7/2/2009
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HHS Proposes Regulations to Eliminate HIV Travel Ban
The US Department of Health and Human Services has released proposed regulations that would repeal a ban preventing HIV-positive foreigners from entering the country... |
7/2/2009
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New Delhi Court Rules to Decriminalize Homosexuality
The Delhi High Court ruled today to decriminalize sexual activity between consenting same sex partners in New Delhi, India’s capital... |
6/29/2009
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HIV-Positive Namibian Women Suing Government for Forced Sterilization
At least fifteen HIV-positive women in Namibia who were forcibly sterilized are now suing the government... |
6/29/2009
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Indian Women's Studies Pioneer Dies
Neera Desai, PhD, a pioneer of women's studies in India, died of cancer at age 84 last week... |
6/26/2009
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Iranian Nobel Laureate Urges European Union to Condemn Post-Election Violence
Iranian Nobel laureate and human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi met with European Union Parliament President Hans-Gert Pöttering on Wednesday and urged him to respond to the post-election violence that continues in Iran... |
6/25/2009
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L'Oreal Loses Discrimination Suit
L'Oreal was found guilty this week of racial discrimination in hiring by France's highest court this week in a suit brought by SOS Racisme, a French anti-racism group... |
6/24/2009
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Iranian Women a Major Force in Election Protests
As protests continue over Iran's presidential election results, women are playing a major role in the public uprising... |
6/24/2009
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Rape Continues as a Weapon of War in the Congo
During a failed prison break, 20 women were brutally raped in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) late Sunday... |
6/23/2009
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President Sarkozy Says Burqa Not Welcome in France
In a speech to a joint session of the French Parliament yesterday, President Nicolas Sarkozy announced his opposition to the burqa, the head-to-toe garment worn by some Islamic women... |
6/23/2009
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Girls' School Bombed in Pakistan
A bomb destroyed a girls' primary school early Sunday in Pakistan... |
6/22/2009
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Iranian Human Rights Leader Calls for New Elections
Iranian human rights leader Shirin Ebadi is calling for the Iranian government to void the presidential election results and hold a new vote overseen by international watchdogs... |
6/19/2009
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Petition Filed Against Peru with UN CEDAW Committee
A 16-year-old Peruvian rape survivor filed a petition with the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) against Peru yesterday... |
6/19/2009
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One in Four South African Men Admit to Rape
According to a survey by the Medical Research foundation (MRC), one in four men in South Africa have admitted to committing rape... |
6/19/2009
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Chinese Woman Acting in Self-Defense Spared Criminal Responsibility
A court in the Hubei Province of China ruled this week against penalizing 21-year-old Deng Yujiao, a waitress who fatally stabbed a Communist Party official who was attempting to rape her... |
6/18/2009
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House Subcommittee Approves Increase in International Family Planning Funding
The House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee for State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee yesterday approved the single largest increase ever in funding for international family planning and reproductive health programs... |
6/17/2009
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Egypt Approves Quota for Women in Parliament
The Egyptian parliament passed a law Sunday adding 64 seats reserved for women to the lower house of the legislature... |
6/17/2009
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US Human Trafficking Watchlist Grows to Include 52 Countries
After the State Department issued the 2009 Human Trafficking Report yesterday, the Obama administration also released a watchlist of countries that are not taking appropriate measures to reduce and end human trafficking... |
6/15/2009
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Legislation to Eliminate Child Marriage Passed in House of Representatives
The International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act of 2009, an initiative to end child marriage in developing countries, passed in the House of Representatives on a 235-187 vote last week as part of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act.
According to Betty McCollum (D-MN), author of the original bill, the legislation affirms that "child marriage is a human rights violation that undermines America's investments in foreign assistance to improve women's and girl's education, health, and economic status." McCollum's original bill, which is adapted in Section 1111 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, calls for the Secretary of State, acting on behalf of the President, to research the ongoing practice of child marriage and develop a strategy to address it.
Child marriage remains a common practice in rural and impoverished areas in many countries, with 100 million girls expected to marry in the next ten years, according to the United Nations Population Fund... |
6/9/2009
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Saudi Arabian Woman Cabinet Minister Must Have Permission to Appear on Television
Noura al-Faiz, Saudi Arabia's first woman cabinet minister, told a newspaper that she will not appear on television unless she has permission to do so... |
6/8/2009
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Incidence of Rape in Democratic Republic of Congo Soaring
The number of rapes reported in Sud-Kivu, an eastern province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in the last three months was more than half the total number of incidents reported there last year... |
