no remedy. If, for example, a woman’s husband or father doesn’t think she should get her driving license, she...more
Jan. 21, 2024, 10:39 a.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"As I write this, my cousin, who lives in a small town, sends me a message via WhatsApp: When driving in the car with her husband, she got a warning via text that her headscarf was not properly covering her hair, including the details of their license plate and location" (para 15). "Four decades of brutal policing have also given unofficial permission to ordinary citizens whose religious and political ideologies align with the regime to take matters into their own hands. Long before the death of Mahsa Amini ignited the current uprising, a woman could be harassed for her appearances by any passerby merely because the government justifies policing women’s...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"As I write this, my cousin, who lives in a small town, sends me a message via WhatsApp: When driving in the car with her husband, she got a warning via text that her headscarf was not properly covering her hair, including the details of their license plate and location" (para 15). "Four decades of brutal policing have also given unofficial permission to ordinary citizens whose religious and political ideologies align with the regime to take matters into their own hands. Long before the death of Mahsa Amini ignited the current uprising, a woman could be harassed for her appearances by any passerby merely because the government justifies policing women’s...more
Jan. 21, 2024, 10:36 a.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"The court found her guilty of 'encouraging corruption and prostitution' as well as 'assembly and collusion'" (para 3). This was the sentence given to a woman that took off her hijab at a protest. This suggests legal concerns about the individual's activities, while women's participation in protests is a broader expression of their rights and societal concerns (MD-CODDER COMMENT).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"The court found her guilty of 'encouraging corruption and prostitution' as well as 'assembly and collusion'" (para 3). This was the sentence given to a woman that took off her hijab at a protest. This suggests legal concerns about the individual's activities, while women's participation in protests is a broader expression of their rights and societal concerns (MD-CODDER COMMENT).
Dec. 21, 2023, 10:10 a.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Zahra Khoshnavaz knew she had taken a risk when she joined five other female supporters and attended a high-profile football match disguised as a man"(para 1). "When the Iranian authorities let a limited number of women attend a domestic football match in Tehran in August, Khoshnavaz was refused access, again without being given a reason" (para 18). "'The women and men are separated so attending with your family is still a dream,' says Sepidah, who now lives overseas and requested her surname was kept secret to protect her family in Iran. 'There are morality police everywhere, not letting in women with 'bad' hijab as they call it'" (para 32). "Only...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Zahra Khoshnavaz knew she had taken a risk when she joined five other female supporters and attended a high-profile football match disguised as a man"(para 1). "When the Iranian authorities let a limited number of women attend a domestic football match in Tehran in August, Khoshnavaz was refused access, again without being given a reason" (para 18). "'The women and men are separated so attending with your family is still a dream,' says Sepidah, who now lives overseas and requested her surname was kept secret to protect her family in Iran. 'There are morality police everywhere, not letting in women with 'bad' hijab as they call it'" (para 32). "Only...more
Dec. 20, 2023, 11:14 a.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"After months of protests set off by the death of a young woman who was detained by the force for supposedly violating the country’s strict Islamic dress law" (para 1 ). "There have been many reports from residents of Iran that the morality police have scarcely been seen on the streets since the protests erupted nearly three months ago, and women have increasingly been appearing in public with their hair uncovered. But other security forces, including the notorious Basij militiamen, have been beating and arresting women who go out with their hair uncovered, videos show"(para 10).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"After months of protests set off by the death of a young woman who was detained by the force for supposedly violating the country’s strict Islamic dress law" (para 1 ). "There have been many reports from residents of Iran that the morality police have scarcely been seen on the streets since the protests erupted nearly three months ago, and women have increasingly been appearing in public with their hair uncovered. But other security forces, including the notorious Basij militiamen, have been beating and arresting women who go out with their hair uncovered, videos show"(para 10).