Tag: Womens rights
between pardons and death sentences, the power wants to show that it retains control
In Iran, the justice chief said that more than 22,000 people arrested during recent protests have been pardoned and that 25,000 formerly convicted prisoners have also been released. A way…
Bernardine Evaristo, neither master nor slave
Bernardine Evaristo was born in Great Britain to a Nigerian father and an English mother. Militant, activist, playwright, she co-founded the Théâtre des Femmes Noires in 1982 and created the…
soon a bill, mixed associations
While Spain has become the first country in Europe to introduce menstrual leave, French senator Hélène Conway-Mouret plans to soon table a text to implement a similar measure in France.…
Inscription of abortion in the Constitution: “Macron chooses the symbolic rather than the legal”
Emmanuel Macron announced his desire to include in the Constitution the “freedom” to resort to abortion (abortion) as part of his future reform of institutions, on the occasion of International…
demonstrations and counter-demonstrations around women’s rights
Thousands of women demonstrated on Wednesday March 8 in Pakistan for International Women’s Day. In several large cities of the country, the authorities tried to block these marches called “Aurat”…
Ireland will vote in November to revise patriarchal articles of its Constitution
What place should women be given in the Constitution? The Irish will decide by referendum next November. It may seem surprising, but since 1937, the article on the family always…
Macron promises a bill to include abortion in the Constitution
On the occasion of International Women’s Rights Day, this Wednesday, March 8, Emmanuel Macron paid a national tribute to feminist lawyer Gisèle Halimi. At the Paris courthouse, the French president…
in Paris, a feminist demonstration dedicated to the fight for pensions
After a day of strong mobilization against the pension reform on Tuesday, it was this Wednesday, March 8, the feminist strike! On this International Day for Women’s Rights, feminist organizations…
emotional misery does not spare women prisoners
Focus France hosts the largest women’s prison in all of Europe. The penitentiary center of Rennes, in Brittany, has 213 detainees for long sentences, and 31 awaiting trial. Women prisoners…
Umea in Sweden, a city that takes women’s lives into account… and their opinions
In Umea, a small Swedish town not far from the Arctic Circle, there is one of the few museums in the world dedicated to the history of women. The municipality,…