Tag: Womens rights
Director Christophe Ruggia to be tried for sexual assault on a minor
An investigating judge ordered on Tuesday that French director Christophe Ruggia be tried on December 9 and 10 in Paris for aggravated sexual assault committed on actress Adèle Haenel when…
Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez competed seven months pregnant
Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez has revealed that she competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics while seven months pregnant, after being eliminated in the round of 16. You thought you saw…
In Madagascar, associations raise awareness of gynecological and obstetric violence
In Madagascar, associations organized a conference on gynecological and obstetric violence in Antananarivo on July 29, 2024. For those involved in the fight against this violence, the priority is still…
Hamida Aman, Afghan torchbearer for all the oppressed
Hamida Aman created Begum TV, a media that allows women to inform, to be informed, and to have access to education. From Paris, she informs Afghan women on the ground…
The French army is among the most feminized in the world, with 17% women
With 17% of female soldiers, the French armies are among the most feminized in the world, according to a report from the Ministry of Defense published on July 10. A…
Justice recognizes “Afghan women as victims of the Taliban because they are women”, a “big step forward”
This is a first in the field of asylum law. The National Court of Asylum Law (CNDA) ruled on Thursday, July 11, that all Afghan women who refuse to undergo…
2024 Olympics: Social worker Armel Agbobli chosen for the Olympic flame relay “for her role with women”
The Olympic flame will be in Paris on Sunday 14 and Monday 15 July to mark the national holiday and the memory of the French Revolution. Around forty people will…
“All Afghan women” could be considered refugees, a first
” All Afghan women “who are fleeing Afghanistan because of discriminatory measures taken against them by the Taliban” can obtain refugee status “, ruled the National Court of Asylum Law…
Feminist NGOs again ask the Constitutional Court to decriminalize abortion
In Ecuador, feminist groups filed a new request on Tuesday, July 9, before the Constitutional Court to decriminalize voluntary termination of pregnancy (IVG). The activists had already mobilized a few…
Filmmaker Benoît Jacquot charged with rape, Jacques Doillon released after police custody
The Paris prosecutor’s office announced on Wednesday, July 3, the indictment of filmmaker Benoît Jacquot for the rape of actresses Julia Roy and Isild Le Besco. Placed under judicial supervision,…