Tag: Womens rights
the place of women in political life still in decline
Nearly 800,000 voters, 54% of whom are women, are called to vote on Sunday in Guinea Bissau to renew the People’s Assembly. In all, 102 seats must be renewed. As…
a “very disappointing” decree for associations
On July 1st in France, a decree plans to require manufacturers of pads and tampons to display the components of their products on packaging or instructions. Except that for the…
In India, a terrible feminicide shakes the country and revives tensions
In New Delhi, a young man murdered a young girl in the street who had just broken up with him. Passers-by did not react. The scene, filmed by a surveillance…
the economic crisis hinders women’s access to menstrual hygiene
In Haiti, it is difficult for young girls to have good menstrual hygiene due to the lack of access to sanitary pads. Indeed, prices have risen sharply, as has the…
In Madagascar, the debate on forced marriages put on the table
In 2007, Madagascar set the marriage age at 18 for both girls and boys. But in fact, out of a global population of 28 million, Unicef estimates that 3.5 million…
ex-policeman sentenced to maximum sentence for femicide
In Ecuador, an ex-policeman was sentenced Thursday, May 26 to nearly 35 years in prison for the murder of his wife. The case had made all the more noise as…
the new Republican strategy on abortion
In the United States, Republican efforts to restrict access to abortion continue. This week, Nebraska and North Carolina passed laws prohibiting any termination of pregnancy beyond 12 weeks. This is…
“In the eyes of the law, we have become legitimate to love each other”
In France, on May 17, 2013, homosexual couples officially obtain the right to marry, after weeks of protests. traumatic against the measure. Ten after its promulgation and on this world…
the French Clarisse Agbégnénou, never without her daughter
Only ten months after giving birth, the French Clarisse Agbégnénou returns to the World Judo Championships in Doha with her daughter by her side and the desire to pave the…
a congregation of sisters tells of “a system of influence”
The Benedictines of the Sacred Heart of Montmartre in Paris acknowledged in a press release that they had been victims of “ a system of control, with serious and lasting…