Latest items for ERBG-PRACTICE-1
March 31, 2026, 6:01 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"One woman she [Barbie, British woman imprisoned by the Taliban in Afghanistan along with her husband Peter] spoke to said she had been imprisoned for daring to take a job after her husband and sons had lost work. Barbie said: 'Ninety per cent of the women I was with were not criminals. Many don’t know how long their sentences are. There are women who’ve been there for months and months, even years, just waiting'" (para 17).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"One woman she [Barbie, British woman imprisoned by the Taliban in Afghanistan along with her husband Peter] spoke to said she had been imprisoned for daring to take a job after her husband and sons had lost work. Barbie said: 'Ninety per cent of the women I was with were not criminals. Many don’t know how long their sentences are. There are women who’ve been there for months and months, even years, just waiting'" (para 17).
March 25, 2026, 4:10 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
“[L]aws originated from the British Mines and Collieries Act of 1842, which removed women from working in underground mines, due to a combination of genuine concern about the hazardous nature of the work and as a result of 'moral panic' about men and women working together in dimly lit underground areas. The same act also prohibited the use of child labor in mining, due to the dirty and dangerous nature of the work. While children are inherently vulnerable and need protection (including from dangerous work), the conflation of women and children, and the view that both required the same kind of protection, has been an enduring rationale for harmful stereotyping...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
“[L]aws originated from the British Mines and Collieries Act of 1842, which removed women from working in underground mines, due to a combination of genuine concern about the hazardous nature of the work and as a result of 'moral panic' about men and women working together in dimly lit underground areas. The same act also prohibited the use of child labor in mining, due to the dirty and dangerous nature of the work. While children are inherently vulnerable and need protection (including from dangerous work), the conflation of women and children, and the view that both required the same kind of protection, has been an enduring rationale for harmful stereotyping...more
March 25, 2026, 4:10 p.m.
Countries: Argentina, Morocco, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tunisia
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
“In our research, we examine a sample of 12 countries’ extractive sector laws and policies that refer to gender or women, looking at how they were developed and at their implementation and impact. Several countries from our study have provisions in place that prohibit women from working underground, working at night or working in the extractive sector at all. In the countries that we analyzed, we found laws prohibiting women from working in mines in Argentina, Morocco, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Tunisia. (Though the Sierra Leonian and Argentinian laws are still technically in force, they do not seem to be followed in practice.) Several other countries in our sample had...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
“In our research, we examine a sample of 12 countries’ extractive sector laws and policies that refer to gender or women, looking at how they were developed and at their implementation and impact. Several countries from our study have provisions in place that prohibit women from working underground, working at night or working in the extractive sector at all. In the countries that we analyzed, we found laws prohibiting women from working in mines in Argentina, Morocco, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Tunisia. (Though the Sierra Leonian and Argentinian laws are still technically in force, they do not seem to be followed in practice.) Several other countries in our sample had...more
March 11, 2026, 12:26 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"'We are going to allow women to study and work within our framework. Women are going to be very active in our society,' the Taliban announced in their first press conference shortly after seizing power on 15 August 2021" (para 1). "In the same week, female employees of the Kabul city administration were told by the mayor to stay at home, with only those who performed jobs which couldn't be done by men, allowed to continue" (para 6). "While women began to disappear from public life, the number of destitute women, who had been denied the right to work and the ability to feed their families, were increasingly visible on...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"'We are going to allow women to study and work within our framework. Women are going to be very active in our society,' the Taliban announced in their first press conference shortly after seizing power on 15 August 2021" (para 1). "In the same week, female employees of the Kabul city administration were told by the mayor to stay at home, with only those who performed jobs which couldn't be done by men, allowed to continue" (para 6). "While women began to disappear from public life, the number of destitute women, who had been denied the right to work and the ability to feed their families, were increasingly visible on...more
March 9, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Today I [the author] am presenting a report from a country in which women don’t have access to their essential rights of education, work or free movement. But if women ask about those rights, the answer will be beating, arresting or killing" (para 2). "Today, Afghanistan is at a critical juncture. It is the only country in the world where women don't have access to basic rights such as education, work, or free movement" (para 16). "Before the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan, I [the author] was working [removed for personal safety] in a private office. But after the arrival of the Islamic government, everything fell apart. The office...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Today I [the author] am presenting a report from a country in which women don’t have access to their essential rights of education, work or free movement. But if women ask about those rights, the answer will be beating, arresting or killing" (para 2). "Today, Afghanistan is at a critical juncture. It is the only country in the world where women don't have access to basic rights such as education, work, or free movement" (para 16). "Before the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan, I [the author] was working [removed for personal safety] in a private office. But after the arrival of the Islamic government, everything fell apart. The office...more
March 4, 2026, 3:30 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"The (Internet) blackout also destroys livelihoods. Thousands of Iranian women, excluded from formal employment by discriminatory laws and gendered hiring practices, rely on online micro-economies for home-based beauty services, tutoring, translation, handicrafts and small-scale commerce. When connectivity collapses, income disappears instantly" (para 12).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"The (Internet) blackout also destroys livelihoods. Thousands of Iranian women, excluded from formal employment by discriminatory laws and gendered hiring practices, rely on online micro-economies for home-based beauty services, tutoring, translation, handicrafts and small-scale commerce. When connectivity collapses, income disappears instantly" (para 12).
Feb. 1, 2026, 6:46 p.m.
Countries: Mongolia
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"In social insurance, if the insured has paid pension insurance premiums for at least 20 years, he/she shall be entitled to an old-age pension at the age of 65. However, men who have paid insurance premiums for at least 20 years and aged 60, and women who have reached the age of 55 can receive an old-age pension if she wishes. The retirement age will be increased by 3 months every year from 2018, depending on the year of birth of the insured. In the future, the retirement age will be raised to 65 for both men and women by increasing it by 3 years" (25). This gender-differentiated retirement structure...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"In social insurance, if the insured has paid pension insurance premiums for at least 20 years, he/she shall be entitled to an old-age pension at the age of 65. However, men who have paid insurance premiums for at least 20 years and aged 60, and women who have reached the age of 55 can receive an old-age pension if she wishes. The retirement age will be increased by 3 months every year from 2018, depending on the year of birth of the insured. In the future, the retirement age will be raised to 65 for both men and women by increasing it by 3 years" (25). This gender-differentiated retirement structure...more
Dec. 17, 2025, 9:28 a.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"In order to create conditions for women to study more at the vocational education, [the Ministry on Education and Sports] introduced 19 courses at level 1 and level 2 for the training of disadvantage youths of 9.615 people; providing scholarship to disadvantage and poor, especially women to study at level 1, 2 and 3 ... [and] provided allowances to poor students in vocational education priority courses such as construction, electric, machinery" (25)."The Government pays attention to continuous improvement of access to formal employment for women in various ways such as encouraging public and private technical and vocational collages to train and develop skills in different occupations according to the five-year...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"In order to create conditions for women to study more at the vocational education, [the Ministry on Education and Sports] introduced 19 courses at level 1 and level 2 for the training of disadvantage youths of 9.615 people; providing scholarship to disadvantage and poor, especially women to study at level 1, 2 and 3 ... [and] provided allowances to poor students in vocational education priority courses such as construction, electric, machinery" (25)."The Government pays attention to continuous improvement of access to formal employment for women in various ways such as encouraging public and private technical and vocational collages to train and develop skills in different occupations according to the five-year...more
Nov. 26, 2025, 8:16 p.m.
Countries: Saudi Arabia
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"The [Saudi] MoJ has launched a law practice diploma that qualifies women for law practice" (para 47). "As part of Saudi Arabia's efforts to enhance women's roles within the justice system, the Ministry of Justice has provided women the opportunity to register with the Reconciliation Center as certified mediators. This allows women to contribute to resolving disputes of various kinds, regardless of different specializations...The Ministry has also allowed female mediators to select specializations that align with their expertise. These specializations include family, financial, alimony and custody, criminal, traffic, real estate, commercial, and intellectual property disputes. Additionally, women can propose new specializations based on their areas of interest and the needs...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"The [Saudi] MoJ has launched a law practice diploma that qualifies women for law practice" (para 47). "As part of Saudi Arabia's efforts to enhance women's roles within the justice system, the Ministry of Justice has provided women the opportunity to register with the Reconciliation Center as certified mediators. This allows women to contribute to resolving disputes of various kinds, regardless of different specializations...The Ministry has also allowed female mediators to select specializations that align with their expertise. These specializations include family, financial, alimony and custody, criminal, traffic, real estate, commercial, and intellectual property disputes. Additionally, women can propose new specializations based on their areas of interest and the needs...more
Nov. 9, 2025, 8:41 a.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Childcare costs are forcing one in four British parents to give up their job while nearly three quarters said it was difficult to meet payments, research has found" (para 1). It is more frequently women who bear the primary responsibility for childcare, so they are more likely than men to drop employment when childcare costs are high, limiting women's equal engagement in the workforce (LEN - CODER COMMENT). "The research [by Their World] found 23 per cent of British parents had quit work or studying to avoid childcare costs, compared with 17 per cent of those in Brazil, 16 per cent in Turkey and 13 per cent in Nigeria" (para...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Childcare costs are forcing one in four British parents to give up their job while nearly three quarters said it was difficult to meet payments, research has found" (para 1). It is more frequently women who bear the primary responsibility for childcare, so they are more likely than men to drop employment when childcare costs are high, limiting women's equal engagement in the workforce (LEN - CODER COMMENT). "The research [by Their World] found 23 per cent of British parents had quit work or studying to avoid childcare costs, compared with 17 per cent of those in Brazil, 16 per cent in Turkey and 13 per cent in Nigeria" (para...more
Nov. 1, 2025, 8:10 p.m.
Countries: Poland
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, ERBG-DATA-1
"Communism, in rejecting the bourgeois model of the family, propelled women into full employment and higher education, a policy that left Poland with one of the EU’s smallest gender-pay gaps" (para 17).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, ERBG-DATA-1
"Communism, in rejecting the bourgeois model of the family, propelled women into full employment and higher education, a policy that left Poland with one of the EU’s smallest gender-pay gaps" (para 17).
Oct. 30, 2025, 8:24 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Frestha, a 38-year-old mother of three young children, said she had been operating her beauty salon business in secret since they were banned in 2023 because she had no choice but to work and no other way of earning money" (para 4). This information shows that women are kept out of certain areas of employment based on their gender (MR-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Frestha, a 38-year-old mother of three young children, said she had been operating her beauty salon business in secret since they were banned in 2023 because she had no choice but to work and no other way of earning money" (para 4). This information shows that women are kept out of certain areas of employment based on their gender (MR-CODER COMMENT).
Oct. 29, 2025, 11:55 a.m.
Countries: Saudi Arabia
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"We call on you to take urgent, concrete measures to grant domestic workers equal protection under the labour law, as a first step towards ending their de facto segregation from Saudi society caused by tight restrictions on their freedom of movement and their resultant isolation. Many of our organizations support these women - they are our sisters, our friends and our neighbours - once they return from Saudi Arabia and the wider Gulf. Too often we hear the same stories of extreme overwork and isolation, of degrading living conditions, and of cruel and criminal abuse – verbal, physical, and sexual – at the hands of private employers behind closed doors"...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"We call on you to take urgent, concrete measures to grant domestic workers equal protection under the labour law, as a first step towards ending their de facto segregation from Saudi society caused by tight restrictions on their freedom of movement and their resultant isolation. Many of our organizations support these women - they are our sisters, our friends and our neighbours - once they return from Saudi Arabia and the wider Gulf. Too often we hear the same stories of extreme overwork and isolation, of degrading living conditions, and of cruel and criminal abuse – verbal, physical, and sexual – at the hands of private employers behind closed doors"...more
Oct. 27, 2025, 9:08 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"A report, uncovered during the Knesset's Special Committee on Foreign Workers on Tuesday, shows that most Thai female foreign workers who work in Israeli agriculture are liable to experience some form of gender-based violence at their jobs. "The State of Israel has abandoned these women," immigration expert Dr. Yahel Kurlander, who compiled the report along with Dr. Shahar Shoham, said. "A woman that wants to complain has no clear course of action"" (para. 1-2).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"A report, uncovered during the Knesset's Special Committee on Foreign Workers on Tuesday, shows that most Thai female foreign workers who work in Israeli agriculture are liable to experience some form of gender-based violence at their jobs. "The State of Israel has abandoned these women," immigration expert Dr. Yahel Kurlander, who compiled the report along with Dr. Shahar Shoham, said. "A woman that wants to complain has no clear course of action"" (para. 1-2).
Oct. 25, 2025, 6:21 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, ERBG-PRACTICE-2, ERBG-LAW-1, LBHO-LAW-1, AFE-LAW-1, ASR-LAW-1
"Despite claiming that they would respect women’s rights, [the Taliban] banned girls from secondary education and women from working as lawyers and judges, and targeted those who worked in high-profile jobs under the previous government" (para 19).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, ERBG-PRACTICE-2, ERBG-LAW-1, LBHO-LAW-1, AFE-LAW-1, ASR-LAW-1
"Despite claiming that they would respect women’s rights, [the Taliban] banned girls from secondary education and women from working as lawyers and judges, and targeted those who worked in high-profile jobs under the previous government" (para 19).
Oct. 24, 2025, 11:36 p.m.
Countries: Liberia
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"The league encourages women but they really don’t want to be coaches, Whea said. “Their husbands might have a problem with them working full-time (and) for some, their relationship will not allow it,” she said" (para. 15-16).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"The league encourages women but they really don’t want to be coaches, Whea said. “Their husbands might have a problem with them working full-time (and) for some, their relationship will not allow it,” she said" (para. 15-16).
Oct. 24, 2025, 11:21 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Afghan cultural norms, strictly enforced by the Taliban even in emergencies, barred the male rescuers from pulling out female survivors. The strict rules also ban women from being employed as rescue workers themselves" (para. 6-7).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Afghan cultural norms, strictly enforced by the Taliban even in emergencies, barred the male rescuers from pulling out female survivors. The strict rules also ban women from being employed as rescue workers themselves" (para. 6-7).
Oct. 10, 2025, 9:05 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Among nations of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the country ranks first for women’s tertiary education attainment, yet maintains the bloc’s largest gender pay gap. Women remain largely excluded from leadership roles, and South Korea consistently ranks last in measures of workplace gender equality" (para. 8)
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Among nations of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the country ranks first for women’s tertiary education attainment, yet maintains the bloc’s largest gender pay gap. Women remain largely excluded from leadership roles, and South Korea consistently ranks last in measures of workplace gender equality" (para. 8)
Sept. 19, 2025, 5:43 p.m.
Countries: Qatar
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"While no law requires women to have guardian permission to work...Women said they needed male guardian permission to work, usually in the form of a letter from the male guardian, to the employer stating they have no objection to their female relative working there. These cases included workplaces such as government ministries, as well as governmental or quasi-governmental institutions including Qatar University, Qatar Foundation, the State Audit Bureau, and in government schools" (para 36-37). "Human Rights Watch also found that foreign national women residing in Qatar on family visas, as wives and daughters, can obtain a special work permit from the labor ministry to work, but they have to show...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"While no law requires women to have guardian permission to work...Women said they needed male guardian permission to work, usually in the form of a letter from the male guardian, to the employer stating they have no objection to their female relative working there. These cases included workplaces such as government ministries, as well as governmental or quasi-governmental institutions including Qatar University, Qatar Foundation, the State Audit Bureau, and in government schools" (para 36-37). "Human Rights Watch also found that foreign national women residing in Qatar on family visas, as wives and daughters, can obtain a special work permit from the labor ministry to work, but they have to show...more
Aug. 31, 2025, 9:08 a.m.
Countries: Chad
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
“Women generally were not permitted to work at night, more than 12 hours a day, or in jobs that could present ‘moral or physical danger,’ which is not defined” (Page 22).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
“Women generally were not permitted to work at night, more than 12 hours a day, or in jobs that could present ‘moral or physical danger,’ which is not defined” (Page 22).
May 30, 2025, 10:12 a.m.
Countries: Iceland
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee notes with concern, however...Women’s underrepresentation in managerial positions in private companies and their concentration in part-time employment, which adversely affects their career development and pension benefits" (11). "The Committee nevertheless notes with concern reports on...The prevalence of sexual harassment of women, including migrant women, in the workplace and in sports, and the lack of data on the number of cases investigated and prosecuted, the penalties imposed on those responsible and the reparations provided to victims; The persistence of sexual harassment of women employed in the Icelandic police force, with only six complaints submitted to the professional board between 2017 and 2019" (12).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee notes with concern, however...Women’s underrepresentation in managerial positions in private companies and their concentration in part-time employment, which adversely affects their career development and pension benefits" (11). "The Committee nevertheless notes with concern reports on...The prevalence of sexual harassment of women, including migrant women, in the workplace and in sports, and the lack of data on the number of cases investigated and prosecuted, the penalties imposed on those responsible and the reparations provided to victims; The persistence of sexual harassment of women employed in the Icelandic police force, with only six complaints submitted to the professional board between 2017 and 2019" (12).
May 1, 2025, 5:12 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Mines on Navajo lands in the early 1900s created new jobs largely for men. And then in the 1930s, a program by the U.S. government to kill thousands of livestock on Navajo lands, especially sheep, eliminated jobs and financial stability for the many Navajo women who owned and managed the sheep herds. Over time, their power continued to dwindle. That legacy has a lasting impact" (par. 12). "One of the main issues affecting Native American women in general, she said, is that there are few jobs — and in particular specialized ones — on the reservation" (par. 15). "The concentration of women in lower-paying jobs, such as hospitality and retail,...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Mines on Navajo lands in the early 1900s created new jobs largely for men. And then in the 1930s, a program by the U.S. government to kill thousands of livestock on Navajo lands, especially sheep, eliminated jobs and financial stability for the many Navajo women who owned and managed the sheep herds. Over time, their power continued to dwindle. That legacy has a lasting impact" (par. 12). "One of the main issues affecting Native American women in general, she said, is that there are few jobs — and in particular specialized ones — on the reservation" (par. 15). "The concentration of women in lower-paying jobs, such as hospitality and retail,...more
May 1, 2025, 4:55 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Ihor Pechonoha of the Swiss-based BioTexCom says the business model that enabled him to build one of the most profitable surrogacy companies in the world is simple exploitation: 'We are looking for women in the former Soviet republics because, logically, [the women] have to be from poorer places than our clients.' It is no surprise then that BioTexCom’s quest for rentable wombs has led it to the seemingly endless pool of desperate young women in war-torn Ukraine" (par. 1-2). "One Ukrainian BioTexCom surrogate mother carrying a child for an American couple similarly told El Pais that she decided to sell her womb due to financial strain. 'I grew up without...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Ihor Pechonoha of the Swiss-based BioTexCom says the business model that enabled him to build one of the most profitable surrogacy companies in the world is simple exploitation: 'We are looking for women in the former Soviet republics because, logically, [the women] have to be from poorer places than our clients.' It is no surprise then that BioTexCom’s quest for rentable wombs has led it to the seemingly endless pool of desperate young women in war-torn Ukraine" (par. 1-2). "One Ukrainian BioTexCom surrogate mother carrying a child for an American couple similarly told El Pais that she decided to sell her womb due to financial strain. 'I grew up without...more
May 1, 2025, 3:28 p.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"'I was the only female doctor amongst the four doctors who were posted at the local clinic [Dr. Idyoro Ojukwu]" (par. 16). "The army officers were astonished that she [Dr. Idyoro Ojukwu] was a doctor, yet she was so young. 'They would always ask, 'What is this little girl telling us?', but with time, I gained their trust and was able to provide HIV treatment,' she [Dr. Idyoro Ojukwu] says" (par. 19).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"'I was the only female doctor amongst the four doctors who were posted at the local clinic [Dr. Idyoro Ojukwu]" (par. 16). "The army officers were astonished that she [Dr. Idyoro Ojukwu] was a doctor, yet she was so young. 'They would always ask, 'What is this little girl telling us?', but with time, I gained their trust and was able to provide HIV treatment,' she [Dr. Idyoro Ojukwu] says" (par. 19).
May 1, 2025, 3:01 p.m.
Countries: Saudi Arabia
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"An insightful dissection of the labor market data highlights the increase of Saudi women in historically male-dominated sectors like retail, food and manufacturing. However, a recent analysis of this trend reveals a troubling detail: Numerous women are shoehorned into roles with ambiguous parameters, grueling hours and low pay. Quite frequently, they’re merely stepping into the shoes of unskilled migrant workers in tenuous positions" (par. 5).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"An insightful dissection of the labor market data highlights the increase of Saudi women in historically male-dominated sectors like retail, food and manufacturing. However, a recent analysis of this trend reveals a troubling detail: Numerous women are shoehorned into roles with ambiguous parameters, grueling hours and low pay. Quite frequently, they’re merely stepping into the shoes of unskilled migrant workers in tenuous positions" (par. 5).
April 29, 2025, 4:20 p.m.
Countries: Rwanda
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"In addition to whatever social stigma they face, Sengoga says because many come from poor families, they struggle to survive financially. Many survive by doing farm work or domestic tasks like washing clothes. 'It is really hard doing casual labor, sometimes getting paid less than $1 or $2 per day per week," Sengoga says. "And survival becomes very complicated.' Some of the women said they had learned skills like reading, writing, or basket weaving during their time in prison, but still struggle when faced with the realities of life outside" (par. 54-57). "Now in her mid-20s with a young child, Epiphanie was pardoned in 2019 from what she says would...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"In addition to whatever social stigma they face, Sengoga says because many come from poor families, they struggle to survive financially. Many survive by doing farm work or domestic tasks like washing clothes. 'It is really hard doing casual labor, sometimes getting paid less than $1 or $2 per day per week," Sengoga says. "And survival becomes very complicated.' Some of the women said they had learned skills like reading, writing, or basket weaving during their time in prison, but still struggle when faced with the realities of life outside" (par. 54-57). "Now in her mid-20s with a young child, Epiphanie was pardoned in 2019 from what she says would...more
April 28, 2025, 3:25 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"'It's massive. Growing up, we had only male cricket stars and cricket idols,' she said. 'These women coming every single day on our TV screens are going to be such big inspirations, especially in a country that loves cricket so much.'" (par. 33-34).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"'It's massive. Growing up, we had only male cricket stars and cricket idols,' she said. 'These women coming every single day on our TV screens are going to be such big inspirations, especially in a country that loves cricket so much.'" (par. 33-34).
April 15, 2025, 7:13 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Progress… Increasing discussion on ending age difference of retirement between women and men" (12). "Pension gaps may discriminate against women indirectly. Pension hierarchy system creates about three times income difference among pensioners hold the same professional qualifications. Retirees from 'society' get least pension, and retirees from '(state own) company' is less than retirees from governmental and public work units" (13).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Progress… Increasing discussion on ending age difference of retirement between women and men" (12). "Pension gaps may discriminate against women indirectly. Pension hierarchy system creates about three times income difference among pensioners hold the same professional qualifications. Retirees from 'society' get least pension, and retirees from '(state own) company' is less than retirees from governmental and public work units" (13).
April 11, 2025, 3:49 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Based on ILO Jakarta’s survey in 2015, there are 4,2 million Domestic Workers (DWs) in Indonesia. They are still not recognized as worker and excluded by Indonesian Labor Law, have no rights protection, makes them work and live-in indecent situation" (9). "Sexual violence in many plantations (palm oil, rubber, etc) often reported" (10). "Women workers in palm oil (which are 30% of the total labor in this sector) are experiencing violations, including occupational health and safety, suffered vaginal discharge desease and other discriminatory practices. Female workers, including those who are pregnant, usually do the spraying and fertilization job, using pesticides. Companies rarely provide adequate masks, boots, and gloves to protect...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Based on ILO Jakarta’s survey in 2015, there are 4,2 million Domestic Workers (DWs) in Indonesia. They are still not recognized as worker and excluded by Indonesian Labor Law, have no rights protection, makes them work and live-in indecent situation" (9). "Sexual violence in many plantations (palm oil, rubber, etc) often reported" (10). "Women workers in palm oil (which are 30% of the total labor in this sector) are experiencing violations, including occupational health and safety, suffered vaginal discharge desease and other discriminatory practices. Female workers, including those who are pregnant, usually do the spraying and fertilization job, using pesticides. Companies rarely provide adequate masks, boots, and gloves to protect...more
April 10, 2025, 7:06 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"[I]t notes with concern… Reported sexual harassment and other forms of gender-based violence against women in the workplace" (10).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"[I]t notes with concern… Reported sexual harassment and other forms of gender-based violence against women in the workplace" (10).