Lifting As We Climb
Upon the formation of the National Association of Colored Women’s Club, the chosen motto read: Lifting As We Climb.
Gender
Disappointing Departures from the Verma Committee Report
The Union Cabinet of the Government of India has cleared an ordinance making changes to India’s rape ...
Clarifying the Law on Consent in The Verma Report
After the tragedy of the gang rape in Delhi on December 16, 2012, the Committee on Amendments to Criminal Law (The ...
The Justice JS Verma Committee Report on Amendments to Criminal Law relating to Sexual Violence in India- Preliminary Observations
The Justice JS Verma Committee, set up by the Government of India after the horrific gang-rape in Delhi on ...
OSCE Special Representative Maria Grazia Giammarinaro on the Role of Discrimination in Human Trafficking
By Maria Grazia Giammarinaro
Human trafficking is a gross violation of human rights that occurs on a massive ...
Decriminalizing Adultery: Eliminating Discrimination and Violence against Women
By Frances Raday
The UN Working Group (WG) on discrimination against women in law and practice has issued a call ...
Pay Equality: When is there a right to claim?
By Betsan Criddle
The important decision of the Supreme Court in Birmingham City Council v Abdulla establishes ...
Equal Inheritance Rights for Women in Botswana
The latest decision of the Botswana High Court on inheritance rights in Edith Mmusi v Ramantele is a ...
Sex Workers Have Human Rights Too
By Stacey-Leigh Manoek and Gcobisa Silwana
South African law criminalises sex work. In terms of the law both the
Gendered Poverty: A Role for the Right to Social Security
By Beth Goldblatt
The welfare safety net has been eroded in many developed countries over recent decades. Since ...
Election of the new Belgian Judge to the ECtHR: An all-male short list demonstrates questionable commitment to gender equality
On the 24thApril 2012, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) elected the new Belgian ...
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