Latest items for RCDW-LAW-1
Feb. 12, 2025, 7:44 p.m.
Countries: Tajikistan
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"In the face of these challenges, critics say, Tajikistan has continued to restrict how Islam can be taught and practiced and increasingly implemented superficial policies regulating head scarves and beard lengths" (par. 6). "Hijabs — head scarves that cover a woman’s neck and generally don’t reveal any strands of hair — have been banned in schools since 2007 and public institutions since 2009" (par. 13). "But in June, the Parliament passed a law banning 'clothes alien to Tajik culture,' a term the government often uses for clothing it considers Islamic. Hijabs are a target. The law imposes fines of between 7,000 and 15,000 somoni, or about $660 and $1,400, in...more
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"In the face of these challenges, critics say, Tajikistan has continued to restrict how Islam can be taught and practiced and increasingly implemented superficial policies regulating head scarves and beard lengths" (par. 6). "Hijabs — head scarves that cover a woman’s neck and generally don’t reveal any strands of hair — have been banned in schools since 2007 and public institutions since 2009" (par. 13). "But in June, the Parliament passed a law banning 'clothes alien to Tajik culture,' a term the government often uses for clothing it considers Islamic. Hijabs are a target. The law imposes fines of between 7,000 and 15,000 somoni, or about $660 and $1,400, in...more
Feb. 12, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"North Koreans could face up to six months of labor sentences for sporting 'rooster' hairstyles or see-through sleeves under new fashion ban regulations" (par. 1). "The latest restrictions were unveiled in video lecture where individuals caught with prohibited hairstyles were forced to shave their heads, a resident of the North Hamgyong province told Radio Free Asia" (par. 2). "North Korea has a long list of prohibited fashion items including sleeveless shirts, jeans, hair dye, non-creased pants, T-shirts with foreign lettering, shoulder bags, shorts and tight-fitting tops" (par. 3). "Citizens are also banned from having hair the falls below the waistline, imitating the hairstyle of ruler Kim Jong Un and sporting...more
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"North Koreans could face up to six months of labor sentences for sporting 'rooster' hairstyles or see-through sleeves under new fashion ban regulations" (par. 1). "The latest restrictions were unveiled in video lecture where individuals caught with prohibited hairstyles were forced to shave their heads, a resident of the North Hamgyong province told Radio Free Asia" (par. 2). "North Korea has a long list of prohibited fashion items including sleeveless shirts, jeans, hair dye, non-creased pants, T-shirts with foreign lettering, shoulder bags, shorts and tight-fitting tops" (par. 3). "Citizens are also banned from having hair the falls below the waistline, imitating the hairstyle of ruler Kim Jong Un and sporting...more
Feb. 8, 2025, 12:18 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, AFE-LAW-1, SRACE-PRACTICE-1, SRACE-PRACTICE-2
"Since seizing power in August 2021, the Taliban government has barred girls and women from high schools and universities, banned them from parks, funfairs and gyms, and ordered them to cover up in public" (par. 6).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, AFE-LAW-1, SRACE-PRACTICE-1, SRACE-PRACTICE-2
"Since seizing power in August 2021, the Taliban government has barred girls and women from high schools and universities, banned them from parks, funfairs and gyms, and ordered them to cover up in public" (par. 6).
Feb. 3, 2025, 2 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: RCDW-LAW-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). Amnesty said in a report, based on testimony from over 40 women inside Iran published ahead of the March 8 International Women's Day, that women were being targeted with 'widespread surveillance' in public spaces and 'mass police checks' targeting women drivers....more
Variables: RCDW-LAW-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). Amnesty said in a report, based on testimony from over 40 women inside Iran published ahead of the March 8 International Women's Day, that women were being targeted with 'widespread surveillance' in public spaces and 'mass police checks' targeting women drivers....more
Feb. 3, 2025, 1:01 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"The vice and virtue law, recently signed by the Taliban’s supreme leader, comprises four chapters and 35 articles, significantly expanding the powers of the “morality police” to threaten and detain those who fail to adhere to the regime’s strict interpretation of Islamic law. The law imposes even stricter regulations on women, declaring that the voices and faces of women are “forbidden” to men outside their immediate family. Women are required to cover their faces entirely to avoid what the law describes as “temptation". 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...more
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"The vice and virtue law, recently signed by the Taliban’s supreme leader, comprises four chapters and 35 articles, significantly expanding the powers of the “morality police” to threaten and detain those who fail to adhere to the regime’s strict interpretation of Islamic law. The law imposes even stricter regulations on women, declaring that the voices and faces of women are “forbidden” to men outside their immediate family. Women are required to cover their faces entirely to avoid what the law describes as “temptation". 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...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 12:19 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"Women in Iran could face the death sentence or up to 15 years in prison if they defy new compulsory morality laws due to come into effect this week. New laws promoting the “culture of chastity and hijab” passed by the Iranian authorities earlier this month impose severe penalties for those caught “promoting nudity, indecency, unveiling or improper dressing”, including fines of up to £12,500, flogging and prison sentences ranging from five to 15 years for repeat offenders. Article 37 of the new law also stipulates that those promoting or propagating indecency, unveiling or “bad dressing” to foreign entities, including international media and civil society organisations, could face a decade...more
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"Women in Iran could face the death sentence or up to 15 years in prison if they defy new compulsory morality laws due to come into effect this week. New laws promoting the “culture of chastity and hijab” passed by the Iranian authorities earlier this month impose severe penalties for those caught “promoting nudity, indecency, unveiling or improper dressing”, including fines of up to £12,500, flogging and prison sentences ranging from five to 15 years for repeat offenders. Article 37 of the new law also stipulates that those promoting or propagating indecency, unveiling or “bad dressing” to foreign entities, including international media and civil society organisations, could face a decade...more
Jan. 25, 2025, 1:41 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, RCDW-LAW-2
"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" (para 2).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, RCDW-LAW-2
"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" (para 2).
Jan. 24, 2025, 12:41 p.m.
Countries: Sweden
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"Sweden's Supreme Court has reversed the schoolgirl headscarf ban passed by the municipality of Staffanstorp in 2019, arguing that it contravenes freedom of expression laws. Staffanstorp, in the county of Skåne, southern Sweden, where the Moderates rule in coalition with the far-right Sweden Democrats, wanted to bar children from wearing headscarves in preschools and primary schools up to year six, effectively banning children under 12. In Skurup, another municipality run by the Sweden Democrats, politicians had pushed for a ban for children and staff in preschools and primary schools. Parliament has previously shut down proposals to ban headscarves" (para 1-4). "The parliament's committee on the constitution has said that it...more
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"Sweden's Supreme Court has reversed the schoolgirl headscarf ban passed by the municipality of Staffanstorp in 2019, arguing that it contravenes freedom of expression laws. Staffanstorp, in the county of Skåne, southern Sweden, where the Moderates rule in coalition with the far-right Sweden Democrats, wanted to bar children from wearing headscarves in preschools and primary schools up to year six, effectively banning children under 12. In Skurup, another municipality run by the Sweden Democrats, politicians had pushed for a ban for children and staff in preschools and primary schools. Parliament has previously shut down proposals to ban headscarves" (para 1-4). "The parliament's committee on the constitution has said that it...more
Jan. 18, 2025, 12:52 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, RCDW-LAW-2
"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).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, RCDW-LAW-2
"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).
Jan. 6, 2025, 1:57 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"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 relatives, are present. 'If it is necessary for women to leave their homes, they must cover their faces and voices from men' and be accompanied by a 'male guardian', according to the rules approved by the Taliban's supreme leader" (par. 9-10).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"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 relatives, are present. 'If it is necessary for women to leave their homes, they must cover their faces and voices from men' and be accompanied by a 'male guardian', according to the rules approved by the Taliban's supreme leader" (par. 9-10).
Dec. 11, 2024, 11:26 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"In Iran, where Dr. Rajaei-Rad lives, hijab laws mandate women to cover their hair in public" (para 4).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"In Iran, where Dr. Rajaei-Rad lives, hijab laws mandate women to cover their hair in public" (para 4).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:51 p.m.
Countries: France
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"Pupils will be banned from wearing abayas, loose-fitting full-length robes worn by some Muslim women, in France's state-run schools, the education minister has said. The rule will be applied as soon as the new school year starts on 4 September. France has a strict ban on religious signs in state schools and government buildings, arguing that they violate secular laws. Wearing a headscarf has been banned since 2004 in state-run schools" (para 1-4). "In 2010, France banned the wearing of full face veils in public which provoked anger in France's five million-strong Muslim community" (para 10). "It has been updating the law over the years to reflect its changing population,...more
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"Pupils will be banned from wearing abayas, loose-fitting full-length robes worn by some Muslim women, in France's state-run schools, the education minister has said. The rule will be applied as soon as the new school year starts on 4 September. France has a strict ban on religious signs in state schools and government buildings, arguing that they violate secular laws. Wearing a headscarf has been banned since 2004 in state-run schools" (para 1-4). "In 2010, France banned the wearing of full face veils in public which provoked anger in France's five million-strong Muslim community" (para 10). "It has been updating the law over the years to reflect its changing population,...more
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:42 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"They are required to take a male chaperone with them on journeys of more than 72 km (45 miles) and follow a dress code" (para 7).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"They are required to take a male chaperone with them on journeys of more than 72 km (45 miles) and follow a dress code" (para 7).
Dec. 5, 2024, 6:07 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"The Iranian state has said that it plans to open a treatment clinic for women who defy the mandatory hijab laws that require women to cover their heads in public. The opening of a “hijab removal treatment clinic” was announced by Mehri Talebi Darestani, the head of the Women and Family Department of the Tehran Headquarters for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. She said the clinic will offer 'scientific and psychological treatment for hijab removal'" (para 1-2). "[T]he idea of a clinic to treat women who did not comply with hijab laws is ‘neither Islamic and nor is it aligned with Iranian law’" (para 5). "The announcement...more
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"The Iranian state has said that it plans to open a treatment clinic for women who defy the mandatory hijab laws that require women to cover their heads in public. The opening of a “hijab removal treatment clinic” was announced by Mehri Talebi Darestani, the head of the Women and Family Department of the Tehran Headquarters for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. She said the clinic will offer 'scientific and psychological treatment for hijab removal'" (para 1-2). "[T]he idea of a clinic to treat women who did not comply with hijab laws is ‘neither Islamic and nor is it aligned with Iranian law’" (para 5). "The announcement...more
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:53 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"Harrowing first-hand accounts of women being dragged from the streets of Iran and detained by security services have emerged as human rights groups say country’s hijab rules have been brutally enforced since the country’s drone strikes on Israel on 13 April" (par. 1).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"Harrowing first-hand accounts of women being dragged from the streets of Iran and detained by security services have emerged as human rights groups say country’s hijab rules have been brutally enforced since the country’s drone strikes on Israel on 13 April" (par. 1).
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: RCDW-LAW-1
"[A]s womens aren't allowed to ride in metro if they do not wear Hijab. This move appears to be part of a pattern of government efforts to force Iranian public bodies to take greater responsibility for enforcing the hijab" (Para 2). "The government said on Saturday that it planned to install cameras in streets and use existing traffic camera CCTV to detect women not complying with the dress code, and that fines would be imposed" (Para 8) "The judiciary has said it is willing to impose fines of 1m tomans (£190) on women taken to court for not wearing the hijab. Cars in which women are not wearing the hijab...more
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"[A]s womens aren't allowed to ride in metro if they do not wear Hijab. This move appears to be part of a pattern of government efforts to force Iranian public bodies to take greater responsibility for enforcing the hijab" (Para 2). "The government said on Saturday that it planned to install cameras in streets and use existing traffic camera CCTV to detect women not complying with the dress code, and that fines would be imposed" (Para 8) "The judiciary has said it is willing to impose fines of 1m tomans (£190) on women taken to court for not wearing the hijab. Cars in which women are not wearing the hijab...more
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:03 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"You see it as soon as you land at the airport: posters telling women to keep their headscarves on. They're everywhere in Iran; in malls, restaurants, billboards above main highways, and even rest stops in between cities. The hijab remains the official law in Iran" (Para 1).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"You see it as soon as you land at the airport: posters telling women to keep their headscarves on. They're everywhere in Iran; in malls, restaurants, billboards above main highways, and even rest stops in between cities. The hijab remains the official law in Iran" (Para 1).
Nov. 16, 2024, 3:39 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: RCDW-LAW-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). " [Iran's]. theocratic government and its hijab requirements ... have been in place since the 1970s" (para 2). "The secretary of Iran’s Headquarters for Promoting Virtue and Preventing Vice, Mohammad Saleh Hashemi Golpayegani, announced in an interview that the government was planning to use surveillance technology against women in public places following a new decree signed by the country’s hardline president,...more
Variables: RCDW-LAW-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). " [Iran's]. theocratic government and its hijab requirements ... have been in place since the 1970s" (para 2). "The secretary of Iran’s Headquarters for Promoting Virtue and Preventing Vice, Mohammad Saleh Hashemi Golpayegani, announced in an interview that the government was planning to use surveillance technology against women in public places following a new decree signed by the country’s hardline president,...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. 1, 2024, 10:37 a.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, IIP-LAW-1, DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"The Public Order Act of 1996 imposed conservative Islamic social codes which restricted women’s movement, work and study. Women could be imprisoned or flogged for seemingly trivial transgressions – such as wearing western-style jeans" (para 10).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, IIP-LAW-1, DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"The Public Order Act of 1996 imposed conservative Islamic social codes which restricted women’s movement, work and study. Women could be imprisoned or flogged for seemingly trivial transgressions – such as wearing western-style jeans" (para 10).
Oct. 22, 2024, 11:02 a.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"The education ministry has stipulated that the veil should not be compulsory in schools. However, the 2005 Iraqi constitution states that Islam is the official state religion and should be the 'foundation source' of legislation" (para 14).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"The education ministry has stipulated that the veil should not be compulsory in schools. However, the 2005 Iraqi constitution states that Islam is the official state religion and should be the 'foundation source' of legislation" (para 14).
Oct. 16, 2024, 3:21 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"[A]s womens aren't allowed to ride in metro if they do not wear Hijab. This move appears to be part of a pattern of government efforts to force Iranian public bodies to take greater responsibility for enforcing the hijab" (Para 2). "The government said on Saturday that it planned to install cameras in streets and use existing traffic camera CCTV to detect women not complying with the dress code, and that fines would be imposed" (Para 8) "The judiciary has said it is willing to impose fines of 1m tomans (£190) on women taken to court for not wearing the hijab. Cars in which women are not wearing the hijab...more
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"[A]s womens aren't allowed to ride in metro if they do not wear Hijab. This move appears to be part of a pattern of government efforts to force Iranian public bodies to take greater responsibility for enforcing the hijab" (Para 2). "The government said on Saturday that it planned to install cameras in streets and use existing traffic camera CCTV to detect women not complying with the dress code, and that fines would be imposed" (Para 8) "The judiciary has said it is willing to impose fines of 1m tomans (£190) on women taken to court for not wearing the hijab. Cars in which women are not wearing the hijab...more
Oct. 16, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"You see it as soon as you land at the airport: posters telling women to keep their headscarves on. They're everywhere in Iran; in malls, restaurants, billboards above main highways, and even rest stops in between cities. The hijab remains the official law in Iran" (Para 1).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"You see it as soon as you land at the airport: posters telling women to keep their headscarves on. They're everywhere in Iran; in malls, restaurants, billboards above main highways, and even rest stops in between cities. The hijab remains the official law in Iran" (Para 1).
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, 11:13 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, RCDW-LAW-2
"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). "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" (para 37).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, RCDW-LAW-2
"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). "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" (para 37).
Feb. 11, 2024, 3:17 p.m.
Countries: Switzerland
Variables: RCDW-PRACTICE-2, RCDW-LAW-1, RCDW-LAW-2
"Switzerland has proposed a £900 fine for anyone covering their face under a 'burqa ban' law. The draft law was today sent to parliament by the Swiss government and includes several exemptions, including suggesting waiving the ban on aircraft, in diplomatic premises and places of worship" (para 1-2). "Also, under the draft law, masks deemed necessary to protect oneself while exercising fundamental rights to expression and assembly would be allowed as long as authorities approved and public order was assured" (para 5). "Following consultations, the cabinet watered down calls to anchor it in the criminal code and fine offenders up to 10,000 francs" (para 9). "Full face veils were banned...more
Variables: RCDW-PRACTICE-2, RCDW-LAW-1, RCDW-LAW-2
"Switzerland has proposed a £900 fine for anyone covering their face under a 'burqa ban' law. The draft law was today sent to parliament by the Swiss government and includes several exemptions, including suggesting waiving the ban on aircraft, in diplomatic premises and places of worship" (para 1-2). "Also, under the draft law, masks deemed necessary to protect oneself while exercising fundamental rights to expression and assembly would be allowed as long as authorities approved and public order was assured" (para 5). "Following consultations, the cabinet watered down calls to anchor it in the criminal code and fine offenders up to 10,000 francs" (para 9). "Full face veils were banned...more
Jan. 22, 2024, 6:37 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, RCDW-LAW-2
"Women have stopped being issued driver's licenses and are ordered to cover their whole bodies in western city Herat, Afghanistan's third largest" (para 2). "Last week the authorities ordered them to cover fully in public, preferably with a burqa" (para 24).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, RCDW-LAW-2
"Women have stopped being issued driver's licenses and are ordered to cover their whole bodies in western city Herat, Afghanistan's third largest" (para 2). "Last week the authorities ordered them to cover fully in public, preferably with a burqa" (para 24).
Jan. 21, 2024, 10:39 a.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"A quick look at Iran’s constitution concerning the hijab reveals the erroneous interpretation—and how the regulation of women’s appearance is built into the laws and constitution of Iran. According to Article 638 of the Islamic Penal Code, failure to appear without hijab in public is punishable by imprisonment from 10 days to two months or up to 74 lashes. So whether an entity dedicated to enforcing the law—in this case, the morality police—exists, the compulsory hijab is a constitutional mandate" (para 4) "On Dec 5, an entire amusement park was shut down when a female employee showed up to work without a headscarf. In another incident, a member of parliament...more
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"A quick look at Iran’s constitution concerning the hijab reveals the erroneous interpretation—and how the regulation of women’s appearance is built into the laws and constitution of Iran. According to Article 638 of the Islamic Penal Code, failure to appear without hijab in public is punishable by imprisonment from 10 days to two months or up to 74 lashes. So whether an entity dedicated to enforcing the law—in this case, the morality police—exists, the compulsory hijab is a constitutional mandate" (para 4) "On Dec 5, an entire amusement park was shut down when a female employee showed up to work without a headscarf. In another incident, a member of parliament...more
Jan. 21, 2024, 10:36 a.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"An Iranian woman has been jailed for ten years for 'encouraging prostitution' after removing her headscarf at a protest" (para 1).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"An Iranian woman has been jailed for ten years for 'encouraging prostitution' after removing her headscarf at a protest" (para 1).