Tag: Women’s Rights
‘Disrupt’: Filipina Women’s Network launch book on Pinays as global leaders
At the 11th Filipina Leadership Global Summit, which started on October 5 and will run till October 8, two milestones are taking place. The first breakthrough, for instance, is the fact that in the history of its organizer, the Filipina Women’s Network (FWN)
Text and photos by Bernard Testa |...
Vietnam calls on IPU to promote gender equality
National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong said she hoped the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) would enhance its role in promoting gender equality as part of the post-2015 sustainable development targets.
14/10/2014 | 18:52:00
National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong said she hoped the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) would enhance its role...
ASEAN promotes rights of women, children
The ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) and the ASEAN Committee on Women (ACW) will work together to realise the declaration on the elimination of violence against women and children that was adopted by ASEAN leaders in 2013.
16/10/2014 | 15:04:52
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Thai Soaps Trigger Outcry Over Romanticizing Rape
In a famous scene from Thailand's award-winning soap opera "The Power of Shadows," the handsome protagonist gets drunk and rapes the leading lady. He later begs her forgiveness, and they live happily ever after.
BANGKOK — Oct 16, 2014, 8:21 PM ET
By JOCELYN GECKER and THANYARAT DOKSONE Associated Press
In a...
Story of Injustice From Myanmar: Discrimination and Injustice for Women by Prostitution Act
Until now there has been no standard definition of the law. where each expert has a different opinion on the law defines. But in general when it interpreted the law is to regulate the behavior or actions of the person in society. Regulation contains commands and prohibitions to do...
“We already bought you”: Foreign maids endure serious abuse in UAE
Foreign maids from impoverished countries endure physical, sexual and emotional abuse in the United Arab Emirates, trapped by a system that denies them protection, an international rights group said Thursday.
AFP
Last updated: October 24, 2014
Human Rights Watch called on the UAE to reform a restrictive visa system and pass a...
Woman wins RM300,000 in landmark case on discrimination over pregnancy
In a landmark case, the Shah Alam High Court today awarded a woman RM300,000 in damages for breach of her constitutional right to gender equality after the government refused to employ her as a temporary teacher when she became pregnant.
BY BOO SU-LYN
November 10, 2014
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 — In...
Information: Philippines, Asia’s leader in gender equality
The Philippines is Asia’s best performing country in closing the gender gap. It is the only country in Asia-Pacific that has fully closed gender disparity in education and health, garnering 0.781 points, according to the Global Gender Gap 2014 report of World Economy Forum (WEF), released on October 29,...
Indonesia: ‘Virginity Tests’ for Female Police
The Indonesian government subjects female applicants for Indonesia’s National Police to discriminatory and degrading “virginity tests,” Human Rights Watch said today.
‘Testing’ Applicants Is Discriminatory, Cruel, Degrading
November 18, 2014
(Jakarta) – The Indonesian government subjects female applicants for Indonesia’s National Police to discriminatory and degrading “virginity tests,” Human Rights Watch said...
Indonesia’s female police officers subjected to ‘virginity tests’
Women hoping to join Indonesia's police force are subjected to 'two-finger virginity tests', a human rights group has found
By Radhika Sanghani
5:09PM GMT 18 Nov 2014
Women who want to join Indonesia’s national police force are forced to have "virginity tests", a human rights group has found.
The “two-finger test” involves a...
