South Africa to introduce shared parental leave after landmark judgment
Country will be first in Africa to introduce measure after its high court ruled that both parents must have right to time off South Africa...
Category : Women’s rights and gender equality
Threats against rape victim, 10, lay bare Bolivia’s culture of sexual violence
Supporters of alleged rapist, girl’s 39-year-old headmaster, stormed police station in effort to prevent arrest The ombudsman’s office in Bolivia has condemned threats against a...
FGM ban in the Gambia under threat as calls grow to repeal law
Women’s rights campaigners denounce ‘hugely regressive’ proposals from political and religious leaders to decriminalise practice Political and religious leaders in the Gambia are threatening to...
Hospital detentions for new mothers challenged in Ugandan court
Two cases to be heard this month could serve as legal precedent to outlaw the holding of patients against their will for unpaid bills Two...
Women’s health at risk from UK aid cuts, Foreign Office warned
Thousands more women will be forced into unsafe abortions and die in pregnancy and childbirth, ministers told Hundreds of thousands more women will face unsafe...
Twenty years ago, Africa’s women’s treaty set a path to equality. We must be ready for the next steps
The landmark Maputo protocol has led to huge gains in women’s rights, from abortion access to equal pay. But to go further will require political...
‘Gut-churning’: anger as Hungarian president addresses major women’s rights conference
Katalin Novák, an anti-abortionist and promoter of pro-natalist policies, spoke at the opening of the Women Deliver conference in Rwanda Delegates at a women’s rights...
Urgent action needed to protect ‘dying’ Kenyan domestic workers in Gulf, say rights groups
Deaths and alleged abuse of Kenyan women in Saudi Arabia fuels demands for Nairobi to act on human rights Rights groups have expressed concern that...
Peru violated rights of 13-year-old girl repeatedly raped by father, UN rules
Authorities denied pregnant Indigenous girl her legal right to an abortion and ‘re-victimised’ her, UN child rights committee says Peru violated the rights of a...
Child marriage in decline – but will take 300 years to eliminate
UN children’s agency welcomes drop in number of underage brides, but warns 12 million girls still getting married each year The number of child marriages...
