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23 May 2022

Fifteen years after first femicide law was adopted, fight to end gender-based violence continues

Whether in public or private, in the domestic or labour sphere, the killing of women, girls and non-binary people because of their sex and gender is a global phenomenon. According to a 2021 UNODC report, a woman or girl was killed by someone in their family every 11 minutes in [...]Read the full article

“Daughters of God”, life in India's transgender communities

16 May 2022

Human rights

“Daughters of God”, life in India’s transgender communities

This photo essay is an immersive insight into the transgender communities of Pondicherry and Tamil Nadu in southern India, a testament to the day-to-day struggles and resilience of transgender women.Read the full article

In the Middle East, cyberattacks targeting vulnerable populations are on the rise

4 May 2022

Politics & economy

In the Middle East, cyberattacks targeting vulnerable populations are on the rise

From the cyberattacks on Israeli hospitals that affected thousands of people, to those that paralysed most of Iran’s petrol pumps for several days, cyber warfare in the Middle East is on the rise and its targets are increasingly [...]Read the full article

Turkey takes a step backwards on violence against women

1 September 2021

Human rights

Turkey takes a step backwards on violence against women

“For decades women have struggled and have ultimately been able to gain rights such as voting, the right to stand for elections [passive suffrage], education, property and work. But women are now once again being forced back into the private [...]Read the full article

As Poland's women's movement celebrates a tentative victory, LGBTI activists are still fighting PiS's ugly culture war

10 November 2020

Human rights

As Poland’s women’s movement celebrates a tentative victory, LGBTI activists are still fighting PiS’s ugly culture war

With the work of human rights organisations regularly obstructed, with independent media under fire, and the courts filled with PiS loyalists, the ruling party has launched an ugly, multi-pronged culture war on Poland’s LGBTI community, in a bid to further polarise a divided society and [...]Read the full article

9 July 2020

Politics & economy

“As we marshal resources and new strategies to fight COVID-19, we must do the same to fight homophobia and transphobia”

MV Lee Badgett: While 29 countries now allow same-sex couples to marry, every country is still a developing country when it comes to the full inclusion of LGBT people.Read the full article

With the world in lockdown, for some, being at home is as dangerous as being outside

22 May 2020

Human rights

With the world in lockdown, for some, being at home is as dangerous as being outside

“There are tools for government and employers to address this increase in violence. We know that there is a strong connection between violence at home and violence at work, and we absolutely need to address this in terms of human [...]Read the full article

Gender violence study in Brazilian garment factories provides a ‘wake-up call to action'

3 February 2020

Labour

Gender violence study in Brazilian garment factories provides a ‘wake-up call to action’

The most frequent form of violence is bullying, with supervisors screaming and cursing at workers, threatening them if they do not produce at the required pace and harassing them for using the bathroom.Read the full article

9 January 2020

Human rights

Here’s how civil society can push rising hate back to the fringes

Andrew Firmin: This global backlash of conservative anti-rights activism has been eroding hard-won human rights across the globe. But it is being met by an impressive civil society response that is increasingly seeking to build new coalitions and reach a broader range of [...]Read the full article

Dublin's Emerald Warriors champion rugby for all

9 August 2019

Culture

Dublin’s Emerald Warriors champion rugby for all

The Emerald Warriors, Ireland’s first LGBT rugby team, aims to be inclusive by welcoming players regardless of their sexuality. It is one way of disproving the chauvinistic and homophobic clichés surrounding rugby.Read the full article

In Burkina Faso, being transgender means living in the shadows

17 July 2019

Human rights

In Burkina Faso, being transgender means living in the shadows

Although homosexuality is not illegal in Burkina Faso, members of the LGBTI community, and trans people in particular, struggle to find places where they feel safe.Read the full article

“Challenging power isn't polite and beautiful”: Dr Stella Nyanzi and the right to be impolite in Uganda

28 June 2019

Human rights

“Challenging power isn’t polite and beautiful”: Dr Stella Nyanzi and the right to be impolite in Uganda

Nyanzi’s prosecution is seen as just one of the ways in which dissenting views are being silenced in Uganda.Read the full article

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