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Taliban Enact New Restrictions on Afghan Women, Prompting Global Outcry
02-09-2024 Anne-Marie Leal Women’s Rights Researcher, Global Human Rights Defence. At the end of August 2024, a new “vice and virtue” law was ...
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Rising Fury: Trainee Doctor’s Rape and Murder Sparks Nationwide Protests for Safer Workplaces in India
22-08-2024 Marina Sáenz South and East Asia Researcher, Global Human Rights Defence. The brutal rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor ...
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Female Nudity as a Political Act: Italian Pop Star Struggles Against the Control Over Women’s Bodies
21-08-2024 Benedetta De Rosa Women’s Rights Researcher, Global Human Rights Defence. In the entertainment world, control over the female body is a ...
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Pink Buses in Islamabad Empower Pakistani Women
20-08-2024 Hannah Wohlbold Women’s Rights Researcher, Global Human Rights Defence. In August, the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, introduced “pink buses” to provide a ...
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Iraq Proposes Lowering Legal Marriage Age for Girls to Nine Years
19-08-2024 Hannah Wohlbold Women’s Rights Researcher, Global Human Rights Defence. A highly controversial draft law in Iraq proposes to amend the country’s ...
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Paris 2024 Olympics: Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif Wins Gold and Fills Lawsuit Amid Online Harassment
15/08/24 Carolina Batista Women’s Rights Researcher, Global Human Rights Defence. Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who recently secured a gold medal in the ...
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Tragic Outcome in Türkiye: Woman Murdered Due to Insufficient Protective Measures
02-08-2024 Nil Başgezer Women’s Rights Researcher Global Human Rights Defence Tarık Kanyılmaz, who threatened the woman he was in the process of divorcing ...
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The Father Who Abused His 15-year-old Daughter, Who Was Released After His Lawyer’s Scandalous Defence, Was Arrested Again
02-08-2024 Nil Başgezer Women’s Rights Researcher Global Human Rights Defence Gökmen K., who was arrested after being caught red-handed while sexually abusing his ...
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Ending the Voice of Hate: Germany’s ban on Compact Magazine
16-07-2024 Innocenti Chiara Human Rights and Europe Researcher, Global Human Rights Defence (BERLIN) July 16th, 2024 – On Tuesday, July 16th, the German ...
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Gender Based Violence and Mental Health: The Case of Malala Yousafazi
10-07-2024 Shahad Ghannam Legal Human Rights Researcher, Global Human Rights Defence Violence against women is both a severe public health issue ...