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

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

Countries: Iran
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1

"Amini, a Turkish citizen, was detained by police while visiting Tehran in September. Her still-unexplained death has spurred widespread protests against the country’s theocratic government and its hijab requirements which have been in place since the 1970s. Iranian police have responded with brutal crackdowns on the gatherings resulting in almost 20,000 arrests and hundreds of deaths, according to multiple reports" (para 2). "Cathryn Grothe, a research analyst at Freedom House, a U.S. government–backed nonprofit that works on human rights, told Wired she has received reports from people using online platforms to organize in Iran who suspect they were somehow recognized and then targeted by authorities offline" (para 8).more

Countries: Japan
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1

"The approval of the pill to end pregnancies up to nine weeks follows a ministry panel endorsement, which was postponed for a month as thousands of public submissions were made" (para 6).

Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1, GIC-LAW-1

Britain's tax system penalises couples and 'actively discourages' them from having children, a Conservative MP has said. Miriam Cates called on the Government to recognise both the cost and value of raising children by removing the 'family penalty'. She also described marriage as a 'middle-class secret' as the political class has failed to speak up for the benefits it brings. Her comments will put Chancellor Jeremy Hunt under fresh pressure as he works on next month's Budget, as other Tories have already called on him to make childcare more affordable. Mrs Cates, a married mother-of-three who represents Penistone and Stocksbridge in South Yorkshire, warned in a speech this week that...more

Countries: South Korea
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1

“While scrolling through Twitter in 2018, Youngmi came across footage of protests taking place in the streets of Seoul. In South Korea, where cases of femicide, revenge porn, and dating violence are widespread, a surge in spy-cam sex crimes, overwhelmingly committed by men, had mostly resulted in fines and suspended jail sentences, if they were prosecuted at all. That was not the case, however, for one 25-year-old woman who had taken a nonconsensual photo of a nude male model at art school and posted it online; she was sentenced to ten months in prison and court-ordered sexual-violence counseling. The demonstrations were a reaction to the blatant hypocrisy” (para 3). “Soon,...more

Countries: Latvia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1

"The general public lacks awareness about the Convention and the Committee’s general recommendations and jurisprudence [and] there is a lack of involvement on the part of civil society, in particular women’s rights organizations, in systematic awareness-raising and training for judges, prosecutors, police officers and other law enforcement officials and lawyers, as well as public institutions, on the implementation of the Convention...The Committee recommends that the State party: Disseminate and give more publicity to the Convention and the Committee’s general recommendations and jurisprudence and raise awareness among women of their rights under the Convention and of the legal remedies available to them to claim those rights; Strengthen capacity-building programmes for judges,...more

Countries: China
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1

"On Xiaohongshu, a Chinese video-sharing social media app, divorce parties and inspiring content about the lives of newly single women are gaining thousands of likes" (para 5). "The cooling-off period caused widespread criticism on Chinese social media. One woman said she felt 're-chained for a month by those who consider themselves righteous'. Another woman said the rule 'creates a disturbance in society'" (para 17).

Countries: Sudan
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1

"Groups of women meeting in each others homes had been at the forefront of the movement that toppled al-Bashir. Sudanese Women in Civic and Political Groups – or Mansam as they became known – gave a voice and image to the many women who wanted to challenge the entrenched patriarchy in Sudan" (para 12). "A growing network of young female Sudanese writers is challenging gender stereotypes for a growing audience, both inside and outside the country. But they too have to combat the patriarchal attitudes that pervade the country’s publishing industry and many choose to publish their books abroad initially" (para 13, 14). "'Writing about sex or religion is still...more

Countries: Australia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1

"[South Australia] Best MP Connie Bonaros described stealthing as a 'repugnant and disgusting act of betrayal', and said her private member's bill would ensure it was dealt with appropriately by police and the courts. 'It should have been criminalised years ago,' Ms Bonaros said in a statement. 'Such grotesque acts of indecency deserve to be treated in the same manner as rape and a crime punishable by terms of imprisonment'... Ms Bonaros said it was 'more common than most people believe'. 'Under the new legislation, the removal of a condom during sex without the consent of the other person will now be a crime punishable by up to life imprisonment,'...more

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

Countries: India
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1

"It's a problem right up front — in contrast with India, where everybody's pretending this is not a problem that they'll ever come across.' The group's work suggests that suppression is one of the issues preventing India from finding viable solutions to violence against women" (para 28, 29).

Countries: Australia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1

"A mum-of-five who used donor sperm to have her children is worried about 'accidental incest' after discovering her kids have at least 43 half-siblings. Shannon Ashton and her partner first visited the Queensland Fertility Group in 2002 for specialist help after discovering she had polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). The same-sex couple decided to use an anonymous sperm donor, registered with the Queensland clinic, to try and have a baby. A year later were blessed with a boy named Zac. The couple decided on Donor 188, described as a 'typical Aussie, sporty bloke' on the database, and used his sperm again to conceive their next four children, most recently welcoming a...more

Countries: D R Congo
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1

This year is the 10th anniversary of the political party Dr. Gisele Ndaya Luseba, former Minister of Gender, Family, and Children, founded. It is less of a political party and more of a vision of how she wants women in the DRC to develop. She has announced a zero-tolerance policy against gender-based violence and sexual violence in her country. The DRC is already seeing the fruits from those efforts. People are already starting to be scared of committing or watching domestic violence and violence against children. She is continuing to encourage the government to protect women who are victims of the war in the DRC and to help them in...more

Countries: Belize
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1

"National projects now include communication/socialization strategies. For example, the 2014 BA1 Project included a communication plan. Knowledge products were disseminated among the target population. Information about the legal framework in relation to gender-based violence, non-violent masculinity, and legal penalties for violent behaviours are included. The 2021 Spotlight Initiative proposed the creation of customized public education and awareness campaigns to target social groups such as victims/survivors, adolescents, youth, media personnel and service providers" (13). "In 2010, with support from the Global Fund Project, a nation-wide Sisterhood Camp was held for young women between 13 and 16 years of age. Here, 42 young women were trained as peer educators in gender-based violence,...more