Tag: Women’s Rights
Update: Vietnam – Court upholds imprisonment of Ms Bui Thi Minh Hang and two other protesters
On 12 December 2014, the Dong Thap Appellate Court in Vietnam upheld the previous sentence handed down to human rights defender Ms Bui Thi Minh Hang and two other protesters Mr Nguyen Van Minh and Ms Nguyen Thi Thuy Quynh, who were imprisoned on charges of “causing public disorder”...
Fighting for gender equality in Malaysia
Mary Shantini Dairiam believes that addressing inequality is key to improving women’s lives
Published : 2015-01-06 20:50
Updated : 2015-01-06 20:50
Mary Shanthi Dairiam, 75, has spent half her life advocating for human rights and women’s rights all over the world.
She is currently the founding director of the International Women’s Rights Action...
Dawei Project Threatens Livelihood of Locals, Claims Ethnic Women’s Organization
The Dawei Special Economic Zone is threatening local peoples’ way of life, according to a report by the Tavoyan Women’s Union.
January 6, 2015 • Author: Karen News
The Dawei Special Economic Zone is threatening local peoples’ way of life, according to a report by the Tavoyan Women’s Union.
The DSEZ, a...
Reinvestigation of the Kidnapping Case Against Two Dumagats Detained at Tanay PNP Rizal Ordered
Pursuant to her power to act directly on any matter involving a probable miscarriage of justice within the jurisdiction of prosecutors, and to review the final judgments and orders of prosecutors, a Review Resolution was issued by the Secretary of Justice in connection with the case of two Dumagats...
U.N. rights chief slams Myanmar monk for ‘sexist’ remarks
United Nations human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein sharply criticized a prominent Myanmar monk on Wednesday for what he said were sexist and abusive public comments about a U.N. special rapporteur.
By Louis Charbonneau | UNITED NATIONS Wed Jan 21, 2015 11:17pm IST
(Reuters) - (Editors note: The third and...
Stop the excuses; It’s a crime to cane women
The Malaysian social structure aligns itself with a patriarchal system that leaves little room for women to move, be seen or even be heard.
January 29, 2015
By Sherleena Abdul Rashid
According to the World Health Organization, approximately 62% women worldwide have experienced some form of physical or sexual abuse by an...
Human rights group laments return to jail of political prisoner with 2-month-old baby
“Now, more than ever, Miradel Torres should be immediately released on humanitarian ground. We appeal to the court to grant the motion to dismiss the false charges against Torres, and in the immediate, grant her request to be brought back to the Philippine General Hospital,” Palabay said.
Tetch Torres-Tupas |...
UN rights report points to ‘increasing regularity’ of attacks on girls seeking education
A new United Nations human rights report seeking to analyse the problem of attacks against girls trying to access education found that schools in at least 70 different countries were attacked in the five years between 2009 and 2014, with many attacks specifically targeting girls, parents and teachers advocating...
Plan to test Indonesian schoolgirls for virginity scrapped after outcry
Local MP had proposed all girls had to be virgins in order to graduate from school
Agence France-Presse | Thursday 12 February 2015 05.03 GMT
High-school girls in an Indonesian district will not be subjected to virginity tests in order to graduate, an official has insisted, after a lawmaker sparked an...
Indonesia lawmakers drop virginity tests for female students after uproar
Indonesian officials have dropped a plan to require female students to pass virginity tests in order to graduate from high school and apologized after sparking a public outcry, human rights campaigners said on Wednesday.
By Alisa Tang | Wed Feb 11, 2015 8:25am EST
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Indonesian officials...
