Male Rape in Armed Conflicts: Why We Should Talk About It
Sexual violence represents one of the most serious forms of violation of an individual’s human rights. Although ...
Gender
Meriam Ibrahim Saved from 100 Lashes and the Death Penalty
On 11 May 2014, Meriam Yahia Ibrahim was found guilty by the Al-Haj Yousif Criminal Court of charges under the ...
Pregnancy Discrimination in the Australian Workplace
As part of its national review into pregnancy discrimination in the workplace, the Australian Human Rights ...
Rape and the Failure of the Criminal Justice System
With the national outrage witnessed in India after the gruesome gang-rape of Nirbhaya in December 2012, one truly ...
Breaking the Cycle of Gender Inequality
Editor's note: this post follows from yesterday's post, by Frances Raday, UN Rapporteur-Chair, on the 2014 Working ...
Thematic Report – economic and social life with a focus on economic crisis
Editor’s note: The UN Human Rights Council Working Group on Discrimination against Women in Law and in Practice ...
Gender and the Judiciary: Bosnia and Herzegovina
It is sometimes assumed that if codified law is objective, neutral, and impartial, gender will have little or no ...
Jueces y juezas rinden cuenta por las decisiones que toman
Como un canal de diálogo entre la sociedad civil y los sistemas de justicia, Women’s Link promueve los Premios ...
How can Judges be Held Accountable?
Each year, operating as a channel of communication between society and legal systems, Women’s Link Worldwide ...
Sexual Violence in Modern Myanmar
The Oxford Burma Alliance will be hosting a roundtable on sexual violence in Burma. It will be chaired by Dr ...
Girls with Books, Better Laws, Pave the Way Ahead
“The extremists are afraid of books and pens. The power of education frightens them,” Pakistan's teenage activist ...
Are Women’s Rights Really Human Rights?
At the second World Conference on Human Rights in June 1993, the statement, 'women's rights are human rights' was ...
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