Latest items for IIP-PRACTICE-2
March 4, 2023, 7:01 a.m.
Countries: Egypt
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Sexual harassment is a major problem for women in Egypt, especially in public transportation. To combat gender-based violence in public transport, the government has provided women-only transport services so that women can travel safely" (Para. 7). "Women’s rights activists in Egypt have actively tried to combat sexual harassment by launching campaigns to raise awareness on the issue and encouraging women and girls, victims of harassment, to speak up and report their harassers" (Para. 9).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Sexual harassment is a major problem for women in Egypt, especially in public transportation. To combat gender-based violence in public transport, the government has provided women-only transport services so that women can travel safely" (Para. 7). "Women’s rights activists in Egypt have actively tried to combat sexual harassment by launching campaigns to raise awareness on the issue and encouraging women and girls, victims of harassment, to speak up and report their harassers" (Para. 9).
Feb. 27, 2023, 1:02 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2, SEGI-PRACTICE-1, ABO-LAW-1
"But women haven’t passively accepted the toxic masculinity. They’ve organized raucously, from Asia’s most successful #MeToo movement to groups like '4B,' which translates to the 'Four nos: no dating, no sex, no marriage and no child-rearing.' The country’s feminist movements have won the decriminalization of abortion and harsher penalties for an epidemic of spycam-porn crimes." (para 13).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2, SEGI-PRACTICE-1, ABO-LAW-1
"But women haven’t passively accepted the toxic masculinity. They’ve organized raucously, from Asia’s most successful #MeToo movement to groups like '4B,' which translates to the 'Four nos: no dating, no sex, no marriage and no child-rearing.' The country’s feminist movements have won the decriminalization of abortion and harsher penalties for an epidemic of spycam-porn crimes." (para 13).
Feb. 27, 2023, 7:47 a.m.
Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
...They also experienced a 5% decrease in satisfaction with women's healthcare as a whole. Women feeling safe when walking at night also slightly decreased, by 1%. (Figure. 4)
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
...They also experienced a 5% decrease in satisfaction with women's healthcare as a whole. Women feeling safe when walking at night also slightly decreased, by 1%. (Figure. 4)
Feb. 18, 2023, 11:11 a.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Jeong Ye-ji, a 31-year-old female office worker living in Gwanak District, Seoul, switched her gym to a women-only fitness center two months ago, which has made her workout routines more satisfying. 'For one thing, I became more confident since I don't have to worry about getting unwanted stares from men. I can wear tight outfits such as leggings, cycling pants and tank tops without feeling self-conscious,' she said." (Para.1-2). "Experts view that the main reason why more women are opting for single-sex facilities is the fear of becoming the victim of sex offenses such as voyeurism, stalking and rape, which have surged in recent years." (Para.11). "Since 2017, about 5,000...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Jeong Ye-ji, a 31-year-old female office worker living in Gwanak District, Seoul, switched her gym to a women-only fitness center two months ago, which has made her workout routines more satisfying. 'For one thing, I became more confident since I don't have to worry about getting unwanted stares from men. I can wear tight outfits such as leggings, cycling pants and tank tops without feeling self-conscious,' she said." (Para.1-2). "Experts view that the main reason why more women are opting for single-sex facilities is the fear of becoming the victim of sex offenses such as voyeurism, stalking and rape, which have surged in recent years." (Para.11). "Since 2017, about 5,000...more
Feb. 18, 2023, 10:25 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"The man walked into a barbecue restaurant in northern China and approached a table of three women. He put his hand on the back of one, who shook him off. In response, he slapped her — then, with several other men, savagely beat her and the other women, hitting them with chairs, kicking them and dragging them outdoors" (Para.1) "[T]he brutal attack, which took place in the city of Tangshan on Friday and left two women hospitalized, spread rapidly online and has continued to dominate public conversation in recent days. Women flooded social media with their outrage and terror at the threat of sexual violence that looms over everyday life....more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"The man walked into a barbecue restaurant in northern China and approached a table of three women. He put his hand on the back of one, who shook him off. In response, he slapped her — then, with several other men, savagely beat her and the other women, hitting them with chairs, kicking them and dragging them outdoors" (Para.1) "[T]he brutal attack, which took place in the city of Tangshan on Friday and left two women hospitalized, spread rapidly online and has continued to dominate public conversation in recent days. Women flooded social media with their outrage and terror at the threat of sexual violence that looms over everyday life....more
Feb. 18, 2023, 10:18 a.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"John Edwards, the UK information commissioner, said: 'We’ve got to this position now that when somebody fronts up and makes a complaint about serious sexual assault, they have a form stuck in front of them saying: ‘Please authorise us to access any information we want’ and they [the police or prosecutors] are just not exercising the thoughtfulness and discipline we would expect and they’re going off on these quite wide fishing expeditions.'We think these practices are widespread and they need to change and we’ve sort of put some stakes in the ground for investigators so that they understand what the limits are of their ability to investigate. What we’re saying...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"John Edwards, the UK information commissioner, said: 'We’ve got to this position now that when somebody fronts up and makes a complaint about serious sexual assault, they have a form stuck in front of them saying: ‘Please authorise us to access any information we want’ and they [the police or prosecutors] are just not exercising the thoughtfulness and discipline we would expect and they’re going off on these quite wide fishing expeditions.'We think these practices are widespread and they need to change and we’ve sort of put some stakes in the ground for investigators so that they understand what the limits are of their ability to investigate. What we’re saying...more
Feb. 18, 2023, 9:46 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"In Kabul, one of the more liberal areas of Afghanistan, there were indications that women were pushing back. At least two protests took place this week, as demonstrators criticised growing attempts to limit women from public life.'We want to be known as living creatures, we want to be known as human beings, not slaves imprisoned in the corner of the house,' one protester said" (Para.6-8).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"In Kabul, one of the more liberal areas of Afghanistan, there were indications that women were pushing back. At least two protests took place this week, as demonstrators criticised growing attempts to limit women from public life.'We want to be known as living creatures, we want to be known as human beings, not slaves imprisoned in the corner of the house,' one protester said" (Para.6-8).
Feb. 14, 2023, 6:11 p.m.
Countries: Turkmenistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"A deeply distressing video shows how a crazed husband violently beats his wife after finding her in a beauty salon amid a morality crackdown by the ex-Soviet state's new dictator" (para 1). "[P]olice have detained dozens of women in the street for wearing false nails and eyelashes, or other beauty accessories...It is in this climate that the man in the shocking video is seen punching and kicking his wife in front of female onlookers, who are unable to prevent his attack" (para 5-6).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"A deeply distressing video shows how a crazed husband violently beats his wife after finding her in a beauty salon amid a morality crackdown by the ex-Soviet state's new dictator" (para 1). "[P]olice have detained dozens of women in the street for wearing false nails and eyelashes, or other beauty accessories...It is in this climate that the man in the shocking video is seen punching and kicking his wife in front of female onlookers, who are unable to prevent his attack" (para 5-6).
Feb. 8, 2023, 12:39 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"To mark November 25, designated International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women by the UN, women across Turkey plan to take to the streets and hold various events to raise awareness. As women groups across Turkey plan to mark the day, fears grow that the police may violently crack down on demonstrators. Last year, women faced rubber bullets, tear gas, and violence from the police as they marched to end gender-based violence." (para 1-2). "At least eight members of a local women’s platform, Avcilar Kadin Platformu, were detained on Tuesday, November 22. The women’s platform decided to join the UN’s earlier call on women’s organizations globally to join the 16...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"To mark November 25, designated International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women by the UN, women across Turkey plan to take to the streets and hold various events to raise awareness. As women groups across Turkey plan to mark the day, fears grow that the police may violently crack down on demonstrators. Last year, women faced rubber bullets, tear gas, and violence from the police as they marched to end gender-based violence." (para 1-2). "At least eight members of a local women’s platform, Avcilar Kadin Platformu, were detained on Tuesday, November 22. The women’s platform decided to join the UN’s earlier call on women’s organizations globally to join the 16...more
Feb. 6, 2023, 12:07 p.m.
Countries: Kyrgyzstan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"The Committeee [on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women]…remains concerned about…the limited enforcement of protection orders...and arbitrary detention and attacks targeting lesbian, bisexual and transgender women during peaceful marches in 2019 and 2020" (5). Because protection orders are not enforced, many women are likely harrased when they are in public spaces. Women do participate in protests, but they are not safe when they do so, especially lesbian, bisexual, and transgender women (AMC-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"The Committeee [on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women]…remains concerned about…the limited enforcement of protection orders...and arbitrary detention and attacks targeting lesbian, bisexual and transgender women during peaceful marches in 2019 and 2020" (5). Because protection orders are not enforced, many women are likely harrased when they are in public spaces. Women do participate in protests, but they are not safe when they do so, especially lesbian, bisexual, and transgender women (AMC-CODER COMMENT).
Feb. 4, 2023, 6:14 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Similarly, the Junior Secondary Curriculum (Grades 8 & 9) has been revised for implementation in 2017 and 2018. This syllabus looks at cross curricular issues like Gangs; Criminal behaviour; Defamation of character; GBV; Freedom of speech; Sexual harassment; Sexual abuse; Baby dumping, and Intergenerational sex. The Senior Secondary Syllabus (Grades 10 & 11) has been reviewed and is implemented this year and 2020. Cross-curricular issues dealt with in here are pornography; abortion; responsible parenthood; marriage and sexual reproductive health." (16) (NF - CODER COMMENT - The discussion on sexual harassment in schools shows that it is one of many issues that the Namibian government is attempting to crack down on)....more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Similarly, the Junior Secondary Curriculum (Grades 8 & 9) has been revised for implementation in 2017 and 2018. This syllabus looks at cross curricular issues like Gangs; Criminal behaviour; Defamation of character; GBV; Freedom of speech; Sexual harassment; Sexual abuse; Baby dumping, and Intergenerational sex. The Senior Secondary Syllabus (Grades 10 & 11) has been reviewed and is implemented this year and 2020. Cross-curricular issues dealt with in here are pornography; abortion; responsible parenthood; marriage and sexual reproductive health." (16) (NF - CODER COMMENT - The discussion on sexual harassment in schools shows that it is one of many issues that the Namibian government is attempting to crack down on)....more
Feb. 2, 2023, 2:39 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Stories about employees who lose their jobs after sexual pictures of them come to light are tabloid favorites. In the last few weeks, we’ve heard about a tri-state area nurse and an Indiana schoolteacher who were fired by employers after their OnlyFans accounts came to light. It’s an even bigger story when it happens to a public personality, like Erick Adame, a New York City weatherman who was sacked last week by Spectrum News after an unknown viewer sent Adame’s secret adult livestream to his boss and his mom" (para 1-2). "Attorney Annie Seifullah is not representing Adame, but understands the stakes as a survivor herself. In 2014, she was...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Stories about employees who lose their jobs after sexual pictures of them come to light are tabloid favorites. In the last few weeks, we’ve heard about a tri-state area nurse and an Indiana schoolteacher who were fired by employers after their OnlyFans accounts came to light. It’s an even bigger story when it happens to a public personality, like Erick Adame, a New York City weatherman who was sacked last week by Spectrum News after an unknown viewer sent Adame’s secret adult livestream to his boss and his mom" (para 1-2). "Attorney Annie Seifullah is not representing Adame, but understands the stakes as a survivor herself. In 2014, she was...more
Jan. 19, 2023, 11:32 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"The protests erupted after the death of Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman who died in Tehran after being arrested by Iran’s morality police last week" (para 6).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"The protests erupted after the death of Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman who died in Tehran after being arrested by Iran’s morality police last week" (para 6).
Jan. 19, 2023, 10:27 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Witnesses confirmed that Taliban shot repeatedly at the women, with one of them grabbing a protester by her headscarf and pushing her to the ground" (para 10).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Witnesses confirmed that Taliban shot repeatedly at the women, with one of them grabbing a protester by her headscarf and pushing her to the ground" (para 10).
Jan. 19, 2023, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"'The Taliban will never protect us and they can’t represent us in the international community. They attacked us with the edge of their guns and beat us up' [said one Hazara woman] 'The Talib sprayed pepper spray in our eyes, whipped us and humiliated us by calling us prostitutes who take money from the west to protest,' said another [female] protester" (para 6-7).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"'The Taliban will never protect us and they can’t represent us in the international community. They attacked us with the edge of their guns and beat us up' [said one Hazara woman] 'The Talib sprayed pepper spray in our eyes, whipped us and humiliated us by calling us prostitutes who take money from the west to protest,' said another [female] protester" (para 6-7).
Jan. 19, 2023, 7:31 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Women who gathered to demonstrate against the killings on Friday said Taliban forces opened fire and used physical violence to break up the protest minutes after it had started" (para 4).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Women who gathered to demonstrate against the killings on Friday said Taliban forces opened fire and used physical violence to break up the protest minutes after it had started" (para 4).
Jan. 19, 2023, 7:29 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Women protesting against the suicide bombing of a school in Afghanistan, which killed 35 young Hazara women and girls on Friday, have been beaten and shot at by Taliban according to witnesses" (para 1).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Women protesting against the suicide bombing of a school in Afghanistan, which killed 35 young Hazara women and girls on Friday, have been beaten and shot at by Taliban according to witnesses" (para 1).
Jan. 18, 2023, 11:20 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Amini was visiting Tehran with her family on 13 September when she was arrested by morality police for allegedly violating the country’s strict hijab law. Her family were told she would be released from the police station after a 're-education session'." (para 8).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Amini was visiting Tehran with her family on 13 September when she was arrested by morality police for allegedly violating the country’s strict hijab law. Her family were told she would be released from the police station after a 're-education session'." (para 8).
Jan. 13, 2023, 3:34 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"A female personal trainer said that women and men were not exercising or training together at the Kabul gym where she works. 'The Taliban are lying,' she said, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals. 'We were training separately.' She said that two men claiming to be from the virtue and vice ministry entered her gym and made all the women leave. 'The women wanted to protest about the gyms [closing] but the Taliban came and arrested them,' she added. 'Now we don’t know if they’re alive or dead.'" (para 10 - 12).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"A female personal trainer said that women and men were not exercising or training together at the Kabul gym where she works. 'The Taliban are lying,' she said, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals. 'We were training separately.' She said that two men claiming to be from the virtue and vice ministry entered her gym and made all the women leave. 'The women wanted to protest about the gyms [closing] but the Taliban came and arrested them,' she added. 'Now we don’t know if they’re alive or dead.'" (para 10 - 12).
Jan. 12, 2023, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: Nepal
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"The behaviour that is exhibited by these Indian male tourists at these bars is nothing but shameful and far, far away from the ‘Sanskriti’ that they hanker after back in their homes." (para 10) (NF - CODER COMMENT - The sentence here alludes to the behavior of these tourists includes fondling, groping, and sexually harassing women on the streets).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"The behaviour that is exhibited by these Indian male tourists at these bars is nothing but shameful and far, far away from the ‘Sanskriti’ that they hanker after back in their homes." (para 10) (NF - CODER COMMENT - The sentence here alludes to the behavior of these tourists includes fondling, groping, and sexually harassing women on the streets).
Jan. 6, 2023, 6:58 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"In June, a thirty-one-year-old woman named Wang was eating with three female friends at a barbecue restaurant in Tangshan... It was late at night. At around 2:40 a.m., a man came up and put his hand on Wang’s back. She pushed it away and protested, loudly: 'What are you doing? What’s wrong with you?' He reached for her face and she pushed him away again. 'Get lost,' she said. Then the man slapped her. A struggle ensued...Several men rushed over to the table. One of them held Wang by her hair and dragged her into the street. The group stomped on and struck her repeatedly. Wang, whose white short-sleeved shirt...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"In June, a thirty-one-year-old woman named Wang was eating with three female friends at a barbecue restaurant in Tangshan... It was late at night. At around 2:40 a.m., a man came up and put his hand on Wang’s back. She pushed it away and protested, loudly: 'What are you doing? What’s wrong with you?' He reached for her face and she pushed him away again. 'Get lost,' she said. Then the man slapped her. A struggle ensued...Several men rushed over to the table. One of them held Wang by her hair and dragged her into the street. The group stomped on and struck her repeatedly. Wang, whose white short-sleeved shirt...more
Dec. 29, 2022, 1:35 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"A group of women were having dinner together when one of them was approached by a male diner. Recoiling from his touch, she said 'go away'. In return, he clubbed her in the head, throwing her to the ground. His friends then joined him, using chairs and bottles to hit the women, some of whom were then dragged outside and kicked in the head. It was just the latest example of violence against women that's outraged the Chinese public - in January, news of a woman found chained in a shack sparked similar distress" (para 1-4). "Women being assaulted in public by their partners 'is disturbingly common online', says Kerry...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"A group of women were having dinner together when one of them was approached by a male diner. Recoiling from his touch, she said 'go away'. In return, he clubbed her in the head, throwing her to the ground. His friends then joined him, using chairs and bottles to hit the women, some of whom were then dragged outside and kicked in the head. It was just the latest example of violence against women that's outraged the Chinese public - in January, news of a woman found chained in a shack sparked similar distress" (para 1-4). "Women being assaulted in public by their partners 'is disturbingly common online', says Kerry...more
Dec. 29, 2022, 1:17 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Back in 2017 the organisation UK Feminista published a report named ‘It’s Just About Everywhere’ that highlighted the ongoing issue of sexual violence within schools. The report found that 37% of girls attending mixed-sex schools had experienced sexual harassment whilst at school" (para 5).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Back in 2017 the organisation UK Feminista published a report named ‘It’s Just About Everywhere’ that highlighted the ongoing issue of sexual violence within schools. The report found that 37% of girls attending mixed-sex schools had experienced sexual harassment whilst at school" (para 5).
Dec. 29, 2022, 1:04 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"While the upper house election is a vast improvement on last October’s lower house poll, when just 186 – or less than 18% – of candidates were women, parties are under mounting pressure to address widespread harassment of female candidates. A survey conducted last year by the cabinet office found that female politicians and candidates encountered 'rampant' sexual harassment, including inappropriate touching and verbal advances by male voters, and online abuse based on their age, marital status and private life" (para 12-13). "The survey results will come as little surprise to Ayaka Shiomura, who was subjected to sexist taunts during a debate on childcare in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly in...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"While the upper house election is a vast improvement on last October’s lower house poll, when just 186 – or less than 18% – of candidates were women, parties are under mounting pressure to address widespread harassment of female candidates. A survey conducted last year by the cabinet office found that female politicians and candidates encountered 'rampant' sexual harassment, including inappropriate touching and verbal advances by male voters, and online abuse based on their age, marital status and private life" (para 12-13). "The survey results will come as little surprise to Ayaka Shiomura, who was subjected to sexist taunts during a debate on childcare in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly in...more
Dec. 26, 2022, 6 p.m.
Countries: Spain
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"[The new law] was drawn up after five men raped an 18-year-old woman during the 2016 bull-running festival in Pamplona. In court it was argued that video footage from the men’s phones – showing the woman immobile and with her eyes shut during the attack – was proof of consent" (para 5).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"[The new law] was drawn up after five men raped an 18-year-old woman during the 2016 bull-running festival in Pamplona. In court it was argued that video footage from the men’s phones – showing the woman immobile and with her eyes shut during the attack – was proof of consent" (para 5).
Dec. 22, 2022, 6:13 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Bullying and intimidation to wear the jilbab also takes place on social media. In two cases, Human Rights Watch documented threats of violence conveyed via Facebook. Human Rights Watch interviews revealed that intimidating and threatening messages have also been sent on messaging apps, such as WhatsApp. Zubaidah Djohar, a poet, and an alumna of an Islamic boarding school in Padang Panjang, West Sumatra, received death threats that promised 'hacking' and 'poisoning' after having a theological argument about the jilbab with Gusrizal Gazahar, the chairman of the Indonesian Ulama Council in West Sumatra, on February 28, 2021. Her colleague Deni Rahayu also received death threats, mostly from members of a Facebook...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Bullying and intimidation to wear the jilbab also takes place on social media. In two cases, Human Rights Watch documented threats of violence conveyed via Facebook. Human Rights Watch interviews revealed that intimidating and threatening messages have also been sent on messaging apps, such as WhatsApp. Zubaidah Djohar, a poet, and an alumna of an Islamic boarding school in Padang Panjang, West Sumatra, received death threats that promised 'hacking' and 'poisoning' after having a theological argument about the jilbab with Gusrizal Gazahar, the chairman of the Indonesian Ulama Council in West Sumatra, on February 28, 2021. Her colleague Deni Rahayu also received death threats, mostly from members of a Facebook...more
Dec. 19, 2022, 4:48 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Marie says she was less than a month into her job at a garment factory in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, making clothes for a range of well-known US brands, when the factory’s head of security gave her an ultimatum: have sex with him or be fired" (para 1). "The head of security was not the only man at the factory to notice Marie. In March, her line supervisor began sexually harassing her, telling her he masturbated when he thought of her at home. She felt powerless to report him, knowing what happened to other women who complained. So to keep her job, she kept silent. But his behaviour got worse.'He...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Marie says she was less than a month into her job at a garment factory in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, making clothes for a range of well-known US brands, when the factory’s head of security gave her an ultimatum: have sex with him or be fired" (para 1). "The head of security was not the only man at the factory to notice Marie. In March, her line supervisor began sexually harassing her, telling her he masturbated when he thought of her at home. She felt powerless to report him, knowing what happened to other women who complained. So to keep her job, she kept silent. But his behaviour got worse.'He...more
Dec. 17, 2022, 10:07 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Even if most victims of persecution based on political grounds in Venezuela are men, this is due to the discrimination that exists in the participation of women in political and public spaces" (para 7). "[T]he FFM found that female family members of detainees were threatened with sexual or other types of violence against women, including rape; subjected to undue invasive or humiliating body searches when visiting detainees, inhibiting their abilities to visit their relatives while maintaining their dignity and physical integrity; insulted for being wives or mothers of 'criminals'. The attacks have also materialised during security operatives, in which female relatives taken by authorities to safe houses were sexually assaulted...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Even if most victims of persecution based on political grounds in Venezuela are men, this is due to the discrimination that exists in the participation of women in political and public spaces" (para 7). "[T]he FFM found that female family members of detainees were threatened with sexual or other types of violence against women, including rape; subjected to undue invasive or humiliating body searches when visiting detainees, inhibiting their abilities to visit their relatives while maintaining their dignity and physical integrity; insulted for being wives or mothers of 'criminals'. The attacks have also materialised during security operatives, in which female relatives taken by authorities to safe houses were sexually assaulted...more
Dec. 8, 2022, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Last year, Xiao Meili, a Chinese feminist revealed on social media that a man threw hot liquid at her after she asked him to stop smoking in a restaurant. To her dismay, Xiao was then repeatedly trolled. Many blamed her for being the one who had caused trouble. Some also wrote: 'I hope you die, bitch”, or “little bitch, screw the feminists.' Xiao blamed internet companies for not doing enough to stop the spread of misogynisistic messages online" (para 12-13).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Last year, Xiao Meili, a Chinese feminist revealed on social media that a man threw hot liquid at her after she asked him to stop smoking in a restaurant. To her dismay, Xiao was then repeatedly trolled. Many blamed her for being the one who had caused trouble. Some also wrote: 'I hope you die, bitch”, or “little bitch, screw the feminists.' Xiao blamed internet companies for not doing enough to stop the spread of misogynisistic messages online" (para 12-13).
Nov. 30, 2022, 7:53 a.m.
Countries: Egypt
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Sexual harassment is a major problem for women in Egypt, especially in public transportation. To combat gender-based violence in public transport, the government has provided women-only transport services so that women can travel safely" (Para. 7). "Women’s rights activists in Egypt have actively tried to combat sexual harassment by launching campaigns to raise awareness on the issue and encouraging women and girls, victims of harassment, to speak up and report their harassers" (Para. 9).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Sexual harassment is a major problem for women in Egypt, especially in public transportation. To combat gender-based violence in public transport, the government has provided women-only transport services so that women can travel safely" (Para. 7). "Women’s rights activists in Egypt have actively tried to combat sexual harassment by launching campaigns to raise awareness on the issue and encouraging women and girls, victims of harassment, to speak up and report their harassers" (Para. 9).