...rmation of the foetus, deeming it "incompatible" with the Constitution. This had led to all abortions in Poland being prohibited except in cases of rape and incest, or when the mothe...
...in 2019 she was one of the winners of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for the awareness campaign "A White Dress Does Not Cover the Rape" to abolish marital sexual vi...
...s in cases of domestic violence. The law also fails to provide a definition of domestic violence and does not consider as crime the rape of a woman by her husband, rape within the marriage is not re...
...se their legal definitions of rape are not based on lack of cons...in force-based definitions of rape. “States must take ful...nitions and implementation of rape-related laws. Frequently, the...nd their legal definitions of rape in line with Article 36. Of t...
...public actors (police, courts, judges and public health facilities) treat and respond to this type of violence, defined as "any sexual act such as rape or Sexual abuse or any undesi...
..."A White Dress Does Not Cover the Rape" national campaign which was...l assault, abduction, or statutory rape against a woman, to avoid pen...to its main focus which says that rape is a criminal act and all rap...hite Dress Doesn’t Cover the Rape’’ Campaign was se...
...ll provides for the authorization of abortion when the pregnancy is a danger to the mother’s life or her health, when the pregnancy is generated by rape or incest, when the mother ha...
...ide them with discretion to marry minor girls, under the pretext of preserving the girls and their families ‘honour an reputation (in case of rape, loss of virginity, or simply...
...tance, some countries only tolerate abortion in exceptional circumstances. This is the case in Poland, where abortion is permitted only in cases of rape, incest and severe fetal malf...
...n denounced their working conditions by filing a legal complaint against their employers, three of them for sexual harassment and one for attempted rape. This memorandum was launche...
...oth sides of the Mediterranean? How can we promote gender equality in the workplace? How can we act to put an end to and prevent physical violence, rape and feminicide? The objectiv...
...e time seeing their rights regress; - By the exploitation and commodification of women and girls in prostitution and surrogacy, by the impunity of rape and paedocriminality, whereas...
...hey also planned advocacy campaigns aimed at amending the family code to end minors’ marriage and combat, through awareness campaigns, spouse rape, a widespread form of violenc...
...In many armed conflicts and throughout history, rape and sexual violence were used...the social norms and the stigma which surrounds rape and sexual violence. While m...ion, in 2015, of a law granting compensation to rape victims in the 1991-95 war of...
...In the recent years, the magnitude of sexual violence in Egypt increased significantly, especially following the 2011 popular uprising when mass rape and sexual assault occurred d...
...I entered prostitution I was 15/16 years old. I met girls younger than me at that time, who had entered prostitution. Very sad stories. Stories of rape by parents, siblings. They we...
...eventing violence. With feminist self-defense, we learn to know and recognize violence. Know the continuum of violence, deconstruct the myths about rape, point out the received ideas...
...GLAND: National Domestic Violence Helpline 0808 802 999 ENGLAND: Rape Crisis Helpline 0808 802 141...: Scottish Domestic Abuse Helpline 0808 8010 302 SCOTLAND: Rape Crisis Scotland Helpline 080...
...k and in the case of single mothers, it is always the woman who is held responsible for the situation (whether a consented pregnancy or result of a rape) because the biological fathe...
...hocking as they revealed that girls and women victims of sexual abuse or rape, described what happened to t...lly finds herself devoid of her body, especially after being a victim of rape, a powerful message reflectin...
...Quta, Hayaa Bishabash, and Hadeel Farhat opened up to CMC’s public by telling their touching personal experiences of domestic violence, rape, forced marriages, women&rsqu...
...displacement and these circumstances can lead to physical, sexual and emotional abuse, including physical assault, verbal threats and intimidation, rape and early and forced marriage...
...not file complaints, especially married women. The study also identified various forms of violationsand violence experienced by women, ranging from rape and physical assaults to wage...
...o tackle gender specific violence appear at odds with the everyday realities of Syrian women and girls. Moreover, while attention has been drawn to rape and sexual violence, women&rs...
...cil of Ireland and its three partners, Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies Cyprus, The Women’s Issues Information Centre Lithuania, and Rape Crisis Scotland. Data from Ge...
...inors; strengthening the protection of minors against sexual assault and rape committed by an adult; the in...aggression: "digital raids" on social networks, upskirting or voyeurism, rape drugs....
...nean. Whether related to birth control practices such as abortion, contraception etc. or to the practices of bodies domination and enslavement like rape and prostitution, the concept...
...of women asylum seekers through: recognizing gender and sexual orientation as grounds for persecution; taking into account the cases of victims of rape or other serious forms of gen...
...ure to criminalize forms of violence such as restrictions on women’s freedom and choices, economic abuse, psychological violence, and marital rape and the exclusion of former s...
...he Tunisian legal system. The Tunisian Penal Code currently criminalises rape, forms of sexual aggression classified as indecent assaults and sexual harassment. However, if rape is criminalised, other forms...
In many armed conflicts and throughout history, rape and sexual violence were used as a weapon of war, as a tool to terrorize, intimidate and humiliate populations. During Croatia’s independence war, 1500 to 2200 persons, mainly women, are thought to have been victims of aggravat...
The present report is based on information verified by the United Nations, primarily through the monitoring, analysis and reporting arrangements on conflict-related sexual violence established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1960 (2010). It focuses on sexual violence as both a t...
The ‘’Make your voice heard” initiative to combat violence against women concluded 2018 activities with a training held in Tetouan (northern Morocco) on 15 and 16 December 2018, with the participation of young women who were selected to be the ambassadors of the initia...
In 2017, the Lebanese organization Kafa joined the international #MeToo movement and started campaigning for the adoption of the sexual harassment bill, approved by the Council of Ministers in March 2017, and submitted to the Chamber of Deputies, but which has since been placed in the d...
Dans cet article, Daniela Nadj réfléchit sur la décision d’attribuer le prix Nobel de la paix 2018 à deux militants contre les violences sexuelles contre les femmes dans les conflits, Nadia Murad et Denis Mukwege, et explique comment ceci présent...
With the rise of new technologies and political, social and economic shifts, new models of non-normative intimate, sexual and maternal relations are emerging in the south of the Mediterranean. Whether related to birth control practices such as abortion, contraception etc. or to the practices of b...
Widows and their children, already among the least fortunate in the world’s social and economic systems, are receiving even more challenges than usual as a result of the emergence of new conflicts and wars, the economic collapse and stagnation, and diseases such as Ebola. ...
Les théories féministes des relations internationales analysent les rapports de pouvoir à l’échelle mondiale et établissent l’articulation entre les champs domestique, national et international, estimant que le « réalisme&...
Article 522 of the Lebanese Penal Code is one of the most controversial issues regarding Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) legislations in Lebanon. It states that prosecution or execution of a penalty halts when the perpetrator of a rape, kidnapping, or statutory rape marries the ...
Cet article jette la lumière sur la situation des femmes qui ont été violées durant la guerre en Bosnie. Il se fonde sur des entretiens à différentes survivantes et explique combien ces délits ont bouleversé leurs vies et leurs rel...
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