Latest items for SEGI-PRACTICE-2
Jan. 18, 2025, 3:28 p.m.
Countries: France
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"[France is a] country where the #MeToo movement has struggled to maintain much impetus" (para 24). In 2018, as French women began to open up about sexual abuse in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, a collective of 100 women, including the grande dame of French cinema, Catherine Deneuve, wrote an open letter saying it had all gone too far and was stifling men’s ability to seduce" (para 25).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"[France is a] country where the #MeToo movement has struggled to maintain much impetus" (para 24). In 2018, as French women began to open up about sexual abuse in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, a collective of 100 women, including the grande dame of French cinema, Catherine Deneuve, wrote an open letter saying it had all gone too far and was stifling men’s ability to seduce" (para 25).
Jan. 18, 2025, 12:52 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"Zahra, a young women’s rights activist, organised online protests after the Taliban began brutally repressing demonstrations: “Since we cannot protest in the streets any more, we do it from home: with the masks, with the hijab, in front of the camera. 'Five to 10 women do these videos, and we then send them to the media, in order to still raise our voices,' she [said]. Yet in the months since we [journalist] interviewed her in Kabul, she has lost hope that her activism could change anything and has left the country to live in exile. 'Now I see there is no way to stay here; I would waste my time,...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"Zahra, a young women’s rights activist, organised online protests after the Taliban began brutally repressing demonstrations: “Since we cannot protest in the streets any more, we do it from home: with the masks, with the hijab, in front of the camera. 'Five to 10 women do these videos, and we then send them to the media, in order to still raise our voices,' she [said]. Yet in the months since we [journalist] interviewed her in Kabul, she has lost hope that her activism could change anything and has left the country to live in exile. 'Now I see there is no way to stay here; I would waste my time,...more
Jan. 16, 2025, 12:15 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"The strikes against the West Bengal government continued for weeks, with protesters saying they would not return to work until their demands were met. They were finally called off after a meeting with the West Bengal chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, who said she had agreed to most of their demands, but resumed soon after when doctors said they were not satisfied" (par. 10).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"The strikes against the West Bengal government continued for weeks, with protesters saying they would not return to work until their demands were met. They were finally called off after a meeting with the West Bengal chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, who said she had agreed to most of their demands, but resumed soon after when doctors said they were not satisfied" (par. 10).
Jan. 16, 2025, 12:15 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"A Kenyan politician has become the subject of a vicious online hate campaign after she protested against period poverty by sitting through a senate meeting in clothing stained with fake menstrual blood" (para 1). "One user tweeted: 'If this makes you uncomfortable, it’s a mission accomplished. It’s supposed to sting like that until we have free sanitary towels for girls.' The advocacy group Global Citizen Africa also tweeted support, saying: 'Breaking the period stigma is crucial to ending period poverty.' But some labeled her actions 'shameful' or dismissed them as 'theatrics'. As well as online messages questioning her credentials as a leader, Orwoba was targeted by severe cyberbullying and threats...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"A Kenyan politician has become the subject of a vicious online hate campaign after she protested against period poverty by sitting through a senate meeting in clothing stained with fake menstrual blood" (para 1). "One user tweeted: 'If this makes you uncomfortable, it’s a mission accomplished. It’s supposed to sting like that until we have free sanitary towels for girls.' The advocacy group Global Citizen Africa also tweeted support, saying: 'Breaking the period stigma is crucial to ending period poverty.' But some labeled her actions 'shameful' or dismissed them as 'theatrics'. As well as online messages questioning her credentials as a leader, Orwoba was targeted by severe cyberbullying and threats...more
Jan. 16, 2025, 11:19 a.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"Part of the large Burmese diaspora in Chiang Mai, Thailand, Ms. Ying Lao has long worked for democratic and feminist causes. But she has faced a backlash for her public evisceration of manels and her demand that at least 30 percent of every panel be female. Some critics have implied that attacking opposition figures makes her complicit with the military. A few manelists, or members of all-male panels, have vowed to change. Not all of them have made good on that promise" (para 6-7). "Initially, Ms. Ying Lao challenged manelists and organizers in private. When her concerns were dismissed, she went public. Now she and a handful of other female...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"Part of the large Burmese diaspora in Chiang Mai, Thailand, Ms. Ying Lao has long worked for democratic and feminist causes. But she has faced a backlash for her public evisceration of manels and her demand that at least 30 percent of every panel be female. Some critics have implied that attacking opposition figures makes her complicit with the military. A few manelists, or members of all-male panels, have vowed to change. Not all of them have made good on that promise" (para 6-7). "Initially, Ms. Ying Lao challenged manelists and organizers in private. When her concerns were dismissed, she went public. Now she and a handful of other female...more
Jan. 9, 2025, 3:57 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"Ms Rishworth said there needed to be a change in conversations surrounding domestic and family violence. 'How often do you hear, for example, people say 'why didn't she leave?' I mean, the more important question is, 'why does he choose to use violence against her?' she said. 'We do need to promote more respectful relationships. We do need to actually increase gender equality. All of these things play a role in actually addressing violence against women and children.'" (para 16-18).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"Ms Rishworth said there needed to be a change in conversations surrounding domestic and family violence. 'How often do you hear, for example, people say 'why didn't she leave?' I mean, the more important question is, 'why does he choose to use violence against her?' she said. 'We do need to promote more respectful relationships. We do need to actually increase gender equality. All of these things play a role in actually addressing violence against women and children.'" (para 16-18).
Jan. 8, 2025, 3:34 p.m.
Countries: Tajikistan
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"A national strategy for promoting the role of women in Tajikistan for the period 2021–2030 and a plan of action for 2021–2025 for the implementation of the national strategy were adopted by Government decision No. 167 of 30 April 2021. An amount of 641,360 somoni was allocated from the State budget and 587,600 somoni was allocated by development partners for the implementation of the strategy. The adoption of this strategy was prompted by a number of issues related to improving the status of women in society, including the activation of their role, lack of public understanding of the need for gender equality and the implementation of the gender policy, stereotypes...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"A national strategy for promoting the role of women in Tajikistan for the period 2021–2030 and a plan of action for 2021–2025 for the implementation of the national strategy were adopted by Government decision No. 167 of 30 April 2021. An amount of 641,360 somoni was allocated from the State budget and 587,600 somoni was allocated by development partners for the implementation of the strategy. The adoption of this strategy was prompted by a number of issues related to improving the status of women in society, including the activation of their role, lack of public understanding of the need for gender equality and the implementation of the gender policy, stereotypes...more
Jan. 6, 2025, 3:40 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2, GIC-LAW-3
“Local governments have responded with measures ranging from daycare to matchmaking. In June, the Tokyo metropolitan government said it would launch a dating app as early as this summer” (para 8).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2, GIC-LAW-3
“Local governments have responded with measures ranging from daycare to matchmaking. In June, the Tokyo metropolitan government said it would launch a dating app as early as this summer” (para 8).
Jan. 4, 2025, 11:31 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"After two years in detention, a Chinese journalist who spoke up against sexual harassment stood trial on subversion charges on Friday along with a labor rights activist, the latest example of Beijing’s intensified crackdown on civil society. Huang Xueqin, an independent journalist who was once a prominent voice in China’s #MeToo movement, and her friend Wang Jianbing, the activist, were taken away by the police in September 2021 and later charged with inciting subversion of state power. Their trial was held at the Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court in southern China. Little is known about the government’s case, but the vaguely worded offense with which the two were charged has long...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"After two years in detention, a Chinese journalist who spoke up against sexual harassment stood trial on subversion charges on Friday along with a labor rights activist, the latest example of Beijing’s intensified crackdown on civil society. Huang Xueqin, an independent journalist who was once a prominent voice in China’s #MeToo movement, and her friend Wang Jianbing, the activist, were taken away by the police in September 2021 and later charged with inciting subversion of state power. Their trial was held at the Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court in southern China. Little is known about the government’s case, but the vaguely worded offense with which the two were charged has long...more
Dec. 9, 2024, 1:35 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"The Ministries of Education and Labour did not respond to requests for comment. The department of civil registration said it required further details on Esther’s case, including a copy of her birth certificate, to take action" (par. 24).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"The Ministries of Education and Labour did not respond to requests for comment. The department of civil registration said it required further details on Esther’s case, including a copy of her birth certificate, to take action" (par. 24).
Dec. 7, 2024, 6:21 p.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"In August 2023, three women, including 95-year-old Mba Yassin Fatty, were taken to court and convicted of performing FGM on eight infants aged between four months and one year. Following their conviction, prominent Islamic scholar Imam Abdoulie Fatty (no relation) paid the fines imposed on the three women" (par. 5). "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...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"In August 2023, three women, including 95-year-old Mba Yassin Fatty, were taken to court and convicted of performing FGM on eight infants aged between four months and one year. Following their conviction, prominent Islamic scholar Imam Abdoulie Fatty (no relation) paid the fines imposed on the three women" (par. 5). "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...more
Dec. 6, 2024, 9:14 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"But there has been a backlash, to the point where the word 'feminism' itself has virtually become a slur in South Korea, carrying connotations far removed from western views of gender equality advocacy. 'Unlike the west’s long history with feminist movements, Korea is experiencing these changes in a very compressed way,' says Gowoon Jung, assistant professor of sociology at Korea University. 'This has led many to view feminism only in its most radical form.' President Yoon Suk Yeol, who took office in 2022, partly rode to victory on anti-feminist sentiment, courting disgruntled young male voters by denying the existence of structural gender discrimination and promising to abolish the country’s gender...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"But there has been a backlash, to the point where the word 'feminism' itself has virtually become a slur in South Korea, carrying connotations far removed from western views of gender equality advocacy. 'Unlike the west’s long history with feminist movements, Korea is experiencing these changes in a very compressed way,' says Gowoon Jung, assistant professor of sociology at Korea University. 'This has led many to view feminism only in its most radical form.' President Yoon Suk Yeol, who took office in 2022, partly rode to victory on anti-feminist sentiment, courting disgruntled young male voters by denying the existence of structural gender discrimination and promising to abolish the country’s gender...more
Dec. 5, 2024, 6:07 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"Iranian human rights lawyer Hossein Raeesi said that the 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’. He also said it was alarming that the statement came from the Women and Family Department of the Tehran Headquarters for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, which falls under the direct authority of the supreme leader, Ali Khamenei" (para 5). "One young woman from Iran, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: 'It won’t be a clinic, it will be a prison. We are struggling to make ends meet and have power outages,...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"Iranian human rights lawyer Hossein Raeesi said that the 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’. He also said it was alarming that the statement came from the Women and Family Department of the Tehran Headquarters for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, which falls under the direct authority of the supreme leader, Ali Khamenei" (para 5). "One young woman from Iran, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: 'It won’t be a clinic, it will be a prison. We are struggling to make ends meet and have power outages,...more
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:45 p.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"Estelle had to sneak out of the country because she had joined a countrywide Civil Disobedience Movement after the coup and faced international travel restrictions as a result" (par. 8).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"Estelle had to sneak out of the country because she had joined a countrywide Civil Disobedience Movement after the coup and faced international travel restrictions as a result" (par. 8).
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. 4, 2024, 4:37 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"However, the charity refuge attacked the plan, with chief executive Ruth Davison, saying: 'Domestic abuse does not happen because a person takes drugs, it is an active decision a perpetrator makes to abuse and is rooted in power and control. Refuge is concerned that this new initiative announced today to drug test those arrested for offences linked to violence against women and girls (VAWG) and domestic abuse distracts from, and further deprioritises this issue'" (par. 7-8).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"However, the charity refuge attacked the plan, with chief executive Ruth Davison, saying: 'Domestic abuse does not happen because a person takes drugs, it is an active decision a perpetrator makes to abuse and is rooted in power and control. Refuge is concerned that this new initiative announced today to drug test those arrested for offences linked to violence against women and girls (VAWG) and domestic abuse distracts from, and further deprioritises this issue'" (par. 7-8).
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:33 p.m.
Countries: Belgium
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"The Belgian Union of Sex Workers described the law as 'a huge step forward, ending legal discrimination against sex workers.' But it said the rules could 'be instrumentalised' to reduce or eliminate sex work. It added: 'We already see certain municipalities hiding behind the words ‘safety’ and ‘hygiene’ to promulgate very strict local regulations that make sex work almost impossible on their territory.'" (par. 9-10). "Some feminist organisations have criticised the law. When the bill was published in 2023, the Council of Francophone Women of Belgium said it would be 'catastrophic' for young girls and victims of trafficking. 'To assume that prostitution exists and that we must protect workers is...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"The Belgian Union of Sex Workers described the law as 'a huge step forward, ending legal discrimination against sex workers.' But it said the rules could 'be instrumentalised' to reduce or eliminate sex work. It added: 'We already see certain municipalities hiding behind the words ‘safety’ and ‘hygiene’ to promulgate very strict local regulations that make sex work almost impossible on their territory.'" (par. 9-10). "Some feminist organisations have criticised the law. When the bill was published in 2023, the Council of Francophone Women of Belgium said it would be 'catastrophic' for young girls and victims of trafficking. 'To assume that prostitution exists and that we must protect workers is...more
Nov. 29, 2024, 3:21 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2, GIC-LAW-3
“Local governments have responded with measures ranging from daycare to matchmaking. In June, the Tokyo metropolitan government said it would launch a dating app as early as this summer” (para 8).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2, GIC-LAW-3
“Local governments have responded with measures ranging from daycare to matchmaking. In June, the Tokyo metropolitan government said it would launch a dating app as early as this summer” (para 8).
Nov. 16, 2024, 10:07 p.m.
Countries: Somalia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"Reaction to the pilot [of show discussing women's taboo issues] was overwhelmingly positive, said the host, Naima Said Salah, and exposed the impact that a dire lack of information had on girls" (para 4). "Somalia’s media sector is male-dominated, with a strong focus on politics. All six founding members of Bilan [Somalia’s only all-female media team] have faced discrimination and harassment in their careers. The project was set up to offer women a safe space to tell the stories they wanted to tell, and has covered a wide range of under-reported stories, including Somalis living with HIV, child abuse and postnatal depression.'One reason why women’s stories are rarely told in...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"Reaction to the pilot [of show discussing women's taboo issues] was overwhelmingly positive, said the host, Naima Said Salah, and exposed the impact that a dire lack of information had on girls" (para 4). "Somalia’s media sector is male-dominated, with a strong focus on politics. All six founding members of Bilan [Somalia’s only all-female media team] have faced discrimination and harassment in their careers. The project was set up to offer women a safe space to tell the stories they wanted to tell, and has covered a wide range of under-reported stories, including Somalis living with HIV, child abuse and postnatal depression.'One reason why women’s stories are rarely told in...more
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:26 p.m.
Countries: Malta
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2, SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"There are cases where individuals who come from these [rural] regions, are open to Western cultural practices, but end up shunned by their communities for doing so. 'They feel they betrayed their country'" (para 10).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2, SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"There are cases where individuals who come from these [rural] regions, are open to Western cultural practices, but end up shunned by their communities for doing so. 'They feel they betrayed their country'" (para 10).
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:24 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"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.The girl, Masooumeh, was identified by school cameras and detained; soon afterward, she was taken to the hospital to be treated...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"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.The girl, Masooumeh, was identified by school cameras and detained; soon afterward, she was taken to the hospital to be treated...more
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:03 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"The government brutally cracked down on those protests, killing hundreds of people and jailing thousands, according to rights groups" (Para 3). "What began as anger at the hijab law grew into a bigger movement as Iranians said they were fed up with the regime's corruption, economic mismanagement and oppression of its citizens. Now, a visible minority of women in Iran are refusing to wear headscarves, in defiant protest against the government and all of its policies" (Para 4). "For the government to move away from the enforcement of their interpretation of Islamic law would be an acknowledgement by the political establishment that their legitimacy has waned, if not, is bankrupt,"...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"The government brutally cracked down on those protests, killing hundreds of people and jailing thousands, according to rights groups" (Para 3). "What began as anger at the hijab law grew into a bigger movement as Iranians said they were fed up with the regime's corruption, economic mismanagement and oppression of its citizens. Now, a visible minority of women in Iran are refusing to wear headscarves, in defiant protest against the government and all of its policies" (Para 4). "For the government to move away from the enforcement of their interpretation of Islamic law would be an acknowledgement by the political establishment that their legitimacy has waned, if not, is bankrupt,"...more
Nov. 16, 2024, 3:39 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2, SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"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).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2, SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"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).
Nov. 16, 2024, 3:39 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"A growing number of Iranian women have been ditching their veils since the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman in the custody of the 'morality police' last September. Government forces violently put down months of nationwide revolt unleashed by her death." (para 10-11).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"A growing number of Iranian women have been ditching their veils since the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman in the custody of the 'morality police' last September. Government forces violently put down months of nationwide revolt unleashed by her death." (para 10-11).
Nov. 12, 2024, 2:41 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"An MoD spokesman told The Daily Telegraph that ‘anyone found guilty will face the full weight of the law and immediate dismissal’. The spokesman said: ‘Any allegation of sexual assault reported will be investigated and anyone found guilty will face the full weight of the law and immediate dismissal. ‘The Defence Secretary is bidding for new legislation that would make it a formal offence in military law.‘Those found guilty of sexual relationships with new recruits will potentially result in court marshal and a custodial sentence’ " (6-9).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"An MoD spokesman told The Daily Telegraph that ‘anyone found guilty will face the full weight of the law and immediate dismissal’. The spokesman said: ‘Any allegation of sexual assault reported will be investigated and anyone found guilty will face the full weight of the law and immediate dismissal. ‘The Defence Secretary is bidding for new legislation that would make it a formal offence in military law.‘Those found guilty of sexual relationships with new recruits will potentially result in court marshal and a custodial sentence’ " (6-9).
Nov. 12, 2024, 1:32 p.m.
Countries: Latvia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"The Committee is...concerned: at the fact that discriminatory gender stereotypes and patriarchal and sexist messaging in the media and by politicians, as well as calls for adherence to traditional roles and values for women, persist in the State party" (7).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"The Committee is...concerned: at the fact that discriminatory gender stereotypes and patriarchal and sexist messaging in the media and by politicians, as well as calls for adherence to traditional roles and values for women, persist in the State party" (7).
Nov. 5, 2024, 1:06 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2, WAM-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).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2, WAM-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).
Nov. 1, 2024, 10:37 a.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"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 forbidden for women. There are red lines that as a female writer you’re not even meant to approach. To do so brands you a heretic, a rogue, someone who has no appreciation for literature'" (para 15).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"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 forbidden for women. There are red lines that as a female writer you’re not even meant to approach. To do so brands you a heretic, a rogue, someone who has no appreciation for literature'" (para 15).
Oct. 16, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"The government brutally cracked down on those protests, killing hundreds of people and jailing thousands, according to rights groups" (Para 3). "What began as anger at the hijab law grew into a bigger movement as Iranians said they were fed up with the regime's corruption, economic mismanagement and oppression of its citizens. Now, a visible minority of women in Iran are refusing to wear headscarves, in defiant protest against the government and all of its policies" (Para 4). "For the government to move away from the enforcement of their interpretation of Islamic law would be an acknowledgement by the political establishment that their legitimacy has waned, if not, is bankrupt,"...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"The government brutally cracked down on those protests, killing hundreds of people and jailing thousands, according to rights groups" (Para 3). "What began as anger at the hijab law grew into a bigger movement as Iranians said they were fed up with the regime's corruption, economic mismanagement and oppression of its citizens. Now, a visible minority of women in Iran are refusing to wear headscarves, in defiant protest against the government and all of its policies" (Para 4). "For the government to move away from the enforcement of their interpretation of Islamic law would be an acknowledgement by the political establishment that their legitimacy has waned, if not, is bankrupt,"...more