Latest items for SEGI-PRACTICE-2
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
Oct. 16, 2024, 3:10 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
Oct. 16, 2024, 3:02 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).
Oct. 10, 2024, 1:33 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: LBHO-PRACTICE-2, SEGI-PRACTICE-2
Overall, the highest leaders in the country want to protect women, but the mid-level leaders of business, enterprise, and other endeavors look to their own self-interest and aren’t on-board with women’s equality in the leadership of the country.
Variables: LBHO-PRACTICE-2, SEGI-PRACTICE-2
Overall, the highest leaders in the country want to protect women, but the mid-level leaders of business, enterprise, and other endeavors look to their own self-interest and aren’t on-board with women’s equality in the leadership of the country.
Oct. 9, 2024, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"As mentioned before, faith-based, and pro-life groups challenge the adoption of gender polices in Belize. The 2010–2013 Revised NGP (2010–2013) received nationwide social protests (#killthebill) due to the policy’s definition of respect for diversity and sexual orientation. In 2020, the Ministry of Human Development, the National AIDS Commission and Office of the Special Envoy drafted The Equal Opportunities Bill (EOB) which sought to protect an individual from discrimination. The bill defined discrimination and outlined 21 characteristics that an individual could be discriminated for, including gender, sex, age, and disability. It stipulated what constitutes discriminatory actions as well as fines for violators. 9 Protesting factions viewed them as encouraging LBGT+ rights...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"As mentioned before, faith-based, and pro-life groups challenge the adoption of gender polices in Belize. The 2010–2013 Revised NGP (2010–2013) received nationwide social protests (#killthebill) due to the policy’s definition of respect for diversity and sexual orientation. In 2020, the Ministry of Human Development, the National AIDS Commission and Office of the Special Envoy drafted The Equal Opportunities Bill (EOB) which sought to protect an individual from discrimination. The bill defined discrimination and outlined 21 characteristics that an individual could be discriminated for, including gender, sex, age, and disability. It stipulated what constitutes discriminatory actions as well as fines for violators. 9 Protesting factions viewed them as encouraging LBGT+ rights...more
Sept. 5, 2024, 1 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
“Ms [Alina] Thomas [CEO of Engender Equality] says there are people who assume their own experiences always reflect those of others. ‘We might be talking about how traditional gender roles influence family violence, then you'll hear someone say 'But my husband is actually really great at home — he always does the washing', as if their example can be applied universally. It's such a way of derailing the conversation, even if they are well-meaning people.’ Dr [Chay] Brown [research and partnerships manager at The Equality Institute] says people who become defensive about the reality of domestic violence are a disruption in working towards prevention. ‘Rather than being part of the...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
“Ms [Alina] Thomas [CEO of Engender Equality] says there are people who assume their own experiences always reflect those of others. ‘We might be talking about how traditional gender roles influence family violence, then you'll hear someone say 'But my husband is actually really great at home — he always does the washing', as if their example can be applied universally. It's such a way of derailing the conversation, even if they are well-meaning people.’ Dr [Chay] Brown [research and partnerships manager at The Equality Institute] says people who become defensive about the reality of domestic violence are a disruption in working towards prevention. ‘Rather than being part of the...more
Aug. 9, 2024, 7:09 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
“While the Bill [against street harassment] passed the Commons unopposed, Conservative former minister Sir Christopher Chope suggested amending it to 'ensure that emphasis was given to the fact that this Bill applies to men and women equally'. The amendment was not formally put forward, but Sir Christopher warned: 'There seems to be an inability to hold two notions in our heads; that sexual assault is bad and that treating men as inherent sex pests is also bad. 'A reasonable worry about assault appears to have morphed into an institutional misandry' ” (14-16).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
“While the Bill [against street harassment] passed the Commons unopposed, Conservative former minister Sir Christopher Chope suggested amending it to 'ensure that emphasis was given to the fact that this Bill applies to men and women equally'. The amendment was not formally put forward, but Sir Christopher warned: 'There seems to be an inability to hold two notions in our heads; that sexual assault is bad and that treating men as inherent sex pests is also bad. 'A reasonable worry about assault appears to have morphed into an institutional misandry' ” (14-16).
July 23, 2024, 4:58 p.m.
Countries: Sierra Leone
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
“Divya Srinivasan, who leads on ending harmful practices at the NGO Equality Now, said: ‘It is completely unacceptable that despite women and girls continuing to die from FGM in Sierra Leone, there remains complete apathy from the government and an unwillingness to take desperately needed action to prevent these deaths or prohibit the practice’ ” (14).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
“Divya Srinivasan, who leads on ending harmful practices at the NGO Equality Now, said: ‘It is completely unacceptable that despite women and girls continuing to die from FGM in Sierra Leone, there remains complete apathy from the government and an unwillingness to take desperately needed action to prevent these deaths or prohibit the practice’ ” (14).
July 22, 2024, 9:44 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2, SEGI-PRACTICE-3
“Efforts to eradicate female genital mutilation in Kenya have suffered a setback after a police officer was killed in a confrontation with a gang of youths. Activists and local leaders condemned the murder, calling it a backward step in the fight to eradicate the practice in the country. Police in Elgeyo Marakwet county, in the Rift Valley region, had taken a group of girls who had been forced to undergo the illegal procedure to hospital when a mob of young men stormed a police station and stoned Cpl Mushote Boma to death. ‘Angry youth raided the police post in a bid to get the girls, who had been rescued by...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2, SEGI-PRACTICE-3
“Efforts to eradicate female genital mutilation in Kenya have suffered a setback after a police officer was killed in a confrontation with a gang of youths. Activists and local leaders condemned the murder, calling it a backward step in the fight to eradicate the practice in the country. Police in Elgeyo Marakwet county, in the Rift Valley region, had taken a group of girls who had been forced to undergo the illegal procedure to hospital when a mob of young men stormed a police station and stoned Cpl Mushote Boma to death. ‘Angry youth raided the police post in a bid to get the girls, who had been rescued by...more
July 22, 2024, 9:41 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
“Female genital mutilation, or ‘the cut’, remains illegal in Kenya but is still being practised in some places, usually during school holidays, by women using crude methods and tools. There have been cases of activists being attacked by those carrying out FGM, but assaults on law enforcement officers are rare” (5). “[Tony] Mwebia [founder of Men End FGM Foundation] was attacked by [a] group of men in Kuria in December 2016 after he and a colleague were suspected of filming a street parade of girls undergoing the cut” (9). "According to The Nation newspaper, about 70 girls were rescued by the police, with Viola Cherono, a human rights activist from...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
“Female genital mutilation, or ‘the cut’, remains illegal in Kenya but is still being practised in some places, usually during school holidays, by women using crude methods and tools. There have been cases of activists being attacked by those carrying out FGM, but assaults on law enforcement officers are rare” (5). “[Tony] Mwebia [founder of Men End FGM Foundation] was attacked by [a] group of men in Kuria in December 2016 after he and a colleague were suspected of filming a street parade of girls undergoing the cut” (9). "According to The Nation newspaper, about 70 girls were rescued by the police, with Viola Cherono, a human rights activist from...more
May 2, 2024, 6:29 p.m.
Countries: Denmark
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
She has set up a Facebook group to allow women to share their common experiences and help each other cope with the trauma. More than 70 women have joined. A recent podcast, Spiralkampagnen ('coil campaign'), found records indicating that up to 4,500 women and girls - roughly half of all fertile females - had an IUD implanted in Greenland between 1966 and 1970. But the procedures continued into the mid-1970s. Of these, it is unclear how many cases lacked consent or proper explanation. Among those affected were girls as young as 12, and several have stated publicly that they were not properly informed. Some women unable to have children suspect...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
She has set up a Facebook group to allow women to share their common experiences and help each other cope with the trauma. More than 70 women have joined. A recent podcast, Spiralkampagnen ('coil campaign'), found records indicating that up to 4,500 women and girls - roughly half of all fertile females - had an IUD implanted in Greenland between 1966 and 1970. But the procedures continued into the mid-1970s. Of these, it is unclear how many cases lacked consent or proper explanation. Among those affected were girls as young as 12, and several have stated publicly that they were not properly informed. Some women unable to have children suspect...more
April 19, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Serbia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"[C]ivil society organizations, including women’s rights activists, are [not] able to exercise their rights to freedom of expression, assembly and association without intimidation or reprisals" (10).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"[C]ivil society organizations, including women’s rights activists, are [not] able to exercise their rights to freedom of expression, assembly and association without intimidation or reprisals" (10).
April 12, 2024, 5:41 p.m.
Countries: Malaysia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"On the case of the Malaysian mother giving birth abroad with their [non-Malaysian] partners, all 3,000 [cases] have been resolved last week" (para 13). This was said by the Home Minister of malaysia (MV-coder comment).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"On the case of the Malaysian mother giving birth abroad with their [non-Malaysian] partners, all 3,000 [cases] have been resolved last week" (para 13). This was said by the Home Minister of malaysia (MV-coder comment).
April 12, 2024, 5:14 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"By late 2022, the four major banks had blocked more than 500,000 such messages from 300,000 unique customer accounts. As a result, more than 3000 customers were issued warning letters, had their online banking suspended or their accounts cancelled" (para 33). "Within the past four years all the banks have taken steps to address this abuse, blocking offensive messages. Some now use artificial intelligence to search for inappropriate language in the transfers. The Commonwealth Bank's automatic filter has blocked a million offensive messages since 2020 and its model detects 1500 high-risk cases annually" (para 34).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"By late 2022, the four major banks had blocked more than 500,000 such messages from 300,000 unique customer accounts. As a result, more than 3000 customers were issued warning letters, had their online banking suspended or their accounts cancelled" (para 33). "Within the past four years all the banks have taken steps to address this abuse, blocking offensive messages. Some now use artificial intelligence to search for inappropriate language in the transfers. The Commonwealth Bank's automatic filter has blocked a million offensive messages since 2020 and its model detects 1500 high-risk cases annually" (para 34).
April 9, 2024, 10:09 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"Protesters gather to call for revision of sex crime legislation in Tokyo, 2019" (para 7). "Protesters gather at the rally called 'Flower Demo' to criticise acquittals in court cases of alleged rape in Japan" (para 8). "Japan last revised its criminal code on sexual offences in 2017, for the first time in more than a century, but campaigners said the reforms were insufficient" (para 15). "And in 2019, a string of acquittals in rape cases triggered nationwide rallies" (para 16). "Campaigners have welcomed the move as a step forward though it 'still fails to meet international rape legislation standards', advocacy group Human Rights Now said in a statement. Japan, it...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"Protesters gather to call for revision of sex crime legislation in Tokyo, 2019" (para 7). "Protesters gather at the rally called 'Flower Demo' to criticise acquittals in court cases of alleged rape in Japan" (para 8). "Japan last revised its criminal code on sexual offences in 2017, for the first time in more than a century, but campaigners said the reforms were insufficient" (para 15). "And in 2019, a string of acquittals in rape cases triggered nationwide rallies" (para 16). "Campaigners have welcomed the move as a step forward though it 'still fails to meet international rape legislation standards', advocacy group Human Rights Now said in a statement. Japan, it...more
April 9, 2024, 9:31 p.m.
Countries: Cuba
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"The femicide that occurred in the province of Guantánamo triggered the most recent debate. In the first place, due to the use of inappropriate terms when referring to the facts. In addition, for the use of a firearm by a police officer" (para 2).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"The femicide that occurred in the province of Guantánamo triggered the most recent debate. In the first place, due to the use of inappropriate terms when referring to the facts. In addition, for the use of a firearm by a police officer" (para 2).
March 15, 2024, 2:30 p.m.
Countries: Gabon
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"An observatory on the rights of the child and the family was set up in order to better monitor and evaluate measures taken to protect women's rights" (10).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"An observatory on the rights of the child and the family was set up in order to better monitor and evaluate measures taken to protect women's rights" (10).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"[T]he State party has not taken sufficient, sustained and systematic action to eliminate adverse cultural practices, patriarchal attitudes and deep-rooted stereotypes, which contribute to the persistence of violence and harmful practices against women, including sexual violence" (7).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"[T]he State party has not taken sufficient, sustained and systematic action to eliminate adverse cultural practices, patriarchal attitudes and deep-rooted stereotypes, which contribute to the persistence of violence and harmful practices against women, including sexual violence" (7).
Feb. 20, 2024, 9:55 a.m.
Countries: Qatar
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"The Fuller Project and the Guardian spoke with five women, including Hope, employed at different hotels in Qatar between 2017 and 2022 about their experiences. They detailed allegations of sexual harassment and physical and verbal abuse. Most of these hotels are among more than 100 now endorsed by Fifa, football’s governing body and the tournament organizer" (para 10). "The testimonies of women interviewed for this piece, as well as those of experts who have worked extensively with female hospitality workers in Qatar, suggest few feel able to report sexual harassment should it occur" (para 11). "Qatar representatives said the five women’s stories were extreme cases which were not the reality...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"The Fuller Project and the Guardian spoke with five women, including Hope, employed at different hotels in Qatar between 2017 and 2022 about their experiences. They detailed allegations of sexual harassment and physical and verbal abuse. Most of these hotels are among more than 100 now endorsed by Fifa, football’s governing body and the tournament organizer" (para 10). "The testimonies of women interviewed for this piece, as well as those of experts who have worked extensively with female hospitality workers in Qatar, suggest few feel able to report sexual harassment should it occur" (para 11). "Qatar representatives said the five women’s stories were extreme cases which were not the reality...more
Feb. 16, 2024, 4:44 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"'Honduran women, I will not fail you, I will defend your rights, all your rights, count on me,' said Castro, whose resounding election victory ended a dozen years of conservative rule and generated high hopes for change in a country with one of the highest rates of femicide and most restrictive laws against reproductive rights in Latin America" (para 2). "'We are in ways losing hope,' said Regina Fonseca, an activist for women’s rights in Honduras" (para 4). "'I believe that at some point [Castro] will possibly fulfil some of the things, but the reality is that 20% of her term has already passed, and at least in terms of...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"'Honduran women, I will not fail you, I will defend your rights, all your rights, count on me,' said Castro, whose resounding election victory ended a dozen years of conservative rule and generated high hopes for change in a country with one of the highest rates of femicide and most restrictive laws against reproductive rights in Latin America" (para 2). "'We are in ways losing hope,' said Regina Fonseca, an activist for women’s rights in Honduras" (para 4). "'I believe that at some point [Castro] will possibly fulfil some of the things, but the reality is that 20% of her term has already passed, and at least in terms of...more