This Iran protest movement poster depicts the freedom sought by women prisoners in the symbol of a butterfly that must receive human rights to fly free. Image: Payvand Feminist School: a group of women activist inside Iran celebrate the International…
Saudi women are divided about whether the country’s rulers should ease restrictive gender policies, but as Eman Al Nafjan writes in Foreign Policy, there are «hundreds, if not thousands, of Saudi women who are fighting for their rights,» whether…
Last Friday marked the beginning of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign. It is easy to be motivated by the idea of a 16 day dedication to combating violence against women, but I float between enthusiasm, doubt,…
Women’s libbers who stormed the Albert Hall in 1970 say that if the beauty pageant goes on, so does the campaign «You’d think after 40 years things would have changed, wouldn’t you?» said Jo Robinson, waving placards as…
Some 200 Tunisian women demonstrated on Wednesday in downtown Tunis in defence of their rights, following the election victory of an Islamist party. Tunisia is known for some of the most progressive legislation in the Middle East regarding women’s…
Sleeping on a tiled classroom floor, sharing cigarettes and always on the lookout for police raids, the students of Carmela Carvajal primary and secondary school are living a revolution. It began early one morning in May, when dozens of…
I started to compile a more comprehensive wrap on recent developments in Fiji – more attacks on unions, the media, the Methodist Church – but then things started moving so fast on several fronts that I gave up,…
The Cuban authorities must end their intimidation of a group of women campaigning for the release of political prisoners, Amnesty International said after 19 of the group’s members were re-arrested yesterday. The latest detentions took place yesterday in…
Activists press for freedom, dignity and rights Egyptians in Cairo’s Tahrir Square celebrate the fall of the Mubarak government, but activists acknowledge the need to continue pressing for human rights and democratic reform. Photograph: Associated Press / SIPA / Alfred…
Women’s rights groups in Nepal say they are being left out of negotiations at a critical time, weeks before the country’s Constituent Assembly (CA) is meant to agree on a new constitution. “We need a constitution in time…
