Violence against women

Addendum to the Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences

The Special Rapporteur on violence against women, Rashida Manjoo, discusses the existing legal standards and practices regarding violence against women in three regional human rights systems: the African, European and Inter-American systems. The Addendum to the Report also shade lights on the normative gap in international law as regards violence against women.

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Climate Change is Forcing Bangladeshi Girls into Child Marriage

JUNE 9, 2015, Dhaka

Sanjita had very little to say on the subject of how she felt about getting married. Maybe that’s because she’s 10 years old. She had married 18 days earlier, to a boy who is 14 or 15 years old—he works in a garment factory in Dhaka and as a rickshaw driver.

Egypt uses sexual violence as a tool of repression: Report

Arwa Ibrahim, Tuesday 19 May 2015

Egypt’s women and opposition face unprecendented levels of state-sanctioned sexualised violence, despite President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi's promises to uphold Egyptian revolutionaries’ calls for ‘freedom’, ‘justice’ and ‘dignity’ when he took over nearly two years ago.

JINHA reporters: they attack us because we expose them

June 02 2015

AMED – With a recent increase in threats against reporters for JINHA, Turkey and Kurdistan's only all-women and women-oriented news agency, JINHA reporters say those threatening them are doing so because they fear the threat that women-oriented reporting poses to male power.

Nigeria: ‘Strategising As We Celebrate’ – Senate Passes Violence Against Persons Bill

By Charmaine Pereira

Burundi: ces femmes au Coeur de la contestation anti-Nkurunziza

01/06/2015 à 14:11 Par Wendy Bashi

Dans la campagne anti-Nkurunziza lancée au Burundi fin d'avril, des femmes aussi se mobilisent contre le troisième mandat du président sortant. Elles sont journalistes, poètes, juristes... Portraits.

Nigeria Bans Female Genital Mutilation: African Powerhouse Sends ‘Powerful Signal’ About FGM With New Bill

By Lara Moftah May 26 2015 5:54 PM EDT

“The silence and the denials” – UN rights expert calls for open dialogue on violence against women in the Sudan

GENEVA / KHARTOUM (27 May 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, Rashida Manjoo, called for more open and constructive dialogues among all parties to address the causes and consequences of violence against women in the Sudan.

'I just want to go to school': how Afghan law continues to fail child brides

Herat, Monday 11 May 2015

Afghanistan’s weak legal system has led to a routine reliance on informal justice mechanisms that commodify young women and leave them vulnerable to abuse.

Tens of female students poisoned in Samangan

AIBAK (Pajhwok)May 19, 2015

Dozens of female students were poisoned in Khuram Sarbagh district of northern Samangan province, with few of them were stated to be in critical condition, officials said on Tuesday.