The Intersections Between Gender and Disability: Listening to Every Woman.
International Women’s Day is not just a day to celebrate the progress and improvement of women’s rights across the globe, but also an opportunity to look at the areas we must focus on. On this International Women’s Day, it must be remembered that every woman has a different experience within society. Adopting an intersectional and inclusive…
Acid Attacks on Women in India: Why We Failed to Tackle It?
Acid attacks have been defined as a form of violence, in which acid or another corrosive substance is thrown at a person – usually, a woman or a girl – with the intention of maiming, torturing, or killing them(Action Aid, 2020). Women make up 80% of acid attack victims making these types of attacks highly gendered…
Women’s Rights in Poland: It Is Not Just the Reproductive Issues
The reproductive rights of women in Poland have become a widely discussed topic in recent months. The protests, which were motivated by the fact that the Constitutional Court of Poland made a decision that effectively bans abortion in the country, have appeared in the news of many leading news outlets. According to the Polish Ministry of…
The Outlaw Of The Virginity Test In Pakistan: A (Partial) Victory
In January, the Punjabi region of Pakistan outlaws the virginity test for rape survivors. Excluding the virginity test from criminal investigations in cases of rape, it might pave the way for the ban nationwide. The achievement was possible thanks to the petition filed by journalists, activists, and academics, who stated its medical unreliability. The Lahore…
Women’s Safety At Work in The Post Me Too Era
Women’s Safety At Work Women’s safety at work was a completely neglected subject for decades until more and more women started speaking up about their own experiences of facing discrimination and harassment. A study on 1500 women suggested that 52% of women had experienced unwanted sexual behaviour at work (The Everyday Sexism Project). Furthermore, a 2017…
Domestic Violence In Nigeria : A Norm Rather Than A Crime
Domestic Violence in Nigeria According to Wikipedia, domestic violence ( also known as domestic abuse or family violence) is violence or abuse in a domestic setting such as in marriage or cohabitation. Domestic violence has always existed in Nigeria and it ranges from physical to emotional to psychological to sexual violence. It is perceived as “normal” …
Practical and Moral Side of Women’s Digital Rights to Privacy
A study published by the Data & Society Research Institute (New York, United States) in 2016 found that 1 in 25 Americans are either threatened with or victims of nonconsensual image sharing, or “revenge porn,” and that women under 30, people of color and members of the LGBTQ community are much more likely than men to…
Misogynistic Hate Speech Towards Women Online: A Short Summary
With the ever-increasing population online on social media apps such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, women have become victims of online harassment. Women often experience speech that may incite hatred, violence, harm and all of which are often highly gendered and highly sexualised. Though many social media platforms have policies in place to protect groups from…
Cyber Crime Against Women During COVID-19 Lockdown
There’s a warning for those going online for intimacy just because strict physical-distancing norms are in place to slow the coronavirus spread. Cyber crimes against women and sextortion are on the rise worldwide. Cases of blackmailers laying honey traps and hacking private images and videos are on the rise. Cyber scammers have made fake profiles…
G20 2020: Let’s Not Forget the Detained Women’s Rights Activist Loujain Al Hathloul
“Loujain cannot survive in prison when she doesn’t know what tomorrow is made of. She doesn’t know when the next visit will be, she doesn’t if it’s going to be in a year’s time or if it’s going to be tomorrow. She said: “I will either die, or I’m at least allowed to hear my parents…
