Women’s rights and gender equality

Capital punishmentGlobal developmentHuman rightsIranLawMiddle East and north AfricaPrisonsSocietyTortureTransnational repressionUnited NationsViolence against women and girlsWomen's rights and gender equalityWorld news

Family of Iranian twins sentenced to death and decades in jail ask UN for help

Taraneh and Romina Rahimi were charged with ‘waging war against God’ after joining protests against Tehran regimeThe family of 21-year-old twins who have been sentenced to death and decades in jail for protesting against the Iranian regime have appeale…

Read More
AbortionActivismCatholicismDivorceEuropeEuropean UnionFeminismItalyReproductive rightsVaticanWomenWomen's rights and gender equalityWorld news

Emma Bonino, radical Italian politician who stood up to Vatican, dies aged 78

Militant feminist led campaigns to legalise abortion and divorce and went on to become foreign minister Emma Bonino, the radical Italian politician who led campaigns to legalise abortion and divorce against the objections of the Vatican, has died aged …

Read More
AfricaFemale genital mutilation (FGM)Global developmentGlobal healthHealthSocietyViolence against women and girlsWomenWomen's rights and gender equalityWorld news

$15m fund launched to create ‘unstoppable momentum’ to end FGM worldwide

Her Horizon Fund seeks $100m to stop practice harming 230m women and girls globally Frontline activists and leaders in the fight against female genital mutilation, which has affected more than 230 million women and girls worldwide, have welcomed an un…

Read More