Latest items for RISW-PRACTICE-1
Sept. 7, 2023, 12:33 p.m.
Countries: Lebanon
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"[P]arliament passed a law that protects women from family violence in 2014, and then amended it in 2020 to pave the way for today’s protection orders" (para 28).
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"[P]arliament passed a law that protects women from family violence in 2014, and then amended it in 2020 to pave the way for today’s protection orders" (para 28).
Aug. 8, 2023, 12:20 p.m.
Countries: Senegal
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"There is no definition of discrimination against women in any existing national legislation. However, the committee for the review of laws and regulations that discriminate against women, established by Order No. 00936 of 27 January 2016 of the Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals, has proposed a reform of legislation relating to women’s rights. As part of the proposed reform, the definition of discrimination against women as set out in the Convention will be included in Act No. 81-77 of 10 December 1981 on the punishment of acts of racial, ethnic or religious discrimination." (2). "To ensure that these rights and freedoms are fulfilled and to strengthen their...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"There is no definition of discrimination against women in any existing national legislation. However, the committee for the review of laws and regulations that discriminate against women, established by Order No. 00936 of 27 January 2016 of the Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals, has proposed a reform of legislation relating to women’s rights. As part of the proposed reform, the definition of discrimination against women as set out in the Convention will be included in Act No. 81-77 of 10 December 1981 on the punishment of acts of racial, ethnic or religious discrimination." (2). "To ensure that these rights and freedoms are fulfilled and to strengthen their...more
July 30, 2023, 5:25 a.m.
Countries: Saudi Arabia
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"M.B.S. indeed abolished the ban on women driving, which had always stood out as an outlandish source of international scorn...He also removed some of the legal enforcements of the dreaded guardianship system, which consigned every Saudi woman to the near total control of a male family member." (Parag. 6) "The recent reforms [of 2022] mean that if a woman has been born or married into a clan of freethinking men willing to let her do things, the state will not interfere. But for the many Saudi women who lack a benevolent male guardian, there is no remedy. If, for example, a woman’s husband or father doesn’t think she should get...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"M.B.S. indeed abolished the ban on women driving, which had always stood out as an outlandish source of international scorn...He also removed some of the legal enforcements of the dreaded guardianship system, which consigned every Saudi woman to the near total control of a male family member." (Parag. 6) "The recent reforms [of 2022] mean that if a woman has been born or married into a clan of freethinking men willing to let her do things, the state will not interfere. But for the many Saudi women who lack a benevolent male guardian, there is no remedy. If, for example, a woman’s husband or father doesn’t think she should get...more
July 21, 2023, 11:58 a.m.
Countries: Azerbaijan
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"In last 5 years, over 100 informative articles were published in Azerbaijani, Russian and English languages in newspapers and journals. SCFWCA has used social networks such as Facebook, YouTube and twitter to promote the protection of human rights, and particularly, women’s and children’s rights" (12).
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"In last 5 years, over 100 informative articles were published in Azerbaijani, Russian and English languages in newspapers and journals. SCFWCA has used social networks such as Facebook, YouTube and twitter to promote the protection of human rights, and particularly, women’s and children’s rights" (12).
July 12, 2023, 10:28 p.m.
Countries: Saudi Arabia
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"M.B.S. indeed abolished the ban on women driving, which had always stood out as an outlandish source of international scorn...He also removed some of the legal enforcements of the dreaded guardianship system, which consigned every Saudi woman to the near total control of a male family member." (Parag. 6) "The recent reforms [of 2022] mean that if a woman has been born or married into a clan of freethinking men willing to let her do things, the state will not interfere. But for the many Saudi women who lack a benevolent male guardian, there is no remedy. If, for example, a woman’s husband or father doesn’t think she should get...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"M.B.S. indeed abolished the ban on women driving, which had always stood out as an outlandish source of international scorn...He also removed some of the legal enforcements of the dreaded guardianship system, which consigned every Saudi woman to the near total control of a male family member." (Parag. 6) "The recent reforms [of 2022] mean that if a woman has been born or married into a clan of freethinking men willing to let her do things, the state will not interfere. But for the many Saudi women who lack a benevolent male guardian, there is no remedy. If, for example, a woman’s husband or father doesn’t think she should get...more
July 10, 2023, 9:26 p.m.
Countries: Maldives
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"Adoption of an overhauled penal code, Law Number 9/2014 (Penal Code of Maldives) in 2015, which along with Law Number 12/2016 (Criminal Procedure Act) enacted on 2nd May 2016, introduced a modern and more cohesive criminal justice system to the Maldives. Adoption of the said Criminal Procedure Act set forth a comprehensive set of rules to be adhered to by all the institutions involved in investigation and prosecution within the criminal justice system of Maldives..."(5). "The economy has grown significantly since 2013, rising from GDP per capita US$7,660 to US$9,088 in 2017 and poverty has reduced from 21% in 2003 to 15% in 2009/2010; life expectancy at birth has increased...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"Adoption of an overhauled penal code, Law Number 9/2014 (Penal Code of Maldives) in 2015, which along with Law Number 12/2016 (Criminal Procedure Act) enacted on 2nd May 2016, introduced a modern and more cohesive criminal justice system to the Maldives. Adoption of the said Criminal Procedure Act set forth a comprehensive set of rules to be adhered to by all the institutions involved in investigation and prosecution within the criminal justice system of Maldives..."(5). "The economy has grown significantly since 2013, rising from GDP per capita US$7,660 to US$9,088 in 2017 and poverty has reduced from 21% in 2003 to 15% in 2009/2010; life expectancy at birth has increased...more
June 26, 2023, 6:46 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"Kenyan president William Ruto backed the country’s chief justice who said that FGM 'should not be a conversation we are having in Kenya in the 21st century', and reiterated his administration’s commitment to eradicating the practice. Roughly 475,022 girls are at risk of FGM in Kenya between 2022 and 2030, and 75% of girls undergo the cut between the ages of eight and 14" (para.10). "More efforts have been placed, historically, on stopping traditional FGM – which often involves the use of unsterilised instruments, no anaesthesia and more severe cuts – says Jack Onyando, a Unicef child protection specialist. Onyando says that anti-FGM campaigns need to engage more with professional...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"Kenyan president William Ruto backed the country’s chief justice who said that FGM 'should not be a conversation we are having in Kenya in the 21st century', and reiterated his administration’s commitment to eradicating the practice. Roughly 475,022 girls are at risk of FGM in Kenya between 2022 and 2030, and 75% of girls undergo the cut between the ages of eight and 14" (para.10). "More efforts have been placed, historically, on stopping traditional FGM – which often involves the use of unsterilised instruments, no anaesthesia and more severe cuts – says Jack Onyando, a Unicef child protection specialist. Onyando says that anti-FGM campaigns need to engage more with professional...more
June 26, 2023, 6:45 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2, RISW-PRACTICE-1
"Most households have a personal driver, if they can afford it. Otherwise, women used to have to select from auto rickshaws, taxis, Meru Cabs, or OlaCabs, all of which came with a male driver.Then Sakha Cabs arrived in 2008, getting more attention in recent years. It has a small fleet of women drivers strictly for female passengers" (para.4-5).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2, RISW-PRACTICE-1
"Most households have a personal driver, if they can afford it. Otherwise, women used to have to select from auto rickshaws, taxis, Meru Cabs, or OlaCabs, all of which came with a male driver.Then Sakha Cabs arrived in 2008, getting more attention in recent years. It has a small fleet of women drivers strictly for female passengers" (para.4-5).
June 20, 2023, 9:30 p.m.
Countries: Nicaragua
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"As a result, general poverty rates fell by half (from 48.3 percent in 2006 to 24.9 percent in 2018) and extreme poverty by two thirds (from 17.2 percent in 2006 to 6.9 percent in 2018). The Gini coefficient 4 improved from 0.38 to 0.33, and the sustained reduction in poverty indices was recognized by the Inter-American Development Bank." (3). "Act No. 952, amending the Criminal Code (Act No. 641), the Comprehensive Prevention of Violence Against Women Act (No. 779) and the Criminal Procedure Code (Act No. 406) of 2017 protect the right to life, security and freedom and the personal, psychological and mental well-being of women, children and adolescents. By...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"As a result, general poverty rates fell by half (from 48.3 percent in 2006 to 24.9 percent in 2018) and extreme poverty by two thirds (from 17.2 percent in 2006 to 6.9 percent in 2018). The Gini coefficient 4 improved from 0.38 to 0.33, and the sustained reduction in poverty indices was recognized by the Inter-American Development Bank." (3). "Act No. 952, amending the Criminal Code (Act No. 641), the Comprehensive Prevention of Violence Against Women Act (No. 779) and the Criminal Procedure Code (Act No. 406) of 2017 protect the right to life, security and freedom and the personal, psychological and mental well-being of women, children and adolescents. By...more
June 14, 2023, 7:56 p.m.
Countries: Bolivia
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"In recent years, campaigns have taken place to promote women’s rights, and to combat gender violence and machismo" (8). "Over the last five years (from 2014 to 2018), 38,426 women have received housing settlements" (26).
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"In recent years, campaigns have taken place to promote women’s rights, and to combat gender violence and machismo" (8). "Over the last five years (from 2014 to 2018), 38,426 women have received housing settlements" (26).
June 12, 2023, 7:14 p.m.
Countries: Oman
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"On Sunday Omani state media said Sultan Haitham had issued decree 23/2023 which cancelled a 1993 law empowering the interior ministry to approve each marriage to a foreigner"(Para.4). "The decree states that such marriages must not violate sharia (Islamic law), public order or other provisions banning holders of certain government jobs from marrying foreigners. But marriages previously deemed illegal can now be legalised, it said" (Para.6).
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"On Sunday Omani state media said Sultan Haitham had issued decree 23/2023 which cancelled a 1993 law empowering the interior ministry to approve each marriage to a foreigner"(Para.4). "The decree states that such marriages must not violate sharia (Islamic law), public order or other provisions banning holders of certain government jobs from marrying foreigners. But marriages previously deemed illegal can now be legalised, it said" (Para.6).
May 27, 2023, 1:24 a.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"Millions of Australian workers will soon be eligible for 10 days of paid Domestic Violence leave each year" (Para.1). "Union boss Michele O'Neil said the new laws were a historic win.'It cannot be understated just how important winning paid family and domestic violence leave in the national employment standard is,' she said.'With one in four women having experienced some form of violence since the age of 15 by an intimate partner, Australia has a critical problem with women's safety and gender equality.' Ms O'Neil said unions would fight to extend the leave period but '10 days is a very important start'"(Para.6-9). "Frontline domestic violence worker Sam Parker said the entitlements...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"Millions of Australian workers will soon be eligible for 10 days of paid Domestic Violence leave each year" (Para.1). "Union boss Michele O'Neil said the new laws were a historic win.'It cannot be understated just how important winning paid family and domestic violence leave in the national employment standard is,' she said.'With one in four women having experienced some form of violence since the age of 15 by an intimate partner, Australia has a critical problem with women's safety and gender equality.' Ms O'Neil said unions would fight to extend the leave period but '10 days is a very important start'"(Para.6-9). "Frontline domestic violence worker Sam Parker said the entitlements...more
May 12, 2023, 11:26 a.m.
Countries: Albania
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"Although there are no exact figures, it is estimated that there are only 12 burrneshat remaining in Northern Albania and Kosovo. Since the fall of Communism in the 1990s, Albania has seen societal changes which mean more rights for women"(Para.23). "Valerjana sees it as a positive that the burrnesha tradition is dying out. 'Today we girls don't have to fight to become men,' she says. 'We have to fight for equal rights, but not by becoming men'. " (Para.24-25). "Rea (women's rights activist) believes the country is on the way to opening up, and has taken 'many steps forward in a short period of time'. " (Para.30). "According to UN...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"Although there are no exact figures, it is estimated that there are only 12 burrneshat remaining in Northern Albania and Kosovo. Since the fall of Communism in the 1990s, Albania has seen societal changes which mean more rights for women"(Para.23). "Valerjana sees it as a positive that the burrnesha tradition is dying out. 'Today we girls don't have to fight to become men,' she says. 'We have to fight for equal rights, but not by becoming men'. " (Para.24-25). "Rea (women's rights activist) believes the country is on the way to opening up, and has taken 'many steps forward in a short period of time'. " (Para.30). "According to UN...more
April 19, 2023, 6:17 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"The 52nd session of the United Nation Human's Rights Council is underway in Geneva until 4 April 2023, where Special Rapporteur have identified human rights abuses in DRPK as the first priority. Global Rights Compliance are calling for a full international investigation into the crisis developing on the North Korean-Chinese border. 'It is imperative for the international community to engage with China either through international organisations at the UN level or at a bilateral level, and make calls to action or require them to comment on the situation,' Ms Evangelou told MailOnline. '[They must] essentially revisit their policy and abide by their international law obligations which... dictate that they should...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"The 52nd session of the United Nation Human's Rights Council is underway in Geneva until 4 April 2023, where Special Rapporteur have identified human rights abuses in DRPK as the first priority. Global Rights Compliance are calling for a full international investigation into the crisis developing on the North Korean-Chinese border. 'It is imperative for the international community to engage with China either through international organisations at the UN level or at a bilateral level, and make calls to action or require them to comment on the situation,' Ms Evangelou told MailOnline. '[They must] essentially revisit their policy and abide by their international law obligations which... dictate that they should...more
April 19, 2023, 5:18 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"Advocates say VAWA needs to include language that: 1.) Puts control of domestic and sexual abuse prevention in the hands of the community, and placing less emphasis on law enforcement. 'Police are not the only answer,' Tanis says. 2.) Empowers members of immigrant communities who, for example, would go to their Vodoun or Santeria priest for help before reaching out to a more traditional source of assistance like a domestic violence hotline. 3.) Specifies the different facets of domestic abuse and that verbal violence should be legally prosecutable. 4.) Recognizes that sexual assault in black community is a growing epidemic that requires special attention and resources. 5.) Encourages and educates...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"Advocates say VAWA needs to include language that: 1.) Puts control of domestic and sexual abuse prevention in the hands of the community, and placing less emphasis on law enforcement. 'Police are not the only answer,' Tanis says. 2.) Empowers members of immigrant communities who, for example, would go to their Vodoun or Santeria priest for help before reaching out to a more traditional source of assistance like a domestic violence hotline. 3.) Specifies the different facets of domestic abuse and that verbal violence should be legally prosecutable. 4.) Recognizes that sexual assault in black community is a growing epidemic that requires special attention and resources. 5.) Encourages and educates...more
April 19, 2023, 4:16 p.m.
Countries: El Salvador
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"Human rights activists in Latin America hope that a historic court hearing over the case of a Salvadoran woman who was denied an abortion despite her high-risk pregnancy could open the way for El Salvador to decriminalize abortions – and set an important precedent across the region. The inter-American court of human rights (IACHR) this week considered the historic case of the woman, known as Beatriz, who was prohibited from having an abortion in 2013, even though she was seriously ill and the foetus she was carrying would not have survived outside the uterus. The audience marked the first time that the IACHR has discussed the consequences of the country’s...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"Human rights activists in Latin America hope that a historic court hearing over the case of a Salvadoran woman who was denied an abortion despite her high-risk pregnancy could open the way for El Salvador to decriminalize abortions – and set an important precedent across the region. The inter-American court of human rights (IACHR) this week considered the historic case of the woman, known as Beatriz, who was prohibited from having an abortion in 2013, even though she was seriously ill and the foetus she was carrying would not have survived outside the uterus. The audience marked the first time that the IACHR has discussed the consequences of the country’s...more
April 17, 2023, 2:24 p.m.
Countries: Mexico
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"Three days after Díaz disappeared, Supreme Court President Arturo Zaldívar called for a national protocol for handling femicides and said all homicides of women should be investigated as such. The next day, in response to a question at his daily press conference, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he agreed — a nationally televised endorsement from the man who sets the country’s daily agenda." (para 8). "In the wake of the killings of hundreds of women and girls in the northern border state of Chihuahua in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Mexico’s lower chamber of Congress formed a special commission to study femicide. Composed of lawmakers, experts and officials...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"Three days after Díaz disappeared, Supreme Court President Arturo Zaldívar called for a national protocol for handling femicides and said all homicides of women should be investigated as such. The next day, in response to a question at his daily press conference, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he agreed — a nationally televised endorsement from the man who sets the country’s daily agenda." (para 8). "In the wake of the killings of hundreds of women and girls in the northern border state of Chihuahua in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Mexico’s lower chamber of Congress formed a special commission to study femicide. Composed of lawmakers, experts and officials...more
April 3, 2023, 11:29 a.m.
Countries: Mexico
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"Meanwhile, Ríos has joined a movement calling for greater punishments for acid attacks and says the saxophone is her 'sword' in that battle on behalf of victims. Mexico City legislators have proposed a bill bearing her nickname, 'Malena,' which would classify acid attacks as a distinct, serious crime equivalent to attempted femicide. Currently they are treated as simple assault or bodily injury." (para 7-8).
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"Meanwhile, Ríos has joined a movement calling for greater punishments for acid attacks and says the saxophone is her 'sword' in that battle on behalf of victims. Mexico City legislators have proposed a bill bearing her nickname, 'Malena,' which would classify acid attacks as a distinct, serious crime equivalent to attempted femicide. Currently they are treated as simple assault or bodily injury." (para 7-8).
April 1, 2023, 9:26 p.m.
Countries: Uzbekistan
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"Over the period from 2016 to 2019, Uzbekistan implemented far-reaching reforms affecting practically all spheres of society and all categories of citizens living in the country. Underpinned by a strategy of action in five priority areas for the development of the Republic of Uzbekistan over the period 2017–2021, particular attention has been given to such priority measures as improving the development of the State and society; safeguarding the rule of law and ensuring further reforms of the judicial and legal system; developing and liberalizing the economy; strengthening the social services sector; ensuring security, inter-ethnic harmony and religious tolerance; and implementing an effective foreign policy." (1). "Over the past three years,...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"Over the period from 2016 to 2019, Uzbekistan implemented far-reaching reforms affecting practically all spheres of society and all categories of citizens living in the country. Underpinned by a strategy of action in five priority areas for the development of the Republic of Uzbekistan over the period 2017–2021, particular attention has been given to such priority measures as improving the development of the State and society; safeguarding the rule of law and ensuring further reforms of the judicial and legal system; developing and liberalizing the economy; strengthening the social services sector; ensuring security, inter-ethnic harmony and religious tolerance; and implementing an effective foreign policy." (1). "Over the past three years,...more
March 8, 2023, 1:43 p.m.
Countries: Montenegro
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"In 2019, as part of the nine-month project 'Economic and Psychosocial Empowerment of Women Serving Prison Sentences in order to Improve Their Reintegration into Society,' which was financially supported by the Ministry of Justice of Montenegro, the NGO Juventas conducted a set of activities aimed at psychosocial support for prisoners and strengthening the capacity of the tailoring workshop. In 2021, the NGO Juventas started the implementation of the project 'Provision of support to former prisoners for successful re-integration into the communityReCover financially supported through the grant scheme as a part of the EU and Montenegro Programme on Employment, Education and Social Policies, in cooperation with the MFSW and the Ministry...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"In 2019, as part of the nine-month project 'Economic and Psychosocial Empowerment of Women Serving Prison Sentences in order to Improve Their Reintegration into Society,' which was financially supported by the Ministry of Justice of Montenegro, the NGO Juventas conducted a set of activities aimed at psychosocial support for prisoners and strengthening the capacity of the tailoring workshop. In 2021, the NGO Juventas started the implementation of the project 'Provision of support to former prisoners for successful re-integration into the communityReCover financially supported through the grant scheme as a part of the EU and Montenegro Programme on Employment, Education and Social Policies, in cooperation with the MFSW and the Ministry...more
March 1, 2023, 8:15 p.m.
Countries: Montenegro
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"The Minister of the Interior decided to establish the Operational Team for Combating Domestic Violence, which began its work on February 21, 2018" (12). "The Supreme State Prosecutor and the director of the Police Directorate of Montenegro established the Operational Team for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings in 2018" (14). "In July 2019, the Government of Montenegro adopted the Strategy for Minority Policy 2019-2023, with the accompanying Action Plan for the period 2019-2020. As one of the five strategic goals, the Action Plan of the Strategy for Minority Policy envisages ensuring authentic political representation and participation of members of minority peoples and other minority national communities in the political life...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"The Minister of the Interior decided to establish the Operational Team for Combating Domestic Violence, which began its work on February 21, 2018" (12). "The Supreme State Prosecutor and the director of the Police Directorate of Montenegro established the Operational Team for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings in 2018" (14). "In July 2019, the Government of Montenegro adopted the Strategy for Minority Policy 2019-2023, with the accompanying Action Plan for the period 2019-2020. As one of the five strategic goals, the Action Plan of the Strategy for Minority Policy envisages ensuring authentic political representation and participation of members of minority peoples and other minority national communities in the political life...more
March 1, 2023, 8:14 p.m.
Countries: Montenegro
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"Since the year 2021, the CTJSPS [Centre for Training in Judiciary and State Prosecution Service] Program Council has included the topic of Women’s Rights and Gender Equality with special reference to CEDAW in the Curriculum...In cooperation with non-governmental and international organizations, the CTJSPS organized a total of 23 trainings on these topics between June 2017 and June 2021" (5). "The Strategy for Improving Enabling Environment for the Activities of NGOs 2018–2020 (the Strategy) has been implemented since January 2018...From 2018, pursuant to the Law on Non-Governmental Organizations ('Official Gazette of Montenegro,' No. 039/11 and 037/17), the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights has been allocating funds for financing NGO projects/programs...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"Since the year 2021, the CTJSPS [Centre for Training in Judiciary and State Prosecution Service] Program Council has included the topic of Women’s Rights and Gender Equality with special reference to CEDAW in the Curriculum...In cooperation with non-governmental and international organizations, the CTJSPS organized a total of 23 trainings on these topics between June 2017 and June 2021" (5). "The Strategy for Improving Enabling Environment for the Activities of NGOs 2018–2020 (the Strategy) has been implemented since January 2018...From 2018, pursuant to the Law on Non-Governmental Organizations ('Official Gazette of Montenegro,' No. 039/11 and 037/17), the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights has been allocating funds for financing NGO projects/programs...more
Feb. 27, 2023, 9:43 a.m.
Countries: Brazil
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"More than a century after Maria José de Castro Rebello Mendes became, in 1918, the first woman to enter Brazil’s diplomatic service, the country’s female diplomats have launched a new push for equal rights and opportunity." (para 1). “'We are blossoming at this moment of democratic government,'” said Irene Vida Gala, a senior diplomat who served as ambassador to Ghana and is now the president of the newly created Association of Female Brazilian Diplomats." (para 2). "This institutional push to address the lack of diversity within Brazil’s foreign office, known as Itamaraty, after the 19th-century Rio palace where it was once housed, coincides with the return to power of Luiz...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"More than a century after Maria José de Castro Rebello Mendes became, in 1918, the first woman to enter Brazil’s diplomatic service, the country’s female diplomats have launched a new push for equal rights and opportunity." (para 1). “'We are blossoming at this moment of democratic government,'” said Irene Vida Gala, a senior diplomat who served as ambassador to Ghana and is now the president of the newly created Association of Female Brazilian Diplomats." (para 2). "This institutional push to address the lack of diversity within Brazil’s foreign office, known as Itamaraty, after the 19th-century Rio palace where it was once housed, coincides with the return to power of Luiz...more
Feb. 24, 2023, 12:54 p.m.
Countries: Nepal
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"Due to legal, policy and programmatic interventions against child marriage and other harmful traditional practices against girl child, the practice of child marriage has been gradually decreasing. One such initiative is that nearly 1,000 village level committees are active in 59 districts along with vigilance committees at ward level to support girls and families having threats of child marriage, resolve the issues in the community or refer them to district level enforcement authorities. 75 new positions (22 Child Protection Officers and 53 Child Protection Inspectors) have been created and deployed in all 75 districts for protecting children from all forms of harmful traditional practices." (7). "After the abolishment of harmful...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"Due to legal, policy and programmatic interventions against child marriage and other harmful traditional practices against girl child, the practice of child marriage has been gradually decreasing. One such initiative is that nearly 1,000 village level committees are active in 59 districts along with vigilance committees at ward level to support girls and families having threats of child marriage, resolve the issues in the community or refer them to district level enforcement authorities. 75 new positions (22 Child Protection Officers and 53 Child Protection Inspectors) have been created and deployed in all 75 districts for protecting children from all forms of harmful traditional practices." (7). "After the abolishment of harmful...more
Feb. 18, 2023, 10:18 a.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"Police and prosecutors have been told to stop the mass collection of personal information from rape victims or face being fined by the UK’s data watchdog" (Para.1) "The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said they must immediately stop getting complainants in rape and serious sexual offence cases to sign forms, known in England and Wales as Stafford statements, which give officers general consent to obtain often highly sensitive third-party materials, including medical, education and counselling records" (Para.2). "He said that by addressing the issue he hoped to improve 'one little bit of the criminal justice system' and predicted it 'could have a greater impact on people’s lives than any other work...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"Police and prosecutors have been told to stop the mass collection of personal information from rape victims or face being fined by the UK’s data watchdog" (Para.1) "The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said they must immediately stop getting complainants in rape and serious sexual offence cases to sign forms, known in England and Wales as Stafford statements, which give officers general consent to obtain often highly sensitive third-party materials, including medical, education and counselling records" (Para.2). "He said that by addressing the issue he hoped to improve 'one little bit of the criminal justice system' and predicted it 'could have a greater impact on people’s lives than any other work...more
Feb. 18, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"Japan’s male-dominated society has been slow to grant women the reproductive rights taken for granted in many other developed countries" (Para.1).
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"Japan’s male-dominated society has been slow to grant women the reproductive rights taken for granted in many other developed countries" (Para.1).
Feb. 6, 2023, 12:07 p.m.
Countries: Kyrgyzstan
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee [on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women] welcomes the State party’s efforts to improve its institutional and policy framework aimed at accelerating the elimination of discrimination against women and promoting gender equality, such as the adoption of the following: (a) The fifth National Plan of Action for Gender Equality (2018–2020); (b) The action plan to implement Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on women and peace and security, in 2018; (c) The action plan for the implementation of the Committee’s concluding observations on the State party’s fourth periodic report (Government Order No. 123 -r of 19 April 2017)" (2). "The Committee welcomes the adoption of the...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee [on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women] welcomes the State party’s efforts to improve its institutional and policy framework aimed at accelerating the elimination of discrimination against women and promoting gender equality, such as the adoption of the following: (a) The fifth National Plan of Action for Gender Equality (2018–2020); (b) The action plan to implement Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on women and peace and security, in 2018; (c) The action plan for the implementation of the Committee’s concluding observations on the State party’s fourth periodic report (Government Order No. 123 -r of 19 April 2017)" (2). "The Committee welcomes the adoption of the...more
Feb. 5, 2023, 9:19 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: MMR-DATA-1, RISW-PRACTICE-1
"A report by the World Health Organization showed that between 1983 and 2008, abortion-related deaths in Turkey fell by six times and shrunk to 2% of all female deaths. When Erdoğan, who has been ruling Turkey as its president since 2014, first rose to power in 2002, deaths from botched abortions had largely vanished from Turkey’s public life." (para 18).
Variables: MMR-DATA-1, RISW-PRACTICE-1
"A report by the World Health Organization showed that between 1983 and 2008, abortion-related deaths in Turkey fell by six times and shrunk to 2% of all female deaths. When Erdoğan, who has been ruling Turkey as its president since 2014, first rose to power in 2002, deaths from botched abortions had largely vanished from Turkey’s public life." (para 18).