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21 Sep 2018, 4:20 am by Howard Friedman
Times of Israel reported yesterday:In a precedent-setting ruling, the Jerusalem District Court fined the ultra-Orthodox Kol Berama radio station NIS 1 million ($280,000) on Thursday for excluding women from the airwaves.The judge ordered the money be held in a designated fund that will later be distributed to various organizations helping ultra-Orthodox women.The ruling comes six years after the Reform Movement’s Israel Religious Action Center and the religious women’s… [read post]
7 Mar 2024, 6:21 am by Farkhondeh Akbari
Additionally, a Hazara women’s rights activist has expressed facing discrimination [read post]
12 Jan 2018, 9:20 am by Tom Smith
“An organization that has the explicit purpose of restricting women’s rights by removing rights to abortion and the right for women to control their own bodies is not in line with where we are as a government, and quite frankly where we are as a society,” he said.He also clarified that while people can believe what they want, acting on those beliefs was problematic, in his view. [read post]
7 Sep 2008, 10:02 am
The French human rights group International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) reports that the 5 women were kidnapped by several men who beat and shot the young women, then, though they were still breathing, buried them under earth and stones. [read post]
10 Jan 2012, 6:33 am
Include various stakeholders, "women and girls, men and boys, and members of marginalized groups" in the Plan's implementation;? [read post]
4 May 2009, 9:00 am
Abortions - It was reported on April 29, 2009, that Women in Law in Southern Africa-Malawi (WILSA-Malawi), a women's rights group in Malawi, is bringing a legal action against the Malawian government for prohibiting women from access to... [read post]
3 Mar 2010, 2:42 pm by Suzanne Ito, ACLU
On Monday, the Human Rights Fund (HRF) celebrated the release of Perfecting Our Union: Human Rights Success Stories Across the United States (PDF), a report that profiles how groups like the ACLU have used international human rights standards and strategies to improve people's lives in this country. [read post]
7 Jun 2018, 4:13 pm by Nassiri Law
Contact the employment attorneys at Nassiri Law Group, practicing in Orange County, Riverside and Los Angeles. [read post]
19 May 2014, 9:36 am by Benedetta Faedi Duramy
Drawing from the experiences of a diverse group of Haitian women, Faedi Duramy finds that both the victims and perpetrators of violence share a common sense of anger and desperation. [read post]
14 Dec 2018, 12:06 pm by Associated Press
A new report by a Maryland advocacy group says it has found “extreme isolation” and the threat of harm to numerous women with significant disabilities in a lockup’s segregation, infirmary and mental health units. [read post]
14 Jul 2010, 4:10 am by Howard Friedman
Women of the Wall organizes women's prayer groups at the Wall each month on Rosh Hodesh (the beginning of the new month). [read post]
6 Mar 2013, 4:00 am by Alex Neve
In the end, groups walked away from a process that was only reinforcing long-established messages that their views did not matter; even when it came to their own rights and their own safety. [read post]
20 Mar 2018, 6:48 pm by Howard Bashman
“Justices Press California Over Law Challenged by Antiabortion Groups; State says FACT Act meant to inform pregnant women of rights to reproductive health care including abortion”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report. [read post]
21 Aug 2019, 4:44 am by SHG
The group was originally founded to lobby for due process rights for those accused of campus sexual misconduct, who are overwhelmingly male — and launched the current project challenging single-gender programs in January. [read post]
7 Jan 2009, 8:35 pm
Via Daily Women's Health Policy Report: A pending University of Wisconsin plan to provide second-trimester abortions at its Madison Surgery Center is drawing criticism from antiabortion-rights groups, which are questioning the legality of the plan, the AP/Chicago Tribune reports. [read post]
13 Jul 2021, 4:32 am by Amber Walsh
Growing the number of women in private equity and providing leadership opportunities for such women is not only the right thing to do, but research shows that this benefits the firms that employ women and the companies in which they invest. [read post]
20 Feb 2013, 6:37 am by Matthew L.M. Fletcher
USA: UN rights experts call on Congress to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act GENEVA (19 February 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteurs on violence against women, Rashida Manjoo, and on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya, urged the United States Government to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). [read post]
31 Mar 2011, 3:05 pm by Linda Mangel, ACLU of Washington
We're holding a month-long blog symposium on women's rights for Women's History Month. [read post]