Latest items for RCDW-LAW-1
March 4, 2023, 8:13 a.m.
Countries: Canada
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"The case was a victory for gender equality and more or less settled the matter of whether it’s legal for women in this country to go topless in the same circumstances as men. However, 31 years later, women haven’t widely embraced this hard-won liberty. As Jacobs noted at a rally commemorating her act of rebellion: 'Whereas we now have the legal freedom to be able to take our shirts off, we still don’t have the social freedom.' After three decades, however, it now seems some women in Quebec are ready to push the feminist envelope" (Para. 20-21).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"The case was a victory for gender equality and more or less settled the matter of whether it’s legal for women in this country to go topless in the same circumstances as men. However, 31 years later, women haven’t widely embraced this hard-won liberty. As Jacobs noted at a rally commemorating her act of rebellion: 'Whereas we now have the legal freedom to be able to take our shirts off, we still don’t have the social freedom.' After three decades, however, it now seems some women in Quebec are ready to push the feminist envelope" (Para. 20-21).
Feb. 18, 2023, 9:46 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"Outside the capital there were some signs that Saturday's announcement was fuelling stricter oversight of women's dress. A doctor in southeastern Afghanistan said Taliban officials had told her not to treat female patients who did not have a male chaperone and were not fully covered" (Para.13-14). "A university student in northern Afghanistan said university officials since Saturday were becoming much stricter on dress code, telling her on Monday that her colourful headscarf was unacceptable and she must wear all black" (Para.15).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"Outside the capital there were some signs that Saturday's announcement was fuelling stricter oversight of women's dress. A doctor in southeastern Afghanistan said Taliban officials had told her not to treat female patients who did not have a male chaperone and were not fully covered" (Para.13-14). "A university student in northern Afghanistan said university officials since Saturday were becoming much stricter on dress code, telling her on Monday that her colourful headscarf was unacceptable and she must wear all black" (Para.15).
Feb. 14, 2023, 6:11 p.m.
Countries: Turkmenistan
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"Husbands can be fined if their wives receive certain beauty or cosmetic treatments" (para 2). "Since April, police have detained dozens of women in the street for wearing false nails and eyelashes, or other beauty accessories. Police also hunt for women who they believe might have had lip fillers and other cosmetic adjustments" (para 5). "The authorities are reported to have carried out raids on salons in the autocratic state. Some women are detained for appearing 'too promiscuous'. Now...a ban has been imposed on padded bras" (para 14-15).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"Husbands can be fined if their wives receive certain beauty or cosmetic treatments" (para 2). "Since April, police have detained dozens of women in the street for wearing false nails and eyelashes, or other beauty accessories. Police also hunt for women who they believe might have had lip fillers and other cosmetic adjustments" (para 5). "The authorities are reported to have carried out raids on salons in the autocratic state. Some women are detained for appearing 'too promiscuous'. Now...a ban has been imposed on padded bras" (para 14-15).
Feb. 13, 2023, 11:08 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, RCDW-LAW-2
"After initially adopting a more flexible attitude when taking power last August, the Taliban have recently been issuing more and more hardline edicts, including making the face veil compulsory for women and encouraging them to stay at home" (Para.24).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, RCDW-LAW-2
"After initially adopting a more flexible attitude when taking power last August, the Taliban have recently been issuing more and more hardline edicts, including making the face veil compulsory for women and encouraging them to stay at home" (Para.24).
Feb. 13, 2023, 11:07 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, RCDW-LAW-2
"After initially adopting a more flexible attitude when taking power last August, the Taliban have recently been issuing more and more hardline edicts, including making the face veil compulsory for women and encouraging them to stay at home" (Para.24).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, RCDW-LAW-2
"After initially adopting a more flexible attitude when taking power last August, the Taliban have recently been issuing more and more hardline edicts, including making the face veil compulsory for women and encouraging them to stay at home" (Para.24).
Feb. 13, 2023, 10:57 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"And if the Taliban do ultimately allow girls to attend secondary school girls, they are likely to forced to don a face veil and will be carefully watched by teachers appointed by local Taliban officials to ensure they strictly adhere to their restrictive uniforms"(Para.5).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"And if the Taliban do ultimately allow girls to attend secondary school girls, they are likely to forced to don a face veil and will be carefully watched by teachers appointed by local Taliban officials to ensure they strictly adhere to their restrictive uniforms"(Para.5).
Feb. 2, 2023, 1:11 p.m.
Countries: Austria
Variables: RCDW-PRACTICE-1, RCDW-LAW-1, SRACE-LAW-1
"Furthermore, the Committee is concerned about the following: (a) The decision taken by the State party to ban 'ideologically or religiously influenced clothing' in schools and that it may have a discriminatory impact on migrant girls...It also urges the State party: (a) To mandate the conduct of a comprehensive study to determine the impact of the Education in School Law, which entered into force in June 2019, banning the wearing of 'ideologically or religiously influenced clothing' for girls under 10 years of age in primary schools, on the right to education of girls and their inclusion in all facets of Austrian society as full members of the community and indicate...more
Variables: RCDW-PRACTICE-1, RCDW-LAW-1, SRACE-LAW-1
"Furthermore, the Committee is concerned about the following: (a) The decision taken by the State party to ban 'ideologically or religiously influenced clothing' in schools and that it may have a discriminatory impact on migrant girls...It also urges the State party: (a) To mandate the conduct of a comprehensive study to determine the impact of the Education in School Law, which entered into force in June 2019, banning the wearing of 'ideologically or religiously influenced clothing' for girls under 10 years of age in primary schools, on the right to education of girls and their inclusion in all facets of Austrian society as full members of the community and indicate...more
Jan. 19, 2023, 11:32 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"Iran’s morality police are part of the country’s law enforcement and are tasked with enforcing the strict social rules of the Islamic Republic, including its dress code that mandates women wear a headscarf, or hijab, in public" (para 9).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"Iran’s morality police are part of the country’s law enforcement and are tasked with enforcing the strict social rules of the Islamic Republic, including its dress code that mandates women wear a headscarf, or hijab, in public" (para 9).
Jan. 13, 2023, 7:19 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"[T]he male 'guardians' of women who appeared in public 'uncovered' would be fined and jailed for the offence" (para 15).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"[T]he male 'guardians' of women who appeared in public 'uncovered' would be fined and jailed for the offence" (para 15).
Jan. 7, 2023, 11:15 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"A lack of professors to teach the women alongside strict dress codes appears to have kept many college-age women home, however" (para 21). "Zainab says Taliban authorities have informally allowed her to run [a tutoring] center, provided the girls obey strict dress codes. And they do: The teenagers filter in wearing black robes, headscarves and face masks" (para 25).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"A lack of professors to teach the women alongside strict dress codes appears to have kept many college-age women home, however" (para 21). "Zainab says Taliban authorities have informally allowed her to run [a tutoring] center, provided the girls obey strict dress codes. And they do: The teenagers filter in wearing black robes, headscarves and face masks" (para 25).
Dec. 29, 2022, 11:45 a.m.
Countries: France
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"A French administrative court has suspended the city of Grenoble's decision to allow body-covering 'burkini' bathing suits for women in municipal pools, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on his Twitter feed...Darmanin said the court ruling was based on the 2021 'separatism' law voted during President Emmanuel Macron's first term, which allows the suspension of measures that would 'undermine secularism and the neutrality of public services'" (para 1, 5). "Far-right party leader Marine Le Pen - who came second after Macron in presidential elections in April and hopes to defeat Macron's centrist party at parliament elections in June - has said she wants to introduce a law banning burkinis in municipal...more
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"A French administrative court has suspended the city of Grenoble's decision to allow body-covering 'burkini' bathing suits for women in municipal pools, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on his Twitter feed...Darmanin said the court ruling was based on the 2021 'separatism' law voted during President Emmanuel Macron's first term, which allows the suspension of measures that would 'undermine secularism and the neutrality of public services'" (para 1, 5). "Far-right party leader Marine Le Pen - who came second after Macron in presidential elections in April and hopes to defeat Macron's centrist party at parliament elections in June - has said she wants to introduce a law banning burkinis in municipal...more
Dec. 26, 2022, 4 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"The morality police patrol the streets with a mandate to enter public areas to check on implementation of the headscarf law and other Islamic requirements" (para 3). "Since the 1979 Islamic revolution, Iranian law has required all women, regardless of nationality or religious belief, to wear hijabs that cover the head and neck while concealing the hair" (para 17).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"The morality police patrol the streets with a mandate to enter public areas to check on implementation of the headscarf law and other Islamic requirements" (para 3). "Since the 1979 Islamic revolution, Iranian law has required all women, regardless of nationality or religious belief, to wear hijabs that cover the head and neck while concealing the hair" (para 17).
Dec. 22, 2022, 6:13 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"Most of Indonesia’s provinces and dozens of cities and regencies impose discriminatory and abusive dress codes on women and girls...The Indonesian Home Afffairs Ministry, which supervises local governments, should invalidate those local decrees, more than 60 of which are in effect across the country" (para 1-2). "Local authorities have issued discriminatory decrees as executive orders, starting in 2001 in three regencies, Indramayu and Tasikmalaya in West Java province, and Tanah Datar in West Sumatra. Such restrictive local regulations have appeared and spread rapidly over the last two decades, compelling millions of girls and women in Indonesia to start wearing the jilbab, or hijab, the female headdress covering the hair, neck,...more
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"Most of Indonesia’s provinces and dozens of cities and regencies impose discriminatory and abusive dress codes on women and girls...The Indonesian Home Afffairs Ministry, which supervises local governments, should invalidate those local decrees, more than 60 of which are in effect across the country" (para 1-2). "Local authorities have issued discriminatory decrees as executive orders, starting in 2001 in three regencies, Indramayu and Tasikmalaya in West Java province, and Tanah Datar in West Sumatra. Such restrictive local regulations have appeared and spread rapidly over the last two decades, compelling millions of girls and women in Indonesia to start wearing the jilbab, or hijab, the female headdress covering the hair, neck,...more
Dec. 22, 2022, 5:57 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"In February 2021, after a complaint from the father of a Christian secondary school student in Padang, West Sumatra, went viral on social media, Education Minister Nadiem Makarim, Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian, and Religious Affairs Minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas signed a decree that allows any student or female teacher to choose whether to wear the hijab in school. However, on May 3, 2021, in a blow to women’s rights and children’s rights, the Supreme Court canceled that regulation after a petition from a local group called Lembaga Kerapatan Adat Alam Minangkabau in Padang, West Sumatra. The panel of three male judges, Irfan Fachruddin, Is Sudaryono, and H. Yulius, ruled...more
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"In February 2021, after a complaint from the father of a Christian secondary school student in Padang, West Sumatra, went viral on social media, Education Minister Nadiem Makarim, Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian, and Religious Affairs Minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas signed a decree that allows any student or female teacher to choose whether to wear the hijab in school. However, on May 3, 2021, in a blow to women’s rights and children’s rights, the Supreme Court canceled that regulation after a petition from a local group called Lembaga Kerapatan Adat Alam Minangkabau in Padang, West Sumatra. The panel of three male judges, Irfan Fachruddin, Is Sudaryono, and H. Yulius, ruled...more
Dec. 22, 2022, 5:54 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"In 2012 and 2014, Pramuka, the national scout movement that schoolchildren are required to join, and the Education and Culture Ministry, issued dress codes requiring jilbabs for 'Muslim girls' from grade 1 through 12, in apparent contradiction of the 1991 ministerial regulation that allows schools to let female students to choose their 'special attributes.' The Pramuka and Education Ministry nationwide regulations strengthen and reinforce the local decrees. Schools usually require students to wear the Pramuka uniform once a week" (para 12). "In February 2021, Education and Culture Minister Nadiem Makarim, and two other ministers, amended the 2014 regulation to specify that schoolgirls are free to choose whether to wear the...more
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"In 2012 and 2014, Pramuka, the national scout movement that schoolchildren are required to join, and the Education and Culture Ministry, issued dress codes requiring jilbabs for 'Muslim girls' from grade 1 through 12, in apparent contradiction of the 1991 ministerial regulation that allows schools to let female students to choose their 'special attributes.' The Pramuka and Education Ministry nationwide regulations strengthen and reinforce the local decrees. Schools usually require students to wear the Pramuka uniform once a week" (para 12). "In February 2021, Education and Culture Minister Nadiem Makarim, and two other ministers, amended the 2014 regulation to specify that schoolgirls are free to choose whether to wear the...more
Dec. 8, 2022, 3:20 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, RCDW-LAW-2
"Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have ordered television broadcasters to ensure that female presenters on local stations cover their faces when on air in the latest crackdown on women's rights. The move comes days after authorities ordered women to cover their faces in public" (para 1, 2). "[Akif] Mahajar [spokesman for the Taliban's Ministry of Vice and Virtue] said female presenters could wear a medical face mask, as has been widely used during the Covid pandemic" (para 12).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, RCDW-LAW-2
"Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have ordered television broadcasters to ensure that female presenters on local stations cover their faces when on air in the latest crackdown on women's rights. The move comes days after authorities ordered women to cover their faces in public" (para 1, 2). "[Akif] Mahajar [spokesman for the Taliban's Ministry of Vice and Virtue] said female presenters could wear a medical face mask, as has been widely used during the Covid pandemic" (para 12).
Aug. 18, 2022, 10:34 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"The Taliban has ordered all Afghan women to wear the head-to-toe burka in public." (19)
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"The Taliban has ordered all Afghan women to wear the head-to-toe burka in public." (19)
July 5, 2022, 11:30 a.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"The same organization successfully challenged another Education and Culture Ministry regulation in February 2021 that permitted schoolgirls and female teachers to freely choose their clothes. In May 2021, the Supreme Court ruled that Muslim girls from grades 1 to 12 in state schools have no right to choose — they must wear a jilbab (an article of Muslim apparel, widely known as hijab in English, that covers the head, neck, and chest)" (Para. 11).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"The same organization successfully challenged another Education and Culture Ministry regulation in February 2021 that permitted schoolgirls and female teachers to freely choose their clothes. In May 2021, the Supreme Court ruled that Muslim girls from grades 1 to 12 in state schools have no right to choose — they must wear a jilbab (an article of Muslim apparel, widely known as hijab in English, that covers the head, neck, and chest)" (Para. 11).
July 5, 2022, 11:28 a.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"The same organization successfully challenged another Education and Culture Ministry regulation in February 2021 that permitted schoolgirls and female teachers to freely choose their clothes. In May 2021, the Supreme Court ruled that Muslim girls from grades 1 to 12 in state schools have no right to choose — they must wear a jilbab (an article of Muslim apparel, widely known as hijab in English, that covers the head, neck, and chest)" (Para. 11).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"The same organization successfully challenged another Education and Culture Ministry regulation in February 2021 that permitted schoolgirls and female teachers to freely choose their clothes. In May 2021, the Supreme Court ruled that Muslim girls from grades 1 to 12 in state schools have no right to choose — they must wear a jilbab (an article of Muslim apparel, widely known as hijab in English, that covers the head, neck, and chest)" (Para. 11).
June 29, 2022, 11:33 a.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"[There are] 421 regional laws and policies that discriminate against women, including the mandatory jilbab regulations" (4). "[T]he Committee recommends that the State party:... Amend or repeal, within a clear time frame, all discriminatory by-laws and policies, including provisions containing mandatory jilbab regulations" (4).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"[There are] 421 regional laws and policies that discriminate against women, including the mandatory jilbab regulations" (4). "[T]he Committee recommends that the State party:... Amend or repeal, within a clear time frame, all discriminatory by-laws and policies, including provisions containing mandatory jilbab regulations" (4).
March 25, 2022, 8:54 p.m.
Countries: United Arab Emirates
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"By law wearing clothing deemed inappropriate for one’s sex is a punishable offense. The government deported foreign residents and referred the cases of individuals who wore clothing deemed inappropriate to the public prosecutor" (33).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"By law wearing clothing deemed inappropriate for one’s sex is a punishable offense. The government deported foreign residents and referred the cases of individuals who wore clothing deemed inappropriate to the public prosecutor" (33).
March 19, 2022, 9:01 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, IIP-LAW-1
"Their fears are grounded in the horrors unfolding across the country. In many districts captured by the Taliban, new rules have already been imposed, including restrictions on women’s movement. Women are not allowed to leave the house unless in the company of a male guardian and fully covered in the traditional burqa" (para 11).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, IIP-LAW-1
"Their fears are grounded in the horrors unfolding across the country. In many districts captured by the Taliban, new rules have already been imposed, including restrictions on women’s movement. Women are not allowed to leave the house unless in the company of a male guardian and fully covered in the traditional burqa" (para 11).
March 19, 2022, 8:45 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"[W]hile Iran’s leadership does support the hijab rule, Hojjatoleslam Behnam Delrish, the secretary of the headquarters for the group that enforces such rulings, condemned the attack. 'Yesterday’s behavior is the wrong behavior,' he told Ilna"(para 4).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"[W]hile Iran’s leadership does support the hijab rule, Hojjatoleslam Behnam Delrish, the secretary of the headquarters for the group that enforces such rulings, condemned the attack. 'Yesterday’s behavior is the wrong behavior,' he told Ilna"(para 4).
March 19, 2022, 8:37 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"Also, drama makers have been warned that men should not be shown serving women tea in scenes involving a workplace, while women must not wear leather gloves. According to IranWire, government officials have issued the new guidelines to broadcasters and film makers following a recent audit"(para 2,3).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"Also, drama makers have been warned that men should not be shown serving women tea in scenes involving a workplace, while women must not wear leather gloves. According to IranWire, government officials have issued the new guidelines to broadcasters and film makers following a recent audit"(para 2,3).
March 3, 2022, 4:51 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"Religious police in Aceh have been known to target Muslim women without head scarves or those wearing tight clothes, and people drinking alcohol or gambling" (Para. 18).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"Religious police in Aceh have been known to target Muslim women without head scarves or those wearing tight clothes, and people drinking alcohol or gambling" (Para. 18).
Jan. 6, 2022, 12:09 p.m.
Countries: Somalia
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"Women are legally told to abide by Islamic traditions of clothing. There is an open translation on the covering of women and men in Islam" (1).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"Women are legally told to abide by Islamic traditions of clothing. There is an open translation on the covering of women and men in Islam" (1).
Dec. 20, 2021, 11:19 a.m.
Countries: Belgium
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, RCDW-LAW-2
"Discrimination against women who wear a headscarf was common in the labor market. The law also prohibits the wearing of a full-face veil (niqab) in public places. Authorities may punish persons who discriminate on the basis of ethnic origin with a fine of up to 137.50 euros ($150) and a jail sentence of up to seven days..." (12).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, RCDW-LAW-2
"Discrimination against women who wear a headscarf was common in the labor market. The law also prohibits the wearing of a full-face veil (niqab) in public places. Authorities may punish persons who discriminate on the basis of ethnic origin with a fine of up to 137.50 euros ($150) and a jail sentence of up to seven days..." (12).
Sept. 25, 2021, 9:48 p.m.
Countries: Czech Republic
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"In December the Supreme Court overturned the Prague Municipal Court’s 2017 decision that a female Muslim student could not wear a hijab to a secondary medical school. The court stated religious pluralism must be respected" (24).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"In December the Supreme Court overturned the Prague Municipal Court’s 2017 decision that a female Muslim student could not wear a hijab to a secondary medical school. The court stated religious pluralism must be respected" (24).
Sept. 13, 2021, 2:24 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"Sichuan police arrested a prominent female blogger for violating the Heroes and Martyrs Law because in one of her videos she paired a red scarf, 'which symbolized the revolutionary tradition,' with an 'inappropriately short' skirt. On March 28, the court sentenced the blogger, identified in court documents only by her last name 'Tang,' to 12 days’ incarceration, a fine, and removal of her videos" (40). "Outside the internment camps, the government implemented severe restrictions on, expressions of minorities’ culture, language, and religious identity, including regulations prohibiting behaviors the government considered signs of 'extremism' such as growing 'abnormal' beards, wearing of veils in public places, and suddenly stopping smoking and drinking...more
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"Sichuan police arrested a prominent female blogger for violating the Heroes and Martyrs Law because in one of her videos she paired a red scarf, 'which symbolized the revolutionary tradition,' with an 'inappropriately short' skirt. On March 28, the court sentenced the blogger, identified in court documents only by her last name 'Tang,' to 12 days’ incarceration, a fine, and removal of her videos" (40). "Outside the internment camps, the government implemented severe restrictions on, expressions of minorities’ culture, language, and religious identity, including regulations prohibiting behaviors the government considered signs of 'extremism' such as growing 'abnormal' beards, wearing of veils in public places, and suddenly stopping smoking and drinking...more
Aug. 27, 2021, 2:39 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"Female cartoon characters shown on Iranian television must now wear a hijab, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ruled. Khamenei said that whilst it is not necessary for the women in cartoons and anime films to have their hair covered, it is 'required' because of the consequences of not wearing a hijab" (para 1-2). "Khamenei was asked by pro-regime Tasnim News Agency whether he believed it was 'necessary to observe hijab for the characters of animated films'. He responded: 'Although wearing hijab in such a hypothetical situation is not required per se, observing hijab in animation is required due to the consequences of not wearing hijab'" (para 4-5). "Women...more
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"Female cartoon characters shown on Iranian television must now wear a hijab, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ruled. Khamenei said that whilst it is not necessary for the women in cartoons and anime films to have their hair covered, it is 'required' because of the consequences of not wearing a hijab" (para 1-2). "Khamenei was asked by pro-regime Tasnim News Agency whether he believed it was 'necessary to observe hijab for the characters of animated films'. He responded: 'Although wearing hijab in such a hypothetical situation is not required per se, observing hijab in animation is required due to the consequences of not wearing hijab'" (para 4-5). "Women...more