Latest items for SEGI-PRACTICE-1
Feb. 21, 2025, 4:57 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: LBHO-PRACTICE-2, SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"In South Korea - despite a small increase in the share of women elected - a feeling among many young men of reverse discrimination played out in this year's election. 'Some parties continued to fuel or tap into an anti-gender sentiment among male voters who perceive women's rights advocates as anti-men,' says Ms Duarte Mutzenberg. However, she says, this may have led to even more women coming out to vote" (para 32-34).
Variables: LBHO-PRACTICE-2, SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"In South Korea - despite a small increase in the share of women elected - a feeling among many young men of reverse discrimination played out in this year's election. 'Some parties continued to fuel or tap into an anti-gender sentiment among male voters who perceive women's rights advocates as anti-men,' says Ms Duarte Mutzenberg. However, she says, this may have led to even more women coming out to vote" (para 32-34).
Feb. 20, 2025, 5:11 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Ms Phillips said social media figures including Andrew Tate, a self-described misogynist, were only reinforcing attitudes already felt by some men. 'We know that social media provided a new platform for promoting those types of gender stereotypes and misogynistic attitudes,' she said" (para 16-17).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Ms Phillips said social media figures including Andrew Tate, a self-described misogynist, were only reinforcing attitudes already felt by some men. 'We know that social media provided a new platform for promoting those types of gender stereotypes and misogynistic attitudes,' she said" (para 16-17).
Feb. 20, 2025, 3:56 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"The national campaign against rape is visible, and initiatives to change the perception of sexual violence, still often blamed on the survivor, are talked about in hospitals, homes and on social media. Multiple organisations, such as Mirabel Centre, WardC and Warif, partly financed by local and federal governments, provide medical, psychological and legal support to survivors, and training to doctors, police officers and judges working on cases of gender-based and sexual violence. For the past five years, on the first Saturday of December, crowds, including violence survivors, students and activists, have gathered in Lagos Island for an annual No Tolerance March. Followed by local media, people walk and chant feminist...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"The national campaign against rape is visible, and initiatives to change the perception of sexual violence, still often blamed on the survivor, are talked about in hospitals, homes and on social media. Multiple organisations, such as Mirabel Centre, WardC and Warif, partly financed by local and federal governments, provide medical, psychological and legal support to survivors, and training to doctors, police officers and judges working on cases of gender-based and sexual violence. For the past five years, on the first Saturday of December, crowds, including violence survivors, students and activists, have gathered in Lagos Island for an annual No Tolerance March. Followed by local media, people walk and chant feminist...more
Feb. 19, 2025, 6:34 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"In his address to the nation on India's 75th birthday last month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a 'change in the mentality' towards women and asked citizens to fight misogyny. 'A distortion has crept in our conduct and we at times insult women. Can we take a pledge to get rid of this in our behaviour,' he suggested, urging people to 'take a pledge to get rid of everything that humiliates women in everyday life'. This was not the first time Mr Modi had talked about gender equality and respect for women. In his first Independence Day speech as prime minister in 2014, he had condemned rapes in India...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"In his address to the nation on India's 75th birthday last month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a 'change in the mentality' towards women and asked citizens to fight misogyny. 'A distortion has crept in our conduct and we at times insult women. Can we take a pledge to get rid of this in our behaviour,' he suggested, urging people to 'take a pledge to get rid of everything that humiliates women in everyday life'. This was not the first time Mr Modi had talked about gender equality and respect for women. In his first Independence Day speech as prime minister in 2014, he had condemned rapes in India...more
Feb. 19, 2025, 6:02 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Since Indian courts began hearing the cases to criminalize marital rape, a slew of men’s rights activists have taken their objections to the streets and social media. The Save Indian Family Foundation group has been among the most vocal, claiming women could misuse the law to falsely imprison men. In March, the group, which claims to have 100,000 members, called for 'nationwide protests against Marital Rape law and Supreme Court of India,' writing on Twitter – now known as X – that they are 'ready to (un) leash hell on the system the day first fake marital rape case gets filed'" (para 82-84).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Since Indian courts began hearing the cases to criminalize marital rape, a slew of men’s rights activists have taken their objections to the streets and social media. The Save Indian Family Foundation group has been among the most vocal, claiming women could misuse the law to falsely imprison men. In March, the group, which claims to have 100,000 members, called for 'nationwide protests against Marital Rape law and Supreme Court of India,' writing on Twitter – now known as X – that they are 'ready to (un) leash hell on the system the day first fake marital rape case gets filed'" (para 82-84).
Feb. 14, 2025, 7:07 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Rape Crisis England & Wales (RCEW) is the national umbrella body for our network of autonomous member Rape Crisis Centres across England and Wales. We are a feminist organisation that exists to improve services and promote the needs and rights of women and girls who have experienced sexual abuse, rape and all forms of sexual violence and abuse. We also work towards the elimination of sexual violence and abuse, raising awareness in the wider community and with government" (1).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Rape Crisis England & Wales (RCEW) is the national umbrella body for our network of autonomous member Rape Crisis Centres across England and Wales. We are a feminist organisation that exists to improve services and promote the needs and rights of women and girls who have experienced sexual abuse, rape and all forms of sexual violence and abuse. We also work towards the elimination of sexual violence and abuse, raising awareness in the wider community and with government" (1).
Feb. 12, 2025, 10:17 p.m.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Women students are furious over the disclosure. Our personal data is hanging on every lamp post,' complained one. Another commented: 'After intimate medical examinations, they collect information and throw it into a general chat room.' Another hit out: 'In Kazakhstan, there is no concept of personal space and privacy at all'" (par. 15-18).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Women students are furious over the disclosure. Our personal data is hanging on every lamp post,' complained one. Another commented: 'After intimate medical examinations, they collect information and throw it into a general chat room.' Another hit out: 'In Kazakhstan, there is no concept of personal space and privacy at all'" (par. 15-18).
Feb. 12, 2025, 10:07 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"After organizing a Justice Department-sponsored national conference in December 2018 on the need for more women in policing, the two of them came up with 30x30 — to much skepticism, noted McGough, who is now director of strategic initiatives for the Policing Project at New York University’s School of Law. For two years, 'we tried and failed to get other organizations and funders to engage on this issue,' she said. They nonetheless launched it in March 2021, building a website with a small amount of seed money from Microsoft’s Justice Reform Initiative" (par. 20).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"After organizing a Justice Department-sponsored national conference in December 2018 on the need for more women in policing, the two of them came up with 30x30 — to much skepticism, noted McGough, who is now director of strategic initiatives for the Policing Project at New York University’s School of Law. For two years, 'we tried and failed to get other organizations and funders to engage on this issue,' she said. They nonetheless launched it in March 2021, building a website with a small amount of seed money from Microsoft’s Justice Reform Initiative" (par. 20).
Feb. 12, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Residents are reportedly frustrated by the fashion bans, which they allege do not seem to apply to those close to Kim Jong Un. His daughter Kim Ju Ae recently made a public appearance in a blouse with semi-transparent sleeves, Free Radio Asia reported. Similarly, Hyon Song Wol, the deputy department director of the ruling Korean Workers' Party, has also worn the 'rooster' hairstyle. Citizens, seemingly angered by the double standard, are understood to be protesting the restrictions" (par. 6-9). "Citizens must select their hairstyles from a list of roughly 15 government-approved options. Men are expected to keep their hair short, while women have a slightly broader range of choices -...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Residents are reportedly frustrated by the fashion bans, which they allege do not seem to apply to those close to Kim Jong Un. His daughter Kim Ju Ae recently made a public appearance in a blouse with semi-transparent sleeves, Free Radio Asia reported. Similarly, Hyon Song Wol, the deputy department director of the ruling Korean Workers' Party, has also worn the 'rooster' hairstyle. Citizens, seemingly angered by the double standard, are understood to be protesting the restrictions" (par. 6-9). "Citizens must select their hairstyles from a list of roughly 15 government-approved options. Men are expected to keep their hair short, while women have a slightly broader range of choices -...more
Feb. 12, 2025, 7:23 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Shamardina believes the free testing is an excellent service for women interested in family planning. But she notes that some of the reaction on Russian social media was negative, as women started receiving unsolicited invites from Moscow health authorities for testing. In response to an article published on the social media platform Telegram, one woman posted that the initiative made her feel like a surrogate for the state, while another compared the plan to Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale, where women are forced to produce offspring for the political elite" (par. 23-24).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Shamardina believes the free testing is an excellent service for women interested in family planning. But she notes that some of the reaction on Russian social media was negative, as women started receiving unsolicited invites from Moscow health authorities for testing. In response to an article published on the social media platform Telegram, one woman posted that the initiative made her feel like a surrogate for the state, while another compared the plan to Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale, where women are forced to produce offspring for the political elite" (par. 23-24).
Feb. 12, 2025, 7:09 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Claiming that someone had consented to lose their life in such a manner is 'the very worst kind of cowardly victim blaming imaginable', he adds. Fiona Mackenzie, founder of the We Can't Consent to This campaign, said: 'This is an important step in ensuring that men who kill women in sexually-motivated violence do not get away with a lighter sentence" (par. 6). The mention of the We Can't Consent to This campaign suggest there is some engagement from the public in thie gendered issue of killings taking place during rape (IME - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Claiming that someone had consented to lose their life in such a manner is 'the very worst kind of cowardly victim blaming imaginable', he adds. Fiona Mackenzie, founder of the We Can't Consent to This campaign, said: 'This is an important step in ensuring that men who kill women in sexually-motivated violence do not get away with a lighter sentence" (par. 6). The mention of the We Can't Consent to This campaign suggest there is some engagement from the public in thie gendered issue of killings taking place during rape (IME - CODER COMMENT).
Feb. 8, 2025, 12:39 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Now several women's safety charities are calling for police to urgently act and focus on women's safety" (par. 5). "Asti recently produced a book with the British fashion photographer Rankin featuring images of Lefranc to raise awareness of the crime. Princess Royal, the charity's patron, said at the launch: 'Businesses that use corrosive substances in their supply chain have a vital role in preventing attacks. Multiple interventions are required, including prevention of easy access to dangerous corrosives" (par. 43-44).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Now several women's safety charities are calling for police to urgently act and focus on women's safety" (par. 5). "Asti recently produced a book with the British fashion photographer Rankin featuring images of Lefranc to raise awareness of the crime. Princess Royal, the charity's patron, said at the launch: 'Businesses that use corrosive substances in their supply chain have a vital role in preventing attacks. Multiple interventions are required, including prevention of easy access to dangerous corrosives" (par. 43-44).
Feb. 8, 2025, 12:26 p.m.
Countries: Somalia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"In 2020, parliament debated a controversial bill to address gender-based violence but was forced to hold it back following local and international pressure over clauses that allowed for child and forced marriage and other violations of women’s rights" (par. 5). "Amina Haji Elmi, director of the Mogadishu-based advocacy group Save Somali Women and Children, said, 'Somali women, alongside others, have been living in the war-ravaged country. They were victimised by both natural disasters and man-caused problems. Currently, women are facing many challenges; among them are lack of support and poverty. They do not get protection and support after incidents.' Elmi called on security agencies to deliver justice to the families...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"In 2020, parliament debated a controversial bill to address gender-based violence but was forced to hold it back following local and international pressure over clauses that allowed for child and forced marriage and other violations of women’s rights" (par. 5). "Amina Haji Elmi, director of the Mogadishu-based advocacy group Save Somali Women and Children, said, 'Somali women, alongside others, have been living in the war-ravaged country. They were victimised by both natural disasters and man-caused problems. Currently, women are facing many challenges; among them are lack of support and poverty. They do not get protection and support after incidents.' Elmi called on security agencies to deliver justice to the families...more
Feb. 8, 2025, 12:06 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: IRP-LAW-4, SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Strippers Are Workers, a dancer-led organization in the state since 2018, advocated for the regulations - and alcohol sales. The organization's efforts began in response to wide regulation gaps for people performing at the 11 adult entertainment clubs across the state, according to Madison Zack-Wu, the group's campaign manager" (par. 8-9).
Variables: IRP-LAW-4, SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Strippers Are Workers, a dancer-led organization in the state since 2018, advocated for the regulations - and alcohol sales. The organization's efforts began in response to wide regulation gaps for people performing at the 11 adult entertainment clubs across the state, according to Madison Zack-Wu, the group's campaign manager" (par. 8-9).
Feb. 6, 2025, 9:50 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"That changed under Putin, who has forged a powerful alliance with the Russian Orthodox Church, promoting 'traditional values' and seeking to boost population growth. Health Minister Mikhail Murashko has condemned women for prioritizing education and career over childbearing" (para 10).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"That changed under Putin, who has forged a powerful alliance with the Russian Orthodox Church, promoting 'traditional values' and seeking to boost population growth. Health Minister Mikhail Murashko has condemned women for prioritizing education and career over childbearing" (para 10).
Feb. 6, 2025, 7:05 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"[There are] facilities at certain institutions and academies involved in training and developing a gender approach and institutionalizing gender equality.29 For example, the justice sector offered a training programme in gender and the concept of equal rights for men and women to 1,186 judicial attachés between 2011 and 2018" (7). "To support the capacities of elected women officials and women candidates in the area of gender mainstreaming and local and national affairs, two training courses were held on the theme of 'Strengthening the capacities of women candidates for parliamentary elections' in September 2016 (78 participants). A public consultation was held for 40 civil society and parliamentary organizations. Advisory sessions were...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"[There are] facilities at certain institutions and academies involved in training and developing a gender approach and institutionalizing gender equality.29 For example, the justice sector offered a training programme in gender and the concept of equal rights for men and women to 1,186 judicial attachés between 2011 and 2018" (7). "To support the capacities of elected women officials and women candidates in the area of gender mainstreaming and local and national affairs, two training courses were held on the theme of 'Strengthening the capacities of women candidates for parliamentary elections' in September 2016 (78 participants). A public consultation was held for 40 civil society and parliamentary organizations. Advisory sessions were...more
Feb. 6, 2025, 3:58 p.m.
Countries: Sri Lanka
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Women were a driving force behind the protest movement that forced Sri Lanka’s president to flee in July 2022. When the country all but ran out of cash and fuel, the burden fell disproportionately on women, who shoulder the domestic load. Their rage sent them into the streets" (para 7). "Women’s committees have created a space 'where we [women] can shout together'" (para 34).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Women were a driving force behind the protest movement that forced Sri Lanka’s president to flee in July 2022. When the country all but ran out of cash and fuel, the burden fell disproportionately on women, who shoulder the domestic load. Their rage sent them into the streets" (para 7). "Women’s committees have created a space 'where we [women] can shout together'" (para 34).
Feb. 4, 2025, 8:26 p.m.
Countries: France
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter, Caroline Darian, this week stepped up her campaign to raise awareness on drugging and drug-facilitated rape with her organisation Don’t Put me Under (#MendorsPas). 'I realised very quickly that the scourge of chemical submission was a major concern in society and a major health issue that was invisible,' she told France 2 TV before the broadcast on Tuesday night of a documentary she took part in" (para 19-20). "Darian said drugging happened 'in all walks of life', and survivors had to fight to produce proof. She said she was now campaigning to improve prevention of the crime, and to encourage survivors to speak out" (para 23).more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter, Caroline Darian, this week stepped up her campaign to raise awareness on drugging and drug-facilitated rape with her organisation Don’t Put me Under (#MendorsPas). 'I realised very quickly that the scourge of chemical submission was a major concern in society and a major health issue that was invisible,' she told France 2 TV before the broadcast on Tuesday night of a documentary she took part in" (para 19-20). "Darian said drugging happened 'in all walks of life', and survivors had to fight to produce proof. She said she was now campaigning to improve prevention of the crime, and to encourage survivors to speak out" (para 23).more
Feb. 3, 2025, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1, SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"Two years after the #MeToo movement took off in China, Chinese women’s rights activists face a political environment in which the Chinese Communist Party’s control over the internet, media, and independent activism is tighter than the previous 30 years. Since the Chinese government prohibits collective actions, the country’s #MeToo movement has not been able to manifest in mass street protests. But individuals who have suffered abuse have taken their cases to court, demonstrating extraordinary determination and resilience. In June 2018, a student at China University of Petroleum was detained for six days in a hotel room by university authorities after protesting the university and police’s mishandling of her sexual abuse...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1, SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"Two years after the #MeToo movement took off in China, Chinese women’s rights activists face a political environment in which the Chinese Communist Party’s control over the internet, media, and independent activism is tighter than the previous 30 years. Since the Chinese government prohibits collective actions, the country’s #MeToo movement has not been able to manifest in mass street protests. But individuals who have suffered abuse have taken their cases to court, demonstrating extraordinary determination and resilience. In June 2018, a student at China University of Petroleum was detained for six days in a hotel room by university authorities after protesting the university and police’s mishandling of her sexual abuse...more
Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee is concerned about the adoption by the State party of a number of amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure, which criminalize social protest, thereby limiting the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association of women human rights defenders" (10).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee is concerned about the adoption by the State party of a number of amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure, which criminalize social protest, thereby limiting the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association of women human rights defenders" (10).
Jan. 29, 2025, 8:28 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"One of the renowned opponents of family code reform is Abdellilah Benkirane, Morocco's former prime minister (2012-2016) and head of the Islamist Party of Justice and Development (PJD). 'The Moroccan people will not accept this,' Benkiran said, referring to the new reform. We need to organise a million-people march,' he said in March during a party gathering" (para 13-14).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"One of the renowned opponents of family code reform is Abdellilah Benkirane, Morocco's former prime minister (2012-2016) and head of the Islamist Party of Justice and Development (PJD). 'The Moroccan people will not accept this,' Benkiran said, referring to the new reform. We need to organise a million-people march,' he said in March during a party gathering" (para 13-14).
Jan. 29, 2025, 8:04 p.m.
Countries: Germany, Italy, Peru, Uruguay
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"In 2015, a wave of marches against femicide sparked similar protests in Peru, Uruguay, Italy and Germany" (para 10).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"In 2015, a wave of marches against femicide sparked similar protests in Peru, Uruguay, Italy and Germany" (para 10).
Jan. 29, 2025, 8:02 p.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"The announcement came shortly after Milei decried the concept of femicide at the World Economic Forum in Davos, and said that 'equality before the law already exists in the west. Everything else is just seeking privileges.' 'We’ve reached the point that in many supposedly civilised countries, if a woman is killed, it is called femicide. And this carries more serious punishment than if you kill a man simply based on the sex of the victim – legally making a woman’s life be worth more than that of a man,' he said" (para 5-6). "Argentina has a recent history of strong feminist mobilisation. In 2015, a wave of marches against femicide...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"The announcement came shortly after Milei decried the concept of femicide at the World Economic Forum in Davos, and said that 'equality before the law already exists in the west. Everything else is just seeking privileges.' 'We’ve reached the point that in many supposedly civilised countries, if a woman is killed, it is called femicide. And this carries more serious punishment than if you kill a man simply based on the sex of the victim – legally making a woman’s life be worth more than that of a man,' he said" (para 5-6). "Argentina has a recent history of strong feminist mobilisation. In 2015, a wave of marches against femicide...more
Jan. 28, 2025, 8:49 p.m.
Countries: Croatia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"A current campaign by a Za Zivot — 'for life' — movement in Croatia includes prayers, vigils and lectures 'for the salvation of the unborn and a stop to abortions in our nation.' A men’s organization dubbed Muzevni Budite, or 'be masculine,' is behind the prayers in city squares, where they preach the revival of male dominance and traditional gender roles along with a campaign against abortions. In 2022, the weekslong ordeal of a woman who had been denied an abortion even though her child had serious health problems caused an uproar and triggered protests in Croatia's liberal community" (para 10-12).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"A current campaign by a Za Zivot — 'for life' — movement in Croatia includes prayers, vigils and lectures 'for the salvation of the unborn and a stop to abortions in our nation.' A men’s organization dubbed Muzevni Budite, or 'be masculine,' is behind the prayers in city squares, where they preach the revival of male dominance and traditional gender roles along with a campaign against abortions. In 2022, the weekslong ordeal of a woman who had been denied an abortion even though her child had serious health problems caused an uproar and triggered protests in Croatia's liberal community" (para 10-12).
Jan. 28, 2025, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"As part of the implementation of the policy, in 2019 and 2020, training and advocacy sessions were held with various societal actors to discuss issues related to violence against women. A total of 616 people participated" (5). "As part of the national policy for effective equality between women and men 2018–2030, a number of institutions, including the Costa Rican Social Insurance Fund, the Directorate-General of the Civil Service, the Institute of Municipal Development and Assistance, the Ministry of Justice and Peace, the Joint Institute for Social Aid, the National Insurance Institute, the Institute of Technology of Costa Rica, the Ministry of Planning and Economic Policy, the Ministry of Health, the...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"As part of the implementation of the policy, in 2019 and 2020, training and advocacy sessions were held with various societal actors to discuss issues related to violence against women. A total of 616 people participated" (5). "As part of the national policy for effective equality between women and men 2018–2030, a number of institutions, including the Costa Rican Social Insurance Fund, the Directorate-General of the Civil Service, the Institute of Municipal Development and Assistance, the Ministry of Justice and Peace, the Joint Institute for Social Aid, the National Insurance Institute, the Institute of Technology of Costa Rica, the Ministry of Planning and Economic Policy, the Ministry of Health, the...more
Jan. 25, 2025, 12:56 p.m.
Countries: Cote D'Ivoire
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"With their chants ringing through the streets, nearly 200 women and girls march through the Ivory Coast town of Grand-Bassam. It is early December, and the march is the culmination of 16 days of activism to denounce femicide in the west African country. The demonstrators, aged between 14 and 75, are dressed in orange and armed with slogans expressing their pain. 'Tired of being killed, tired of being raped,' one woman chants in French. 'Protect us alive, not dead,' yells another. Many are schoolgirls from the Girls’ Training and Education Institute (IFEF) of Grand-Bassam, marching for the first time against gender-based violence" (para 1-3). "The march in Grand-Bassam, the colonial-era...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"With their chants ringing through the streets, nearly 200 women and girls march through the Ivory Coast town of Grand-Bassam. It is early December, and the march is the culmination of 16 days of activism to denounce femicide in the west African country. The demonstrators, aged between 14 and 75, are dressed in orange and armed with slogans expressing their pain. 'Tired of being killed, tired of being raped,' one woman chants in French. 'Protect us alive, not dead,' yells another. Many are schoolgirls from the Girls’ Training and Education Institute (IFEF) of Grand-Bassam, marching for the first time against gender-based violence" (para 1-3). "The march in Grand-Bassam, the colonial-era...more
Jan. 24, 2025, 8:43 p.m.
Countries: Somalia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Police have named the suspects in all three killings, which took place in the first week of February, as the dead women’s husbands. Two of the victims were pregnant. Even in a country where – after more than three decades of conflict – death and violence are part of everyday life, there have been demonstrations in the capital, Mogadishu, with protesters holding up placards showing photos of Lul Abdi Aziz Jazirain her hospital bed. The 28-year-old had been doused with petrol and set alight" (para 2). "The chair of the Somali Women Development Centre, Maryam Taqal Huseina, said protests would continue until there was justice for the three women. 'Women...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Police have named the suspects in all three killings, which took place in the first week of February, as the dead women’s husbands. Two of the victims were pregnant. Even in a country where – after more than three decades of conflict – death and violence are part of everyday life, there have been demonstrations in the capital, Mogadishu, with protesters holding up placards showing photos of Lul Abdi Aziz Jazirain her hospital bed. The 28-year-old had been doused with petrol and set alight" (para 2). "The chair of the Somali Women Development Centre, Maryam Taqal Huseina, said protests would continue until there was justice for the three women. 'Women...more
Jan. 24, 2025, 8:26 p.m.
Countries: Papua New Guinea
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Massacres, gang rapes and sorcery-related attacks continue unabated, with belief in sanguma spreading with the use of social media" (para 44).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Massacres, gang rapes and sorcery-related attacks continue unabated, with belief in sanguma spreading with the use of social media" (para 44).
Jan. 24, 2025, 4:17 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Intisar al-Mayali, a human rights activist and a member of the Iraqi Women’s League, said passage of the civil status law amendments 'will leave disastrous effects on the rights of women and girls, through the marriage of girls at an early age, which violates their right to life as children, and will disrupt the protection mechanisms for divorce, custody and inheritance for women'. The session ended in chaos and accusations of procedural violations" (para 6-7). This is indicative of public discourse on women's issues (CEC2 - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Intisar al-Mayali, a human rights activist and a member of the Iraqi Women’s League, said passage of the civil status law amendments 'will leave disastrous effects on the rights of women and girls, through the marriage of girls at an early age, which violates their right to life as children, and will disrupt the protection mechanisms for divorce, custody and inheritance for women'. The session ended in chaos and accusations of procedural violations" (para 6-7). This is indicative of public discourse on women's issues (CEC2 - CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 23, 2025, 6:57 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Messages then started piling into Darim's studio and the game developer claiming she was a feminist and demanding she be fired. Within hours, the company pulled the promotional video" (para 6). Given that somebody's professional career can be placed in jeopardy by simple association with feminist groups or imagery, we can conclude that societal engagement in gender issues is low and relatively unacceptable (MCP - CODER COMMENT). "They look for anything that resembles what they term the 'finger-pinching gesture' and use it as proof that men-hating women are surreptitiously mocking them. Once they spot a supposed sign, the hunt begins. 'They decide that a dark, evil feminist is hiding in...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Messages then started piling into Darim's studio and the game developer claiming she was a feminist and demanding she be fired. Within hours, the company pulled the promotional video" (para 6). Given that somebody's professional career can be placed in jeopardy by simple association with feminist groups or imagery, we can conclude that societal engagement in gender issues is low and relatively unacceptable (MCP - CODER COMMENT). "They look for anything that resembles what they term the 'finger-pinching gesture' and use it as proof that men-hating women are surreptitiously mocking them. Once they spot a supposed sign, the hunt begins. 'They decide that a dark, evil feminist is hiding in...more