Tag: Womens rights
in Senegal and Ivory Coast, women in the fight against ordinary sexism
In Senegal, certain professions still have an image as men’s jobs, this is the case of bus drivers. However, many women love driving and imagine themselves behind the wheel. Around…
French cinema giant Gérard Depardieu in police custody
New important step in the investigations into sexual assault targeting Gérard Depardieu: the actor, already indicted for rape and sexual assault in another case, was placed in police custody on…
Metoo at the hospital with K. Lacombe: “Tradition… hinders the emergence of women’s free speech”
Karine Lacombe, professor of medicine at Sorbonne University, infectious disease specialist, author of the book Women will save the hospital (Stock), is this Wednesday, April 24, our international morning guest.…
“The gap has never been greater between the Islamic regime and the population”
From Evin prison, Narges Mohammadi managed to send a poignant testimony about the oppression of women by the ruling regime in Iran. Deprivation of freedoms, physical and sexual assaults, put…
high levels of cyber violence deter women from entering politics and activism
In Tunisia, digital technology is a double-edged tool for the cause of women. After the 2011 revolution, social networks helped free speech with the EnaZeda movement, a sort of Tunisian…
“The right to vote for women was great, we didn’t dare believe it”
80 years ago, at the end of the Second World War, French women obtained the right to vote. On April 21, 1944, an amendment stated: “ Women will be voters…
Mélanie Berger-Volle, 102 years old, former resistance fighter, bearer of the Olympic flame
Chosen by the Loire department, in central France, to carry the flame for the Olympic Games on June 22, this shadowy woman will be, for the duration of a stage,…
MPs hope to make abortion a real right for women
A British opposition MP has tabled a text calling for the decriminalization of abortion in England and Wales. Because abortion is not legal there, it is only tolerated, a legacy…
in France, 86% of complaints closed without further action
According to a note published Wednesday April 3 by the Public Policy Institute, 86% of complaints for sexual violence are dismissed. This is also the case for 72% of domestic…
the law against excision pending
This Monday, Gambian deputies examined in the National Assembly the lifting of the ban on excision in the country. This measure was ultimately not voted on and, according to our…