Tag: Womens rights
the Pelicot children describe “a family destroyed” by the “devil himself”
The hearings end at the Mazan rape trial, in Avignon. Dominique Pelicot, accompanied by 50 co-defendants before the Vaucluse criminal court, is accused of having drugged his wife to rape…
After the election of Donald Trump, the reproductive rights of American women in danger?
Since the Republican candidate’s victory in the White House, the purchase of abortion and morning-after pills has exploded in the United States. For good reason: Americans fear that access to…
the hearing of the 51 accused of raping Gisèle Pelicot is coming to an end
In Avignon, the hearings of the 51 accused in the Pelicot trial end. They appear for having raped Gisèle Pelicot while she was drugged without her knowledge by her husband.…
Major work of feminism, “La parole aux negresses” by Awa Thiam reissued in Senegal
For several months, it has been possible to find in bookstores in Senegal a book that had completely disappeared from the shelves. The word of the Negresses by the Senegalese…
Accusations of sexual abuse in taekwondo in Ivory Coast: Mariama Cissé testifies
For a year, accusations of sexual abuse within an Ivorian taekwondo federation have plunged the country’s second sport into crisis. Mariama Cissé, one of the alleged victims, gives her testimony.…
Afghanistan’s Ministry of Morals: Women were not prohibited from talking to each other in public places | News in brief
The Taliban’s Ministry of Promoting Virtues and Opposing Vices assures that the Taliban does not prohibit women from speaking in public. According to the Taliban, the restriction only applies to…
the Minister of the Interior wants to impose the wearing of the veil on women and girls from the age of 9
The Minister of the Interior of the interim government in Tripoli sparked intense controversy during a press conference on Wednesday (November 6). Imad Trabelsi announced a series of measures aimed,…
Concern over fate of Iranian woman arrested after taking off her clothes in public in protest
Concerns and questions are growing regarding the Iranian student arrested after undressing in public on Saturday November 2 in front of Azad University in Tehran, with activists worrying about her…
Student undresses in front of Tehran University in protest before being arrested
The video of a young student in her underwear in the courtyard of the Free University of Tehran makes the news buzz since Saturday November 2 evening. This case comes…
“Les Histrioniques” features the MeTooThéâtre collective and sexual violence in the theater
Gérard Depardieu, accused of sexual assault on two women during filming Green Shutters in 2021, is judged from this Monday, October 28 by a criminal court. In addition to these…