Latest items for SEGI-PRACTICE-1
Dec. 17, 2024, 8:09 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Amal Kabashi, from the Iraq Women’s Network advocacy group, said the amendment 'provides huge leeway for male dominance over family issues' in an already conservative society. Activists have demonstrated against the proposed changes and were planning to protest again later Thursday in Baghdad" (para 5).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Amal Kabashi, from the Iraq Women’s Network advocacy group, said the amendment 'provides huge leeway for male dominance over family issues' in an already conservative society. Activists have demonstrated against the proposed changes and were planning to protest again later Thursday in Baghdad" (para 5).
Dec. 13, 2024, 10:38 p.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Lawmakers who had been moving toward repealing Gambia’s landmark ban on female genital cutting overwhelmingly changed course on Monday, voting instead to keep the legislation in place after women staged an intense three-month campaign" (para 1). "Women’s rights campaigners, many of whom were in the National Assembly in Banjul, Gambia’s capital, to hear the ruling, greeted it with jubilation and relief. Their lobbying of politicians and efforts to educate communities about the harmful effects of cutting — which in Gambia usually means removing the clitoris and labia minora — had paid off" (para 5).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Lawmakers who had been moving toward repealing Gambia’s landmark ban on female genital cutting overwhelmingly changed course on Monday, voting instead to keep the legislation in place after women staged an intense three-month campaign" (para 1). "Women’s rights campaigners, many of whom were in the National Assembly in Banjul, Gambia’s capital, to hear the ruling, greeted it with jubilation and relief. Their lobbying of politicians and efforts to educate communities about the harmful effects of cutting — which in Gambia usually means removing the clitoris and labia minora — had paid off" (para 5).
Dec. 13, 2024, 10:31 p.m.
Countries: Saudi Arabia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Formal objections to the ruling have been raised by three Saudi activists, and the twitter hashtag #AnaLama (which translates as I Am Lama) has been set up. Local reports say public anger over the settlement is growing across Saudi Arabia, with authorities planning to set up a 24-hour hotline to take calls about child abuse" (para 9-10).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Formal objections to the ruling have been raised by three Saudi activists, and the twitter hashtag #AnaLama (which translates as I Am Lama) has been set up. Local reports say public anger over the settlement is growing across Saudi Arabia, with authorities planning to set up a 24-hour hotline to take calls about child abuse" (para 9-10).
Dec. 13, 2024, 4:38 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1, NGOFW-DATA-1
"With new revelations of abuses involving the creation and dissemination of sexually explicit deepfake images coming out almost daily, Korean women’s rights group Womenlink is decrying the reality in which women are left 'living without a state,' as they no longer feel that their country will provide them with the protection they need" (para 1).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1, NGOFW-DATA-1
"With new revelations of abuses involving the creation and dissemination of sexually explicit deepfake images coming out almost daily, Korean women’s rights group Womenlink is decrying the reality in which women are left 'living without a state,' as they no longer feel that their country will provide them with the protection they need" (para 1).
Dec. 13, 2024, 3:39 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Since the Aug. 9 killing, thousands of doctors have gone on strike to demand a safer work environment and thousands more people have taken to the streets to demand justice" (para 2). "The ongoing protests — with dozens of Bollywood celebrities and other public figures lending their voices — have morphed into widespread anger, not just at the plight of many in the medical profession, but also about workplace safety for women" (para 14). "On Wednesday, hundreds of doctors wearing aprons and stethoscopes protested outside the federal health ministry and at Jantar Mantar, a designated spot for protests in the nation’s capital. They demanded immediate action to ensure the safety...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Since the Aug. 9 killing, thousands of doctors have gone on strike to demand a safer work environment and thousands more people have taken to the streets to demand justice" (para 2). "The ongoing protests — with dozens of Bollywood celebrities and other public figures lending their voices — have morphed into widespread anger, not just at the plight of many in the medical profession, but also about workplace safety for women" (para 14). "On Wednesday, hundreds of doctors wearing aprons and stethoscopes protested outside the federal health ministry and at Jantar Mantar, a designated spot for protests in the nation’s capital. They demanded immediate action to ensure the safety...more
Dec. 13, 2024, 3:26 p.m.
Countries: Mexico
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"By midday on March 8, 2024, small groups of women dressed in lilac, wearing purple bandanas tied around their wrists, hair and necks, started to congregate in Mexico City. Soon they comprised an 180,000-strong crowd, marching and chanting together on International Women’s Day. The chants were amplified by megaphones or voices directed upward, faces turned to the sky. With arms in the air, they yelled about their strength in numbers, the lack of police protection and their intent to fight for their rights" (para 1-2).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"By midday on March 8, 2024, small groups of women dressed in lilac, wearing purple bandanas tied around their wrists, hair and necks, started to congregate in Mexico City. Soon they comprised an 180,000-strong crowd, marching and chanting together on International Women’s Day. The chants were amplified by megaphones or voices directed upward, faces turned to the sky. With arms in the air, they yelled about their strength in numbers, the lack of police protection and their intent to fight for their rights" (para 1-2).
Dec. 11, 2024, 11:26 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Last year, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini fell victim to them for allegedly violating the dress code and died while in custody under suspicious circumstances. Her death sparked a nationwide uprising in which thousands of women took to the streets to protest longstanding inequality. Their rallying call, 'Woman, Life, Freedom,' struck a chord worldwide" (para 4-5).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Last year, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini fell victim to them for allegedly violating the dress code and died while in custody under suspicious circumstances. Her death sparked a nationwide uprising in which thousands of women took to the streets to protest longstanding inequality. Their rallying call, 'Woman, Life, Freedom,' struck a chord worldwide" (para 4-5).
Dec. 10, 2024, 4 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Italians had previously taken to the streets in silent, torchlit marches to protest the slayings of women. But Elena Cecchettin, Giulia’s sister, offered an alternative: 'make noise' to honor her sister. 'If you have keys, rattle them,' she called out" (para 18).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Italians had previously taken to the streets in silent, torchlit marches to protest the slayings of women. But Elena Cecchettin, Giulia’s sister, offered an alternative: 'make noise' to honor her sister. 'If you have keys, rattle them,' she called out" (para 18).
Dec. 10, 2024, 3:53 p.m.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"In October, Amantai Zharkynbek, a deputy from the ruling Amanat political party, even claimed that if a man is sentenced for 15 days of administrative arrest for domestic violence, his wife should also face the same for 'provoking' the incident" (para 12).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"In October, Amantai Zharkynbek, a deputy from the ruling Amanat political party, even claimed that if a man is sentenced for 15 days of administrative arrest for domestic violence, his wife should also face the same for 'provoking' the incident" (para 12).
Dec. 10, 2024, 3:41 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Mr. Xi’s government has waged a broad crackdown on civil society organizations, making overt feminism dangerous. Huang Xueqin, a leading feminist activist and journalist who helped start China’s #MeToo movement by creating a social media platform for reporting sexual harassment in 2018, was put on trial in September on vague charges of subversion, after two years in detention. No verdict has been announced" (para 13). "The Communist Party has dug in, identifying Western feminism as an unpatriotic threat to its population-planning objectives and an example of hostile foreign ideological infiltration. Censorship of feminist topics online has intensified, as has misogynistic state propaganda. But as record-high numbers of Chinese women attend...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Mr. Xi’s government has waged a broad crackdown on civil society organizations, making overt feminism dangerous. Huang Xueqin, a leading feminist activist and journalist who helped start China’s #MeToo movement by creating a social media platform for reporting sexual harassment in 2018, was put on trial in September on vague charges of subversion, after two years in detention. No verdict has been announced" (para 13). "The Communist Party has dug in, identifying Western feminism as an unpatriotic threat to its population-planning objectives and an example of hostile foreign ideological infiltration. Censorship of feminist topics online has intensified, as has misogynistic state propaganda. But as record-high numbers of Chinese women attend...more
Dec. 7, 2024, 6:21 p.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Over the past year, activists in one of these countries, The Gambia, have shown that it is possible to challenge these harmful cultural practices and protect the rights of women and girls" (par. 1). "In March 2024, Almami Gibba, a member of the party of former president Jammeh, introduced a bill seeking to repeal the act and allow women and girls in The Gambia to undergo FGM. Some lawmakers also began considering the idea of medicalizing the practice by allowing healthcare professionals to perform FGM. In response, civil society organizations sprang into action, launching a campaign that used medical evidence to raise awareness about the harmful effects of FGM. Supported...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Over the past year, activists in one of these countries, The Gambia, have shown that it is possible to challenge these harmful cultural practices and protect the rights of women and girls" (par. 1). "In March 2024, Almami Gibba, a member of the party of former president Jammeh, introduced a bill seeking to repeal the act and allow women and girls in The Gambia to undergo FGM. Some lawmakers also began considering the idea of medicalizing the practice by allowing healthcare professionals to perform FGM. In response, civil society organizations sprang into action, launching a campaign that used medical evidence to raise awareness about the harmful effects of FGM. Supported...more
Dec. 6, 2024, 9:14 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"As Donald Trump secured victory in the US presidential election, an unexpected phenomenon began trending on social media: young American women declaring their commitment to '4B', a fringe South Korean feminist movement advocating the rejection of marriage, childbirth, dating and sex. The movement has sparked intense global interest, with millions of views on TikTok and viral X posts heralding it as a women’s rights revolution. Yet within South Korea itself, the picture is more complex and in some places the feminist movement is under attack" (para 1-3). "The 4B name stems from four Korean words beginning with 'bi' (meaning 'no'): bihon (no marriage), bichulsan (no childbirth), biyeonae (no dating), and...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"As Donald Trump secured victory in the US presidential election, an unexpected phenomenon began trending on social media: young American women declaring their commitment to '4B', a fringe South Korean feminist movement advocating the rejection of marriage, childbirth, dating and sex. The movement has sparked intense global interest, with millions of views on TikTok and viral X posts heralding it as a women’s rights revolution. Yet within South Korea itself, the picture is more complex and in some places the feminist movement is under attack" (para 1-3). "The 4B name stems from four Korean words beginning with 'bi' (meaning 'no'): bihon (no marriage), bichulsan (no childbirth), biyeonae (no dating), and...more
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:43 a.m.
Countries: Brazil
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"'[The previous government] picked the gender debate as an enemy that must be defeated,' said Bueno, adding that Bolsonaro’s misogynistic discourse trickled down into both public policy and people’s behaviour with an ultimately harmful impact on women’s lives" (para 7).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"'[The previous government] picked the gender debate as an enemy that must be defeated,' said Bueno, adding that Bolsonaro’s misogynistic discourse trickled down into both public policy and people’s behaviour with an ultimately harmful impact on women’s lives" (para 7).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:28 a.m.
Countries: Kyrgyzstan
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1, GP-DATA-1
"Roza Otunbayeva, former president of Kyrgyzstan and a founder of the country’s women’s movement, noted that today we, the women of Kyrgyzstan, hold our heads proudly and talk about women’s issues and leadership" (para 14).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1, GP-DATA-1
"Roza Otunbayeva, former president of Kyrgyzstan and a founder of the country’s women’s movement, noted that today we, the women of Kyrgyzstan, hold our heads proudly and talk about women’s issues and leadership" (para 14).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:09 a.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"It was also the same year that the Flower Demo movement started. On the 11th day of every month since April 2019, groups of sexual violence victims and their supporters have gathered throughout Japan in public spaces to protest unjust acquittals of sexual crimes, and call for changes to the country's sexual violence law" (para 31). "'I started the Flower Demo because I was angry,' Minori Kitahara told the BBC after one of the gatherings in Tokyo. 'I also felt many other women's anger. But there's no place to speak out'" (para 33).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"It was also the same year that the Flower Demo movement started. On the 11th day of every month since April 2019, groups of sexual violence victims and their supporters have gathered throughout Japan in public spaces to protest unjust acquittals of sexual crimes, and call for changes to the country's sexual violence law" (para 31). "'I started the Flower Demo because I was angry,' Minori Kitahara told the BBC after one of the gatherings in Tokyo. 'I also felt many other women's anger. But there's no place to speak out'" (para 33).
Dec. 5, 2024, 6:07 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-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" (para 1). "Iranian women and human rights groups have expressed outrage at the announcement. Sima Sabet, a UK-based Iranian journalist who was a target of an Iranian assassination attempt last year, said the move is “shameful”, adding that: 'The idea of establishing clinics to ‘cure’ unveiled women is chilling, where people are separated from society simply for not conforming to the ruling ideology.' Iranian human rights lawyer Hossein Raeesi said that the idea of a clinic to treat women who...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-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" (para 1). "Iranian women and human rights groups have expressed outrage at the announcement. Sima Sabet, a UK-based Iranian journalist who was a target of an Iranian assassination attempt last year, said the move is “shameful”, adding that: 'The idea of establishing clinics to ‘cure’ unveiled women is chilling, where people are separated from society simply for not conforming to the ruling ideology.' Iranian human rights lawyer Hossein Raeesi said that the idea of a clinic to treat women who...more
Dec. 5, 2024, 4:37 p.m.
Countries: Norway
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee welcomes the courses offered on women’s rights at Oslo University and other academic institutions. It is concerned, however, that no equivalent education exists for the larger public. It also reiterates its concern about the lack of awareness about the Convention, the Optional Protocol thereto and the Committee’s general recommendations among the general public and women, in particular women from ethnic minorities, migrant women and women with disabilities, which presents an obstacle to them claiming their rights. The Committee recommends that the State party intensify its efforts to raise awareness among women and men and girls and boys of women’s rights under the Convention and the remedies available to...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee welcomes the courses offered on women’s rights at Oslo University and other academic institutions. It is concerned, however, that no equivalent education exists for the larger public. It also reiterates its concern about the lack of awareness about the Convention, the Optional Protocol thereto and the Committee’s general recommendations among the general public and women, in particular women from ethnic minorities, migrant women and women with disabilities, which presents an obstacle to them claiming their rights. The Committee recommends that the State party intensify its efforts to raise awareness among women and men and girls and boys of women’s rights under the Convention and the remedies available to...more
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:53 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"However, jailed Nobel peace prize laureate Narges Mohammadi sent a voice message – published by relatives on Instagram – about Ghalibaf’s visible bruises. In the post, she urged Iranian women to share their stories of arrest and sexual assault at the hands of the security forces" (par. 7). "Since nationwide protests gripped Iran after the death in custody of the 22-year-old Kurdish woman Jina Mahsa Amini, independent human rights organisations and the UN fact-finding mission on Iran have investigated cases of rape and sexual assault of protesters, concluding that the Iranian regime committed crimes against humanity" (par. 12). "Masih Alinejad, an Iranian-American journalist, has launched the United Against Gender Apartheid...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"However, jailed Nobel peace prize laureate Narges Mohammadi sent a voice message – published by relatives on Instagram – about Ghalibaf’s visible bruises. In the post, she urged Iranian women to share their stories of arrest and sexual assault at the hands of the security forces" (par. 7). "Since nationwide protests gripped Iran after the death in custody of the 22-year-old Kurdish woman Jina Mahsa Amini, independent human rights organisations and the UN fact-finding mission on Iran have investigated cases of rape and sexual assault of protesters, concluding that the Iranian regime committed crimes against humanity" (par. 12). "Masih Alinejad, an Iranian-American journalist, has launched the United Against Gender Apartheid...more
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:49 p.m.
Countries: Spain
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Beatriz Carrillo, the director general of non-discrimination and anti-racism within Spain's equality ministry called the court in Leon's ruling 'shameful' on X. 'Even more so [the ruling] is alluding to an alleged non-existent custom to mitigate the sentence. The penal code does not exclude the protection and protection of gypsy minors, otherwise it would be defending that abusing, attacking or raping to gypsy girls has few legal consequences,' she wrote on the social platform" (par. 14-15).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Beatriz Carrillo, the director general of non-discrimination and anti-racism within Spain's equality ministry called the court in Leon's ruling 'shameful' on X. 'Even more so [the ruling] is alluding to an alleged non-existent custom to mitigate the sentence. The penal code does not exclude the protection and protection of gypsy minors, otherwise it would be defending that abusing, attacking or raping to gypsy girls has few legal consequences,' she wrote on the social platform" (par. 14-15).
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:42 p.m.
Countries: Malaysia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1, SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry is always looking for avenues to bring the much-needed change to end child marriages in the country, Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri. The minister said although it was an uphill task, the ministry was not willing to give up on the issue" (par. 1-2).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1, SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry is always looking for avenues to bring the much-needed change to end child marriages in the country, Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri. The minister said although it was an uphill task, the ministry was not willing to give up on the issue" (par. 1-2).
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:40 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1, SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"Two years after the ordeal, Hicks took to an anonymous blog with the help of an attorney to expose what happened on board the Sea Year program. Following its publicity in 2021, the vessel's operator, Maersk's US subsidiary, contacted Hicks' alleged attacker to be involved in an internal investigation" (par. 11-12).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1, SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"Two years after the ordeal, Hicks took to an anonymous blog with the help of an attorney to expose what happened on board the Sea Year program. Following its publicity in 2021, the vessel's operator, Maersk's US subsidiary, contacted Hicks' alleged attacker to be involved in an internal investigation" (par. 11-12).
Dec. 3, 2024, 4:25 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Women’s rights campaigners have spoken of their concern over the spread of female genital mutilation among Sudanese refugees in camps across the border in Chad... A social worker at the camp said the cutting itself was taking place in secret because it contravened Chadian laws. She added that as well as children, married women were being subjected to another form of FGM after giving birth. The procedure, known as adal, which means 'fixing it', is common in Sudan...Before FGM was made illegal in Sudan in 2020, Sudanese refugees in Chad would return to their home country to cut their daughters then head back across the border to the camps, a...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Women’s rights campaigners have spoken of their concern over the spread of female genital mutilation among Sudanese refugees in camps across the border in Chad... A social worker at the camp said the cutting itself was taking place in secret because it contravened Chadian laws. She added that as well as children, married women were being subjected to another form of FGM after giving birth. The procedure, known as adal, which means 'fixing it', is common in Sudan...Before FGM was made illegal in Sudan in 2020, Sudanese refugees in Chad would return to their home country to cut their daughters then head back across the border to the camps, a...more
Dec. 3, 2024, 4:24 p.m.
Countries: Chad
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Women’s rights campaigners have spoken of their concern over the spread of female genital mutilation among Sudanese refugees in camps across the border in Chad... A social worker at the camp said the cutting itself was taking place in secret because it contravened Chadian laws. She added that as well as children, married women were being subjected to another form of FGM after giving birth. The procedure, known as adal, which means 'fixing it', is common in Sudan...Before FGM was made illegal in Sudan in 2020, Sudanese refugees in Chad would return to their home country to cut their daughters then head back across the border to the camps, a...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Women’s rights campaigners have spoken of their concern over the spread of female genital mutilation among Sudanese refugees in camps across the border in Chad... A social worker at the camp said the cutting itself was taking place in secret because it contravened Chadian laws. She added that as well as children, married women were being subjected to another form of FGM after giving birth. The procedure, known as adal, which means 'fixing it', is common in Sudan...Before FGM was made illegal in Sudan in 2020, Sudanese refugees in Chad would return to their home country to cut their daughters then head back across the border to the camps, a...more
Nov. 29, 2024, 3:21 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
“The Japanese government has begun to consult young people about their interest in marriage – or lack thereof – as Japan continues to struggle with a demographic crisis that is expected to result in a sharp population decline over the next decades” (para 1). “The government recognised that ideas about marriage among young people are different from what was once considered standard, an agency official said. The government has been seeking experts’ views and now wants those of single people. ‘The main premise is that marriage and child-rearing should be based on the respect for diverse values and ways of thinking of individuals,’ Ayuko Kato, the minister of state for...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
“The Japanese government has begun to consult young people about their interest in marriage – or lack thereof – as Japan continues to struggle with a demographic crisis that is expected to result in a sharp population decline over the next decades” (para 1). “The government recognised that ideas about marriage among young people are different from what was once considered standard, an agency official said. The government has been seeking experts’ views and now wants those of single people. ‘The main premise is that marriage and child-rearing should be based on the respect for diverse values and ways of thinking of individuals,’ Ayuko Kato, the minister of state for...more
Nov. 29, 2024, 3:10 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1, BR-PRACTICE-2
“North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said it is a duty of women to halt a fall in the country’s births in order to strengthen national power, state media said Monday, as his government steps up the call for the people to have more children” (para 1). “Kim's latest appeal for women to have more children was made Sunday during the country’s National Mothers Meeting, the first of its kind in 11 years. ‘Stopping the decline in birthrates and providing good child care and education are all our family affairs that we should solve together with our mothers,’ Kim said in his opening speech” (para 3-4).more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1, BR-PRACTICE-2
“North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said it is a duty of women to halt a fall in the country’s births in order to strengthen national power, state media said Monday, as his government steps up the call for the people to have more children” (para 1). “Kim's latest appeal for women to have more children was made Sunday during the country’s National Mothers Meeting, the first of its kind in 11 years. ‘Stopping the decline in birthrates and providing good child care and education are all our family affairs that we should solve together with our mothers,’ Kim said in his opening speech” (para 3-4).more
Nov. 22, 2024, 10:35 a.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
" 'Childfree propaganda is a socially dangerous phenomenon. The Americans are promoting this. Our country is vast and their ideology is dangerous. Under no circumstances should it be allowed to spread,' Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of the lower house, said in October. The Russian Orthodox Church is on board. 'Child-free is an ideology…that claims children are not obligatory in life and, more generally, even fosters hatred toward children,' said Father Fyodor Lukyanov, the head of the patriarch’s Commission on the Family and the Defense of Motherhood and Childhood earlier this year. 'Such child-hating, people-hating ideologies – particularly child-free – must be banned and equated with extremism since they are destroying...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
" 'Childfree propaganda is a socially dangerous phenomenon. The Americans are promoting this. Our country is vast and their ideology is dangerous. Under no circumstances should it be allowed to spread,' Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of the lower house, said in October. The Russian Orthodox Church is on board. 'Child-free is an ideology…that claims children are not obligatory in life and, more generally, even fosters hatred toward children,' said Father Fyodor Lukyanov, the head of the patriarch’s Commission on the Family and the Defense of Motherhood and Childhood earlier this year. 'Such child-hating, people-hating ideologies – particularly child-free – must be banned and equated with extremism since they are destroying...more
Nov. 16, 2024, 10:07 p.m.
Countries: Somalia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Somalia’s only all-female media team, Bilan, is launching the country’s first TV current affairs show to be hosted by a woman. The debate show, which plans to address some taboo subjects, will also be the first programme on Somali television to have a panel of at least 50% women, and the first to broach contentious topics, such as a critical shortage of female teachers and the challenges faced by women trying to get into politics, as well as environmental issues" (para 1-2). "Salah [senior reporter at Bilan, Somalia’s only all-female media team] added that she was proud to bring the subject of periods into public debate. 'Women, including me, never...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Somalia’s only all-female media team, Bilan, is launching the country’s first TV current affairs show to be hosted by a woman. The debate show, which plans to address some taboo subjects, will also be the first programme on Somali television to have a panel of at least 50% women, and the first to broach contentious topics, such as a critical shortage of female teachers and the challenges faced by women trying to get into politics, as well as environmental issues" (para 1-2). "Salah [senior reporter at Bilan, Somalia’s only all-female media team] added that she was proud to bring the subject of periods into public debate. 'Women, including me, never...more
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:24 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"In a searing report about the rape of protesters by security forces, CNN recounted how a 20-year-old woman was arrested for supposedly leading protests and later was brought by the police to a hospital in Karaj, shaking violently, head shaven, her rectum hemorrhaging. The woman is now back in prison" (para 2). "Hadi Ghaemi of the Center for Human Rights in Iran, a watchdog organization in New York, told me of a 14-year-old girl from a poor neighborhood in Tehran who protested by taking off her head scarf at school" (para 3). "Fearless young girls are at the forefront of today’s protests. When a member of the Basij paramilitary force...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"In a searing report about the rape of protesters by security forces, CNN recounted how a 20-year-old woman was arrested for supposedly leading protests and later was brought by the police to a hospital in Karaj, shaking violently, head shaven, her rectum hemorrhaging. The woman is now back in prison" (para 2). "Hadi Ghaemi of the Center for Human Rights in Iran, a watchdog organization in New York, told me of a 14-year-old girl from a poor neighborhood in Tehran who protested by taking off her head scarf at school" (para 3). "Fearless young girls are at the forefront of today’s protests. When a member of the Basij paramilitary force...more
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:04 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Many Iranian women, especially in urban centres, have refused to comply with the hijab rules, in a sign that the “women, life, freedom” protests that began in September continue in a more individualised form" (Para 2). "But parts of the clerical establishment are treading carefully, knowing heavy-handed enforcement measures were already unpopular before the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish Iranian. Her death led to wider protests about the role of religion and the specialist “morality police” in Iran" (Para 12). "Reflecting the sensitivity of the issue, Hojjat-ul-Islam wal-Muslimin Mohseni Ajei, the head of the judicial system, said on Monday he rejected a uniform approach and...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Many Iranian women, especially in urban centres, have refused to comply with the hijab rules, in a sign that the “women, life, freedom” protests that began in September continue in a more individualised form" (Para 2). "But parts of the clerical establishment are treading carefully, knowing heavy-handed enforcement measures were already unpopular before the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish Iranian. Her death led to wider protests about the role of religion and the specialist “morality police” in Iran" (Para 12). "Reflecting the sensitivity of the issue, Hojjat-ul-Islam wal-Muslimin Mohseni Ajei, the head of the judicial system, said on Monday he rejected a uniform approach and...more
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:02 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"It is the specific horror of gang rape that weighs most heavily on Indian women that I know. You may have heard of the many gruesome cases of women being gang-raped, disemboweled and left for dead. When an incident rises to national attention, the kettle of outrage boils over, and women sometimes stage protests, but it passes quickly. All Indian women are victims, each one traumatized, angry, betrayed, exhausted. Many of us think about gang rape more than we care to admit" (Para 5). "Gang rape is used as a weapon, particularly against lower castes and Muslims. The first instance that women my age remember was in 1980, when Phoolan...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"It is the specific horror of gang rape that weighs most heavily on Indian women that I know. You may have heard of the many gruesome cases of women being gang-raped, disemboweled and left for dead. When an incident rises to national attention, the kettle of outrage boils over, and women sometimes stage protests, but it passes quickly. All Indian women are victims, each one traumatized, angry, betrayed, exhausted. Many of us think about gang rape more than we care to admit" (Para 5). "Gang rape is used as a weapon, particularly against lower castes and Muslims. The first instance that women my age remember was in 1980, when Phoolan...more