Lowering the Marital Age of Nepal: Controversy Estopped on Protection against Child Marriages?
Moving into a controversial circle, on January 15, 2025, the Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee of the House of Representatives proposed to bring down the marital age from 20...
Violence Against Women and the ECHR: Addressing Evidential Gaps in the Court’s Jurisprudence
Recent research indicates that the rates of femicide by partners or family members have differed only slightly in Europe since 2010. Progress for the past decade has been minimal, with...
Climate Injustice: International Response to the Indigenous Women Experiences
Climate change is one of the most challenging threats humans face. It acts as a “threat multiplier,” intensifying social, political, and economic tensions in fragile and conflict-affected settings. As climate...
The Crime Against Humanity of Gender Persecution: A First Beam of Light for Afghan Women and Girls
The application by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for arrest warrants against two senior Taliban leaders has opened a window of hope for Afghan...
The Maternal Imperative: Birthright Citizenship as a Cornerstone of Women’s Rights and Global Human Dignity
To deny a woman’s right to confer citizenship is to deny her full humanity. This assertion encapsulates the critical human rights issue in the United States concerning birthright citizenship (jus...
The 2025 Mudawana Reform Protests in Morocco
Under the guise of benevolent masculinity, many a man will present themselves as an old-fashioned gentleman eager to do things the traditional way and provide for the woman they are...
Sexual Harassment and the Law in Liberia
Sexual harassment is a pervasive issue that transcends geographic, cultural, and societal boundaries, and Africa’s oldest republic is no exception. It poses significant barriers to women’s empowerment in Liberia, a...
Silence and Neglect: Understanding and Responding to the Humanitarian Crisis Women Face in Sudan
On April 15, 2023, civil war erupted in Khartoum between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) army, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Services (RSF) militia forces,...
The Legal Protections of Displaced Rohingya in Malaysia
The alleged genocide of the Muslim minority Rohingya in Buddhist majority Myanmar has precipitated the largest refugee crisis in Asia today with approximately 1 million Rohingyas having been displaced since...
Periods, Climate, and the Politics of Sustainability
Discussion on sustainable menstrual health management, without adequately considering lived realities compounded by the climate crisis, may unfairly place a disproportionate burden on menstruating individuals in the Global South. The...
Supreme Court of Pakistan Holds that the Courts Cannot Pass a Decree of Khula Without a Woman’s Consent
Khula is not a favourable method of divorce for women because they are compelled to return their dower. Under the Muslim Law, dower is the sum of money or property...
