Latest items for SEGI-PRACTICE-3
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-3
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...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
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...more
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:04 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"A survey referenced by Abbas Abdi, a well-known reformist columnist, and conducted by the Ministry of Guidance research institute showed 31% of respondents had observed a high number of Iranians not wearing the hijab. It also showed only 10% of the population favoured offenders being fined, 14% favoured a verbal warning, 40% favoured cultural education and 23% said it should be accepted. He said the figures were likely to be distorted given it was an official government survey and the survey base seemed to be biased against those who took their news from foreign satellite channels" (Para 16) "The finding echoes a survey on 22 November by the Blair Institute...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"A survey referenced by Abbas Abdi, a well-known reformist columnist, and conducted by the Ministry of Guidance research institute showed 31% of respondents had observed a high number of Iranians not wearing the hijab. It also showed only 10% of the population favoured offenders being fined, 14% favoured a verbal warning, 40% favoured cultural education and 23% said it should be accepted. He said the figures were likely to be distorted given it was an official government survey and the survey base seemed to be biased against those who took their news from foreign satellite channels" (Para 16) "The finding echoes a survey on 22 November by the Blair Institute...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-3
"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). "Under Iran’s Islamic sharia law, imposed after the 1979 revolution, women are obliged to cover their hair and wear long, loose-fitting clothes to disguise their figures. Violators have faced public rebuke, fines or arrest" (para 13).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"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). "Under Iran’s Islamic sharia law, imposed after the 1979 revolution, women are obliged to cover their hair and wear long, loose-fitting clothes to disguise their figures. Violators have faced public rebuke, fines or arrest" (para 13).
Nov. 12, 2024, 6:12 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
“The blowback and fear that 4B practitioners experience underscores their conviction that Korea is still a frightening place for women. Yeowon’s photo was posted on an Ilbe site after participating in a feminist protest, and she was harassed and sexually threatened online for weeks. Youngmi said men have tried to physically attack her on the street three or four times. She recalled an episode when she and some friends, who all had cropped haircuts, were dining at a Japanese restaurant in Daegu. Throughout the night, the restaurant owner and his friends made gagging and puking noises and gestures at them. When Minji and I met at a coffee shop near...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
“The blowback and fear that 4B practitioners experience underscores their conviction that Korea is still a frightening place for women. Yeowon’s photo was posted on an Ilbe site after participating in a feminist protest, and she was harassed and sexually threatened online for weeks. Youngmi said men have tried to physically attack her on the street three or four times. She recalled an episode when she and some friends, who all had cropped haircuts, were dining at a Japanese restaurant in Daegu. Throughout the night, the restaurant owner and his friends made gagging and puking noises and gestures at them. When Minji and I met at a coffee shop near...more
Oct. 16, 2024, 3:21 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"A survey referenced by Abbas Abdi, a well-known reformist columnist, and conducted by the Ministry of Guidance research institute showed 31% of respondents had observed a high number of Iranians not wearing the hijab. It also showed only 10% of the population favoured offenders being fined, 14% favoured a verbal warning, 40% favoured cultural education and 23% said it should be accepted. He said the figures were likely to be distorted given it was an official government survey and the survey base seemed to be biased against those who took their news from foreign satellite channels" (Para 16) "The finding echoes a survey on 22 November by the Blair Institute...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"A survey referenced by Abbas Abdi, a well-known reformist columnist, and conducted by the Ministry of Guidance research institute showed 31% of respondents had observed a high number of Iranians not wearing the hijab. It also showed only 10% of the population favoured offenders being fined, 14% favoured a verbal warning, 40% favoured cultural education and 23% said it should be accepted. He said the figures were likely to be distorted given it was an official government survey and the survey base seemed to be biased against those who took their news from foreign satellite channels" (Para 16) "The finding echoes a survey on 22 November by the Blair Institute...more
Oct. 16, 2024, 3:10 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
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...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
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...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. 16, 2024, 11:13 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"Meanwhile, Taliban security forces have used a water cannon to disperse crowds protesting against the ban on university education for women, witnesses said, as the decision by the government continued to cause anger in Afghanistan and other countries around the world" (para 23).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"Meanwhile, Taliban security forces have used a water cannon to disperse crowds protesting against the ban on university education for women, witnesses said, as the decision by the government continued to cause anger in Afghanistan and other countries around the world" (para 23).
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-3
“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-3
“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
April 19, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Serbia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"Negative media campaigns and reporting against representatives of civil society hinder their work towards the advancement of women’s rights" (10). "[C]ases of alleged intimidation or reprisals against civil society activists are [not] duly investigated" (10).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"Negative media campaigns and reporting against representatives of civil society hinder their work towards the advancement of women’s rights" (10). "[C]ases of alleged intimidation or reprisals against civil society activists are [not] duly investigated" (10).
April 9, 2024, 9:31 p.m.
Countries: Cuba
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"The wound of the bad legal-criminal treatment that the case had is reopened, and therefore the effectiveness of the sanction imposed, the work of the court and the high institutional tolerance in relation to the lack of transparency of the criminal process are questioned" (para 4). "For both cases — the femicide and the Bécquer case — 'the full weight of the law' has been requested, within the framework of the new Penal Code, which provides for more severe penalties for cases of gender-based violence. But it is not about more years of imprisonment or more drastic penalties" (para 10). "As feminists, we appeal to criminal justice based on facts,...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"The wound of the bad legal-criminal treatment that the case had is reopened, and therefore the effectiveness of the sanction imposed, the work of the court and the high institutional tolerance in relation to the lack of transparency of the criminal process are questioned" (para 4). "For both cases — the femicide and the Bécquer case — 'the full weight of the law' has been requested, within the framework of the new Penal Code, which provides for more severe penalties for cases of gender-based violence. But it is not about more years of imprisonment or more drastic penalties" (para 10). "As feminists, we appeal to criminal justice based on facts,...more
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"[W]omen human rights defenders suffer double discrimination, violence and prejudice, both in the family and in society, and are exposed to expulsion from work and divorce" (14). "[S]ome provisions in the draft laws related to non-profit organizations, human rights defenders, counter-terrorism, public demonstrations, freedom of the press and access to information that are under review before Parliament might negatively impact women’s civil and political rights" (14).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"[W]omen human rights defenders suffer double discrimination, violence and prejudice, both in the family and in society, and are exposed to expulsion from work and divorce" (14). "[S]ome provisions in the draft laws related to non-profit organizations, human rights defenders, counter-terrorism, public demonstrations, freedom of the press and access to information that are under review before Parliament might negatively impact women’s civil and political rights" (14).
Feb. 20, 2024, 9:55 a.m.
Countries: Qatar
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
Migrant women who come to Qatar, mostly from Africa and Asia, are often the main breadwinner for their families. Many are reluctant to speak out because they fear losing those jobs, says Ann Abunda, founder of Sandigan, a Kuwait-based domestic worker organization. When she asked her network to inquire about issues of harassment in Qatar’s hotels, more than a dozen women replied, either directly via social media or through her contacts in Qatar (para 23). "Women told her there was no point in reporting harassment because employers would not act and were angered by the complaint. '[Women] just don’t want to talk [publicly] about that,' says Abunda. 'But they are...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
Migrant women who come to Qatar, mostly from Africa and Asia, are often the main breadwinner for their families. Many are reluctant to speak out because they fear losing those jobs, says Ann Abunda, founder of Sandigan, a Kuwait-based domestic worker organization. When she asked her network to inquire about issues of harassment in Qatar’s hotels, more than a dozen women replied, either directly via social media or through her contacts in Qatar (para 23). "Women told her there was no point in reporting harassment because employers would not act and were angered by the complaint. '[Women] just don’t want to talk [publicly] about that,' says Abunda. 'But they are...more
Feb. 11, 2024, 3:02 p.m.
Countries: Switzerland
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"'All I will say is that he has a lot of money and you don't want trouble in court . . . I would be in big trouble if I shared some of the secrets I have learned to keep'" (para 15).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"'All I will say is that he has a lot of money and you don't want trouble in court . . . I would be in big trouble if I shared some of the secrets I have learned to keep'" (para 15).
Jan. 29, 2024, 5:50 p.m.
Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"[There is the presence of] Anti-gender discourse and online threats against women politicians, journalists, human rights defenders and women’s non-governmental organizations, including by high-level politicians" (7).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"[There is the presence of] Anti-gender discourse and online threats against women politicians, journalists, human rights defenders and women’s non-governmental organizations, including by high-level politicians" (7).
Jan. 21, 2024, 10:43 a.m.
Countries: Saudi Arabia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2, SEGI-PRACTICE-3, ADDL-DATA-1
"Just as the kingdom announced that women could drive, for example, the women who’d campaigned tirelessly and publicly for precisely this right were arrested and locked away. The family of one of the most prominent driving activists, Loujain al-Hathloul, said publicly that she was tortured and sexually harassed while in custody; human rights investigators say others were also abused" (para 23).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2, SEGI-PRACTICE-3, ADDL-DATA-1
"Just as the kingdom announced that women could drive, for example, the women who’d campaigned tirelessly and publicly for precisely this right were arrested and locked away. The family of one of the most prominent driving activists, Loujain al-Hathloul, said publicly that she was tortured and sexually harassed while in custody; human rights investigators say others were also abused" (para 23).
Jan. 21, 2024, 10:39 a.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"Despite two public executions, looming threats against protesters, and hundreds of daily arrests, including raiding the homes of celebrities and intellectuals who publicly oppose the government, the protesters continue to show up. The resistance continues. Strikes are taking place in every major industry. University students stage sit-ins, art installations or boycott classes. Eyewitness images and videos on social media capture the extent of unthinkable violence" (para 20).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"Despite two public executions, looming threats against protesters, and hundreds of daily arrests, including raiding the homes of celebrities and intellectuals who publicly oppose the government, the protesters continue to show up. The resistance continues. Strikes are taking place in every major industry. University students stage sit-ins, art installations or boycott classes. Eyewitness images and videos on social media capture the extent of unthinkable violence" (para 20).
Jan. 21, 2024, 10:36 a.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"The court found her guilty of 'encouraging corruption and prostitution' as well as 'assembly and collusion'" (para 3). "As many as 18,210 protesters are believed to have been arrested" (para 10).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"The court found her guilty of 'encouraging corruption and prostitution' as well as 'assembly and collusion'" (para 3). "As many as 18,210 protesters are believed to have been arrested" (para 10).
Dec. 21, 2023, 10:10 a.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"As a prominent activist, Khoshnavaz has been summoned for questioning again, but experience had taught her not to comply this time. ‘They called me and told me to go for interrogation,’ she says. ‘I didn’t go. I had to run.'" (para 15). "Rights groups estimate that more than 250 protesters have been killed by security forces using live ammunition and tear gas to quell demonstrations that have spread to dozens of cities" (para 35). "Hossein Mahini, Persepolis’s retired captain, has been arrested on charges of ‘encouraging riots and sympathising with the enemy’ after he posted support for the protests on social media. Ali Daei, the most famous Iranian footballer, had...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"As a prominent activist, Khoshnavaz has been summoned for questioning again, but experience had taught her not to comply this time. ‘They called me and told me to go for interrogation,’ she says. ‘I didn’t go. I had to run.'" (para 15). "Rights groups estimate that more than 250 protesters have been killed by security forces using live ammunition and tear gas to quell demonstrations that have spread to dozens of cities" (para 35). "Hossein Mahini, Persepolis’s retired captain, has been arrested on charges of ‘encouraging riots and sympathising with the enemy’ after he posted support for the protests on social media. Ali Daei, the most famous Iranian footballer, had...more
Dec. 20, 2023, 11:14 a.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"The crackdown by security forces against the protest movement has left hundreds dead, and the government has threatened harsh punishment for dissent, including executions. Rights groups say that at least 400 people have been killed since the protests began, including 50 minors, and the United Nations has said that about 14,000 people have been arrested. The government says at least 30 members of the security forces have been killed"(para 25-26).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"The crackdown by security forces against the protest movement has left hundreds dead, and the government has threatened harsh punishment for dissent, including executions. Rights groups say that at least 400 people have been killed since the protests began, including 50 minors, and the United Nations has said that about 14,000 people have been arrested. The government says at least 30 members of the security forces have been killed"(para 25-26).
Nov. 28, 2023, 12:49 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"Kwon said she would not openly talk about gender issues around her Korean friends. 'I know how guys will react', she said. 'I know they're going to be like, ' This is another girl talking about gender issues again.'" (pp 22-23). "Many of those [feminists] who work publicly receive death threats on a regular basis, leading some to leave the country" (pp 27).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"Kwon said she would not openly talk about gender issues around her Korean friends. 'I know how guys will react', she said. 'I know they're going to be like, ' This is another girl talking about gender issues again.'" (pp 22-23). "Many of those [feminists] who work publicly receive death threats on a regular basis, leading some to leave the country" (pp 27).
Nov. 22, 2023, 5:13 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"Facing public criticism from conservatives, Razi later apologized and stopped pursuing the ban" (10).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"Facing public criticism from conservatives, Razi later apologized and stopped pursuing the ban" (10).
Nov. 22, 2023, 12:24 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"In March 2019, a prominent Iranian human rights lawyer, who has represented women arrested for removing their headscarves, has been jailed herself" (108).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"In March 2019, a prominent Iranian human rights lawyer, who has represented women arrested for removing their headscarves, has been jailed herself" (108).
Nov. 21, 2023, 5:58 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"That makes any woman still fighting for her rights potentially subversive, particularly at a time when Xi is openly distrustful of any civil organising" (para. 16). "The CCP has always had an uneasy relationship with feminists, in part because Communists claim to have liberated women themselves. Mao’s slogan 'women hold up half the sky' became famous as half-tribute, half-promise to China’s women" (para. 17). "There have been repeated crackdowns on feminists, including arrests of women protesting against issues that do not obviously challenge the political system, such as sexual harassment. China’s #MeToo movement has made little progress" (para. 18). "Peng went missing for weeks after making her accusations on social...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"That makes any woman still fighting for her rights potentially subversive, particularly at a time when Xi is openly distrustful of any civil organising" (para. 16). "The CCP has always had an uneasy relationship with feminists, in part because Communists claim to have liberated women themselves. Mao’s slogan 'women hold up half the sky' became famous as half-tribute, half-promise to China’s women" (para. 17). "There have been repeated crackdowns on feminists, including arrests of women protesting against issues that do not obviously challenge the political system, such as sexual harassment. China’s #MeToo movement has made little progress" (para. 18). "Peng went missing for weeks after making her accusations on social...more
Nov. 3, 2023, 5 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"Compounding that is severe underreporting, making it difficult for any authority to grasp the full extent of the damage. Women fear gangs will seek revenge on them and trust Haitian police just about as much" (para 16). "The country’s current government, which many view as illegitimate, declined to comment on what it is doing to address the issue" (para 17) Since the government is not commenting on or acknowledging the issue of rape by gangs within Haiti, victime have few to no safe means to report violence and get justice (MCP - CODER COMMENT). "When she tried to report the rape to police, they told her that they didn’t handle...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"Compounding that is severe underreporting, making it difficult for any authority to grasp the full extent of the damage. Women fear gangs will seek revenge on them and trust Haitian police just about as much" (para 16). "The country’s current government, which many view as illegitimate, declined to comment on what it is doing to address the issue" (para 17) Since the government is not commenting on or acknowledging the issue of rape by gangs within Haiti, victime have few to no safe means to report violence and get justice (MCP - CODER COMMENT). "When she tried to report the rape to police, they told her that they didn’t handle...more
Nov. 3, 2023, 11:41 a.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
“'He got very angry, and I realised that if I continued to fight this, the harassment would get worse, so I started washing the towels,' Yuna says. But because she had complained, she was marked” (para 3). “What tipped her over the edge was not just the abuse, which grew steadily worse, but the lack of support from her female colleagues - those in their 20s, like her. 'It's like this everywhere, don't make a fuss,' they had pleaded” (para 5-6). The negative reaction these women have towards discussing gender issues may indicate histories of violence or harassment as a result (ET - CODER COMMENT). “Hoping to fight this was...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
“'He got very angry, and I realised that if I continued to fight this, the harassment would get worse, so I started washing the towels,' Yuna says. But because she had complained, she was marked” (para 3). “What tipped her over the edge was not just the abuse, which grew steadily worse, but the lack of support from her female colleagues - those in their 20s, like her. 'It's like this everywhere, don't make a fuss,' they had pleaded” (para 5-6). The negative reaction these women have towards discussing gender issues may indicate histories of violence or harassment as a result (ET - CODER COMMENT). “Hoping to fight this was...more
Oct. 15, 2023, 2:22 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"Aggressive demonstrations by Fathers4Justice targeting the private homes of female politicians highlight the visceral outrage some men feel about being obliged to pay. The last time I wrote about this, someone posted my private address as that of the CMS, and occasionally I still get letters meant for the service, which I pass on. Luckily, I’ve had no visitors" (para 8).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"Aggressive demonstrations by Fathers4Justice targeting the private homes of female politicians highlight the visceral outrage some men feel about being obliged to pay. The last time I wrote about this, someone posted my private address as that of the CMS, and occasionally I still get letters meant for the service, which I pass on. Luckily, I’ve had no visitors" (para 8).