Tag: women's rights

• Saturday, March 8th 2025 - 10:53 UTC

  Importance of women's efforts highlighted in Paraguay

  

  Paraguay's Minister of Women Cynthia Figueredo urged the citizenry to keep working toward equity and justice during a ceremony leading up to Saturday's International Women's Day. She also underlined the power of women to transform society and called for collective action to build a more equal country.

• Thursday, March 6th 2025 - 19:19 UTC

  UN report says women's rights scanty in 25% of countries

  

  A United Nations (UN) report published Thursday showed women’s rights weakened in 25% of countries worldwide last year, driven by factors such as climate change, democratic decline, and anti-rights movements. The document highlights a backlash against gender equality, undermining progress as per the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action.

• Thursday, September 22nd 2022 - 09:33 UTC

  Iran: At least 9 people killed amid women's rights protests

  

  At least 9 people have been killed in Iran amid protests following the death of a woman in morality police custody over her improper wearing of the mandatory face covering.

• Wednesday, May 18th 2022 - 21:44 UTC

  Chile's Lower House passes controversial bill for “menstruating persons”

  

  A bill passed Monday by Chile's Lower House using the expression “menstruating person” to refer to biologically female individuals regardless of their own gender perception has sparked controversy nationwide and across the region on social media, it was reported.

• Monday, August 19th 2019 - 22:03 UTC

  Women in Mexico take to the streets demanding protection from police abuses

  

  Hundreds of women demanding protection from Mexico City's police force took to the streets after a number of high-profile sexual assault cases involving serving officers. To shouts of “I do believe you!” and “My friends protect me, you don't,” the initially peaceful rally ended with some participants lighting a fire on the second floor of a police building and vandalizing a bus station.

• Thursday, November 26th 2015 - 07:40 UTC

  International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

  

  On 25 November, the World Health Organization (WHO) joins partners in calling for the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls to ensure their health, well-being and human rights.

• Friday, October 7th 2011 - 17:50 UTC

  Nobel Peace Prize honours indomitable women and the “Arab Spring”

  

  Declaring women's rights vital for world peace, the Nobel Committee awarded its annual Peace Prize today to three indomitable campaigners against war and oppression - a Yemeni and two Liberians, including that country's president.