“My silences had not protected me. Your silences will not protect you.” Audre Lorde had it right when she said that women have been taught to […]
United Nations Panel Calls for Renewal for Equal Education Rights for Women
On Tuesday, the UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) renewed calls for girls and women to be given equal access to education. […]
Marital Rape Lives On In Pakistan
Marital rape, the term itself, confuses many people. Is it actually rape if it happens between husband and wife? Most people believe that there is no […]
Controversial Turkey Court Verdict on Religious Marriages
Turkey’s Constitutional Court’s verdict has allowed couples to be religiously married without legally binding civil formalities. This has been protested by human rights and women’s rights […]
Law Passed to Compensate War Rape Victims in Croatia
Croatia’s parliament officially passed a law which grants compensation to victims of rape, which took place during Croatia’s war of independence against Yugoslavia, about 20 years […]
Landmark Decision by ECP To Annul PK-95 By-Election as Zero Turnout of Women Voters
After pressure from the media and civil society, the Election Commission of Pakistan, for the first time in the country’s electoral history, annulled the by-poll of […]