Latest items for RISW-PRACTICE-2
June 23, 2026, 8:13 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"UN Women's special representative in Afghanistan, Susan Ferguson, said the new legislation [of no minimum age of marriage] represented 'another serious development' in the erosion of women's rights nearly five years after the group returned to power. The agency warned the rules failed to establish a minimum age for marriage and mark a departure from laws in force before the Taliban takeover in August 2021, when Afghanistan criminalised forced child marriage. 'By implying that child marriage is permitted, it risks normalising the practice,' Ferguson said" (para 2-4). "Since regaining control, the Taliban have banned girls from studying beyond sixth grade and imposed extensive restrictions on women's work and movement. Earlier...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"UN Women's special representative in Afghanistan, Susan Ferguson, said the new legislation [of no minimum age of marriage] represented 'another serious development' in the erosion of women's rights nearly five years after the group returned to power. The agency warned the rules failed to establish a minimum age for marriage and mark a departure from laws in force before the Taliban takeover in August 2021, when Afghanistan criminalised forced child marriage. 'By implying that child marriage is permitted, it risks normalising the practice,' Ferguson said" (para 2-4). "Since regaining control, the Taliban have banned girls from studying beyond sixth grade and imposed extensive restrictions on women's work and movement. Earlier...more
June 22, 2026, 6:05 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"When the Taliban first ruled Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001, women were barred from education and most forms of employment. After the US-led intervention, things slowly improved…" (para 4). "By December 2022, all universities had closed their doors to women. Girls’ education was banned beyond the age of 12. Women were banned from most jobs, required to have a male guardian to travel and forced to wear a black hijab in public. Afghanistan now ranks at 181 out of 193 countries on the Human Development Index" (para 5). "One participant, a lecturer with more than 20 years of experience, told us: 'Living under the power of the Taliban as a...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"When the Taliban first ruled Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001, women were barred from education and most forms of employment. After the US-led intervention, things slowly improved…" (para 4). "By December 2022, all universities had closed their doors to women. Girls’ education was banned beyond the age of 12. Women were banned from most jobs, required to have a male guardian to travel and forced to wear a black hijab in public. Afghanistan now ranks at 181 out of 193 countries on the Human Development Index" (para 5). "One participant, a lecturer with more than 20 years of experience, told us: 'Living under the power of the Taliban as a...more
June 16, 2026, 5:43 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: AOM-LAW-1, RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Iraq’s new laws permitting children as young as nine years old to marry is terrifying to me [anonymous Iraqi female narrator], because a child pulled out of school and pushed into early marriage becomes more vulnerable and less able to protect herself or object to the violence she is subjected to. Kawthar [15-year-old Iraqi girl and a victim of honour killing] had not yet reached an age that allowed her to understand life, yet everyone was treating her as a woman who must be subdued, monitored and punished" (para 14).
Variables: AOM-LAW-1, RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Iraq’s new laws permitting children as young as nine years old to marry is terrifying to me [anonymous Iraqi female narrator], because a child pulled out of school and pushed into early marriage becomes more vulnerable and less able to protect herself or object to the violence she is subjected to. Kawthar [15-year-old Iraqi girl and a victim of honour killing] had not yet reached an age that allowed her to understand life, yet everyone was treating her as a woman who must be subdued, monitored and punished" (para 14).
June 15, 2026, 4:01 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"The United Nations has reported a 40 per cent increase in the risk of violence against women and girls under the Taliban, concluding that 14.2million citizens needed urgent protection and assistance" (para 17). "Since its return to power, the government has enforced a litany of repressive policies, including endorsing the forced marriages of minors to adults, banning women from entering hospitals if they aren't wearing the burka and barring women from education in schools and universities" (para 18). "'[The Taliban] adhere to no laws or principles, and I believe there may be hundreds of other incidents that no one knows about.' The entire judicial framework of the country, including courts...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"The United Nations has reported a 40 per cent increase in the risk of violence against women and girls under the Taliban, concluding that 14.2million citizens needed urgent protection and assistance" (para 17). "Since its return to power, the government has enforced a litany of repressive policies, including endorsing the forced marriages of minors to adults, banning women from entering hospitals if they aren't wearing the burka and barring women from education in schools and universities" (para 18). "'[The Taliban] adhere to no laws or principles, and I believe there may be hundreds of other incidents that no one knows about.' The entire judicial framework of the country, including courts...more
June 9, 2026, 5:13 p.m.
Countries: Brazil
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Brazil could see more child mothers as lawmakers voted to make it tougher for underage victims of rape to access an abortion. The vote, which took only two minutes of debate, moves to dismantle a resolution from the National Council for the Rights of Children and Adolescents that mandates prioritising the interests of victims. Regulation previously stipulated that minors who disagreed with their parents or guardians on their pregnancy could obtain free legal assistance to safeguard their rights. But now priority is to be given to parents to decide, and so children who are pregnant as a result of sexual violence will not have the special protections in place and...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Brazil could see more child mothers as lawmakers voted to make it tougher for underage victims of rape to access an abortion. The vote, which took only two minutes of debate, moves to dismantle a resolution from the National Council for the Rights of Children and Adolescents that mandates prioritising the interests of victims. Regulation previously stipulated that minors who disagreed with their parents or guardians on their pregnancy could obtain free legal assistance to safeguard their rights. But now priority is to be given to parents to decide, and so children who are pregnant as a result of sexual violence will not have the special protections in place and...more
May 23, 2026, 6:18 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"One activist, Fatima, said: 'After issuing hundreds of anti-women decrees, the Taliban are now attempting to institutionalise child marriage within the formal legal structure. Instead of ensuring security and justice, the Taliban are occupied with issuing shameful misogynistic decrees and suppressing human freedoms'" (para 7-8). "The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) also expressed concern over the legislation. 'The decree, which codifies principles governing the separation of spouses, represents another step in the erosion of Afghan women and girls’ rights and further entrenches systemic discrimination in law and practice.' Georgette Gagnon of UNAMA said the new law was 'part of a broader and deeply concerning trajectory in which the rights...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"One activist, Fatima, said: 'After issuing hundreds of anti-women decrees, the Taliban are now attempting to institutionalise child marriage within the formal legal structure. Instead of ensuring security and justice, the Taliban are occupied with issuing shameful misogynistic decrees and suppressing human freedoms'" (para 7-8). "The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) also expressed concern over the legislation. 'The decree, which codifies principles governing the separation of spouses, represents another step in the erosion of Afghan women and girls’ rights and further entrenches systemic discrimination in law and practice.' Georgette Gagnon of UNAMA said the new law was 'part of a broader and deeply concerning trajectory in which the rights...more
May 5, 2026, 6:32 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"For many women here, losing a job is not just losing income. It can mean losing a home, a city and a life they fought hard to build. And so Tehran is losing its daughters. The city that once offered escape is beginning to send them back. Back to smaller cities. Back to family homes. Back to dependence—often to the lives they thought they had escaped for good" (para 16-18). This information shows that with the decision of nationwide digital blackout, which is still ongoing, the very limited avenue of women making a living and being able to afford living independently in big cities is taken away from them, which...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"For many women here, losing a job is not just losing income. It can mean losing a home, a city and a life they fought hard to build. And so Tehran is losing its daughters. The city that once offered escape is beginning to send them back. Back to smaller cities. Back to family homes. Back to dependence—often to the lives they thought they had escaped for good" (para 16-18). This information shows that with the decision of nationwide digital blackout, which is still ongoing, the very limited avenue of women making a living and being able to afford living independently in big cities is taken away from them, which...more
April 28, 2026, 11:49 a.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"As part of his bid for young men’s votes in 2022, Mr. Yoon promised to abolish the ministry of gender equality. He did not follow through, but during his presidency, the national gender equality index, which the ministry has compiled since 2010, fell for the first time" (para 11).
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"As part of his bid for young men’s votes in 2022, Mr. Yoon promised to abolish the ministry of gender equality. He did not follow through, but during his presidency, the national gender equality index, which the ministry has compiled since 2010, fell for the first time" (para 11).
April 14, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-LAW-1, RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Nonetheless, I [Afghan woman] still nudged my brother and gestured with a nod to him that we should quickly return home – the only way I could communicate with him as a new law introduced last month has banned women from speaking in public" (para 4).
Variables: IIP-LAW-1, RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Nonetheless, I [Afghan woman] still nudged my brother and gestured with a nod to him that we should quickly return home – the only way I could communicate with him as a new law introduced last month has banned women from speaking in public" (para 4).
April 6, 2026, 4:48 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, IIP-LAW-1, RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Last summer, three years after they swept to power in August 2021, the scale of the Taliban’s ambition to erase women from public life was laid bare in their unveiling of an extensive set of 'vice and virtue' laws. Under the new rules, women were told to cover themselves completely when outside the house; not to allow their voices to be heard talking loudly; to only appear in public with a male escort and never to look at a man who was not their direct relation" (para 5-6).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, IIP-LAW-1, RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Last summer, three years after they swept to power in August 2021, the scale of the Taliban’s ambition to erase women from public life was laid bare in their unveiling of an extensive set of 'vice and virtue' laws. Under the new rules, women were told to cover themselves completely when outside the house; not to allow their voices to be heard talking loudly; to only appear in public with a male escort and never to look at a man who was not their direct relation" (para 5-6).
April 6, 2026, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"... Poverty is rising drastically, so is the number of child marriages agreed to by children’s parents out of desperation. Girls are no longer allowed to go to secondary school or university... Ever new draconian rules and decrees make it difficult for women to exercise their jobs in all professions; in some fields, they are even banned from going to work. A growing number of decrees clearly are aimed at making women disappear from public life and relegating them to the private sphere and to activities that are stereotypically associated with women, such as household chores. This system can and should be described as Gender Apartheid... and where girls are...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"... Poverty is rising drastically, so is the number of child marriages agreed to by children’s parents out of desperation. Girls are no longer allowed to go to secondary school or university... Ever new draconian rules and decrees make it difficult for women to exercise their jobs in all professions; in some fields, they are even banned from going to work. A growing number of decrees clearly are aimed at making women disappear from public life and relegating them to the private sphere and to activities that are stereotypically associated with women, such as household chores. This system can and should be described as Gender Apartheid... and where girls are...more
March 11, 2026, 12:26 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Two years on, these assurances [Afghan women being allowed to work/study within the Taliban's framework] have been firmly demolished by the Taliban government's actions. The suppression of women's rights under their rule is the harshest in the world, brought in through a relentless series of religious decrees from the Taliban leadership, and regional rulings that have been steadily imposed across Afghanistan" (para 2). "At the time, we [the BBC team in Afghanistan] visited the headquarters of the Taliban's moral police, the Ministry of the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice. It had been set up in the same compound where the Ministry of Women's Affairs of the former...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Two years on, these assurances [Afghan women being allowed to work/study within the Taliban's framework] have been firmly demolished by the Taliban government's actions. The suppression of women's rights under their rule is the harshest in the world, brought in through a relentless series of religious decrees from the Taliban leadership, and regional rulings that have been steadily imposed across Afghanistan" (para 2). "At the time, we [the BBC team in Afghanistan] visited the headquarters of the Taliban's moral police, the Ministry of the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice. It had been set up in the same compound where the Ministry of Women's Affairs of the former...more
March 11, 2026, 12:18 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Mr Abdollahi [German-Iranian journalist] said: 'No women's bodies are turning up, or very few. And that's because, according to eyewitness accounts, they are being raped, their uteruses removed, their scalps ripped off along with their hair and their bodies covered in cigarette burns.' He said the Islamic Republic, led by Khamenei, 'uses rape as a weapon against its people'. The journalist said the women are raped to 'instill maximum fear' and to deter them, and others from taking to the streets and protesting against the regime" (para 6-8). This information shows the past few years, the supression of the regime along with its brutal mechanisms and policies in terms of...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Mr Abdollahi [German-Iranian journalist] said: 'No women's bodies are turning up, or very few. And that's because, according to eyewitness accounts, they are being raped, their uteruses removed, their scalps ripped off along with their hair and their bodies covered in cigarette burns.' He said the Islamic Republic, led by Khamenei, 'uses rape as a weapon against its people'. The journalist said the women are raped to 'instill maximum fear' and to deter them, and others from taking to the streets and protesting against the regime" (para 6-8). This information shows the past few years, the supression of the regime along with its brutal mechanisms and policies in terms of...more
March 9, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Since the Taliban regime overtook the country in mid-August 2021, Afghanistan's record on women's rights has been manifestly one of (if not the) worst, worldwide. Despite promises to 'uphold women's rights in line with Sharia law', from the very first weeks of its rule, the Taliban started suppressing the rights of their citizens, with women the main target of restrictions" (para 11). "Then, in early April 2023, the Taliban extended the ban to include Afghan women working for the United Nations Mission in the country. This crackdown on women's rights has attracted considerable international condemnation, including from Muslim states. In response to the regressive policies, many international donors have reduced...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Since the Taliban regime overtook the country in mid-August 2021, Afghanistan's record on women's rights has been manifestly one of (if not the) worst, worldwide. Despite promises to 'uphold women's rights in line with Sharia law', from the very first weeks of its rule, the Taliban started suppressing the rights of their citizens, with women the main target of restrictions" (para 11). "Then, in early April 2023, the Taliban extended the ban to include Afghan women working for the United Nations Mission in the country. This crackdown on women's rights has attracted considerable international condemnation, including from Muslim states. In response to the regressive policies, many international donors have reduced...more
March 9, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"She [Ghezi, founding member of Coalition 188] is concerned about the crackdown on protests against the law. 'Women who have been fighting the law change have been targeted by the state — only a handful of mothers show up to protest now. The numbers get smaller and smaller and the most outspoken female lawyers have left the country … we have all been accused of being enemies of the state'" (para 20). This information shows the efforts and struggles of women in Iraq to amend Ja'fari Law, which grants husbands unilateral authority to divorce, practice polygyny, and claim child custody, thereby limiting child brides’ legal rights and protections within marriage,...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"She [Ghezi, founding member of Coalition 188] is concerned about the crackdown on protests against the law. 'Women who have been fighting the law change have been targeted by the state — only a handful of mothers show up to protest now. The numbers get smaller and smaller and the most outspoken female lawyers have left the country … we have all been accused of being enemies of the state'" (para 20). This information shows the efforts and struggles of women in Iraq to amend Ja'fari Law, which grants husbands unilateral authority to divorce, practice polygyny, and claim child custody, thereby limiting child brides’ legal rights and protections within marriage,...more
March 4, 2026, 3:30 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"The [internet] blackout also destroys livelihoods. Thousands of Iranian women, excluded from formal employment by discriminatory laws and gendered hiring practices, rely on online micro-economies for home-based beauty services, tutoring, translation, handicrafts and small-scale commerce. When connectivity collapses, income disappears instantly. This is gendered repression. By cutting digital infrastructure, the state dismantles the fragile autonomy women have carved out under structural exclusion, pushing them back into dependence, invisibility and unpaid care" (para 12-13). This information suggests that while the Iranian government’s use of internet shutdowns during protests began in 2019, there has been a significant escalation within the past five years that indicates backtracking in women’s status within society (MR-CODER...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"The [internet] blackout also destroys livelihoods. Thousands of Iranian women, excluded from formal employment by discriminatory laws and gendered hiring practices, rely on online micro-economies for home-based beauty services, tutoring, translation, handicrafts and small-scale commerce. When connectivity collapses, income disappears instantly. This is gendered repression. By cutting digital infrastructure, the state dismantles the fragile autonomy women have carved out under structural exclusion, pushing them back into dependence, invisibility and unpaid care" (para 12-13). This information suggests that while the Iranian government’s use of internet shutdowns during protests began in 2019, there has been a significant escalation within the past five years that indicates backtracking in women’s status within society (MR-CODER...more
Feb. 7, 2026, 3:43 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Eritrea’s president, Isaias Afwerki, has dismissed the allegations as make-believe. 'Everybody talking about human rights violations here and there, rape, looting, this is a fantasy,' he said in 2023. (Isaias rarely responds to non-state media; this 2023 comment constitutes his latest substantive response to the allegations.) The Eritrean government has refused to engage with the international investigation team set up to examine human rights violations in Tigray and, according to the UN, there is 'no likely prospect that the domestic judicial system will hold perpetrators accountable for the violations'"(para 35). This information clearly shows the lack of accountability in regards to what happened to the women in Tigray, which indicates...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Eritrea’s president, Isaias Afwerki, has dismissed the allegations as make-believe. 'Everybody talking about human rights violations here and there, rape, looting, this is a fantasy,' he said in 2023. (Isaias rarely responds to non-state media; this 2023 comment constitutes his latest substantive response to the allegations.) The Eritrean government has refused to engage with the international investigation team set up to examine human rights violations in Tigray and, according to the UN, there is 'no likely prospect that the domestic judicial system will hold perpetrators accountable for the violations'"(para 35). This information clearly shows the lack of accountability in regards to what happened to the women in Tigray, which indicates...more
Oct. 30, 2025, 8:43 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"The repeated crackdown on women's rights has snowballed in recent years, with girls banned from primary school, effectively denying all women from education across Afghanistan after it was made forbidden for them to attend secondary or higher education" (para 30).
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"The repeated crackdown on women's rights has snowballed in recent years, with girls banned from primary school, effectively denying all women from education across Afghanistan after it was made forbidden for them to attend secondary or higher education" (para 30).
Oct. 30, 2025, 8:24 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021, women have been banned from most forms of paid employment and girls prevented from attending secondary school or university" (para 8). "Human rights groups say the Taliban operate a de facto system of gender apartheid, preventing women from engaging in any kind of public life" (para 9).
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021, women have been banned from most forms of paid employment and girls prevented from attending secondary school or university" (para 8). "Human rights groups say the Taliban operate a de facto system of gender apartheid, preventing women from engaging in any kind of public life" (para 9).
Oct. 27, 2025, 9:34 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"More than a quarter of young women and one in 10 of all adults in England have self-harmed, shocking NHS figures have suggested. Both numbers are a dramatic rise from those recorded in 2000, when only about in 20 women aged 16-to-24 and one in 50 adults reported self-harming...Jacqui Morrissey, assistant director of influencing at the charity, said: 'The worrying rise in self-harm, suicidal thoughts and attempts compared to 10 years ago demands urgent action" (para. 1-2,19).
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"More than a quarter of young women and one in 10 of all adults in England have self-harmed, shocking NHS figures have suggested. Both numbers are a dramatic rise from those recorded in 2000, when only about in 20 women aged 16-to-24 and one in 50 adults reported self-harming...Jacqui Morrissey, assistant director of influencing at the charity, said: 'The worrying rise in self-harm, suicidal thoughts and attempts compared to 10 years ago demands urgent action" (para. 1-2,19).
Oct. 25, 2025, 6:21 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Since the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan in August 2021, public floggings have drastically risen, with hundreds occurring each year. These violent public punishments are imposed for various alleged offences under a strict interpretation of sharia, disproportionately affecting women" (para 7-8). "Public stonings and floggings for adultery were among the harshest expressions of the Taliban’s former rule over Afghanistan in the late 1990s, but the sentences have been revived even in the face of international condemnation" (para 17). Stonings and floggins are imposed for various alleged offences under a strict interpretation of sharia, disproportionately affecting women (LEN - CODER COMMENT). "Since overrunning Kabul and reasserting control of Afghanistan four years...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Since the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan in August 2021, public floggings have drastically risen, with hundreds occurring each year. These violent public punishments are imposed for various alleged offences under a strict interpretation of sharia, disproportionately affecting women" (para 7-8). "Public stonings and floggings for adultery were among the harshest expressions of the Taliban’s former rule over Afghanistan in the late 1990s, but the sentences have been revived even in the face of international condemnation" (para 17). Stonings and floggins are imposed for various alleged offences under a strict interpretation of sharia, disproportionately affecting women (LEN - CODER COMMENT). "Since overrunning Kabul and reasserting control of Afghanistan four years...more
Oct. 24, 2025, 11:46 p.m.
Countries: Saudi Arabia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3, RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Saudi Arabia is banning large numbers of its own citizens from leaving the country in a “cruel” attempt to silence criticism, say human rights activists. High-profile women’s rights campaigners, including Loujain al-Hathloul, who pushed for the right for women to drive in Saudi Arabia, and Maryam al-Otaibi, one of three sisters targeted by the authorities for their activism, appear to have been given long travel bans. These restrictions frequently extend to family members" (para. 1-2)."“Saudi Arabia has really been in the spotlight over the imprisonment of political prisoners, including my sister. It was difficult to justify and brought negative PR. It is much easier for them to have travel bans...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3, RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Saudi Arabia is banning large numbers of its own citizens from leaving the country in a “cruel” attempt to silence criticism, say human rights activists. High-profile women’s rights campaigners, including Loujain al-Hathloul, who pushed for the right for women to drive in Saudi Arabia, and Maryam al-Otaibi, one of three sisters targeted by the authorities for their activism, appear to have been given long travel bans. These restrictions frequently extend to family members" (para. 1-2)."“Saudi Arabia has really been in the spotlight over the imprisonment of political prisoners, including my sister. It was difficult to justify and brought negative PR. It is much easier for them to have travel bans...more
Oct. 24, 2025, 11:32 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"In January 2025, Iraq’s parliament passed a law, giving religious authorities the power to legalise marriages of children as young as nine years old. Activists and women’s rights organisations criticised the decision, saying it will “legalise child rape”" (para. 8).
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"In January 2025, Iraq’s parliament passed a law, giving religious authorities the power to legalise marriages of children as young as nine years old. Activists and women’s rights organisations criticised the decision, saying it will “legalise child rape”" (para. 8).
Oct. 10, 2025, 9:26 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"North Korean women are being searched for breast implants after they were described as being 'un-socialist' and 'bourgeois'. Communist Party members in the city of Sariwon have been ordered to conduct physical examinations of women suspected to have undergone breast augmentation surgery amid fears they have 'become tainted by bourgeois customs. Those suspected will be taken to hospital for examinations and were warned of strict punishments by Kim Jong Un's government if found to have had the procedure, according to South Korean news outlet Daily NK" (para 1-3).
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"North Korean women are being searched for breast implants after they were described as being 'un-socialist' and 'bourgeois'. Communist Party members in the city of Sariwon have been ordered to conduct physical examinations of women suspected to have undergone breast augmentation surgery amid fears they have 'become tainted by bourgeois customs. Those suspected will be taken to hospital for examinations and were warned of strict punishments by Kim Jong Un's government if found to have had the procedure, according to South Korean news outlet Daily NK" (para 1-3).
Oct. 10, 2025, 9:15 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Not long ago, a feminist wave was sweeping across the economically advanced but culturally conservative country, launching Asia’s most powerful #MeToo movement and taking down powerful abusers, including a presidential contender. But these women are now facing a major political backlash. A men’s rights movement that rejects the notion of male privilege has rallied around the belief that false accusations of rape and sexual assault are widespread, and it helped fuel Yoon’s rise to the presidency" (para 5,13).
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Not long ago, a feminist wave was sweeping across the economically advanced but culturally conservative country, launching Asia’s most powerful #MeToo movement and taking down powerful abusers, including a presidential contender. But these women are now facing a major political backlash. A men’s rights movement that rejects the notion of male privilege has rallied around the belief that false accusations of rape and sexual assault are widespread, and it helped fuel Yoon’s rise to the presidency" (para 5,13).
Oct. 10, 2025, 9:11 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Despite its relatively low number of users on X (1.8 million), Kenya was consistently in the top 10 of countries globally using known manosphere words and phrases (in English) across the platform in 2023. Kenya’s global ranking rose to third during January 2024, coinciding with a spike in femicide cases and resulting protests across the country" (para. 10-11). "'The hostility against women and girls was something I’d never experienced before,' [women's rights activist Njeri wa Migwi] said. 'It was shocking to hear how 15-year-old boys were describing girls, using very degrading language as objects to be used and dumped. This is not how we would be received in a boys’...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Despite its relatively low number of users on X (1.8 million), Kenya was consistently in the top 10 of countries globally using known manosphere words and phrases (in English) across the platform in 2023. Kenya’s global ranking rose to third during January 2024, coinciding with a spike in femicide cases and resulting protests across the country" (para. 10-11). "'The hostility against women and girls was something I’d never experienced before,' [women's rights activist Njeri wa Migwi] said. 'It was shocking to hear how 15-year-old boys were describing girls, using very degrading language as objects to be used and dumped. This is not how we would be received in a boys’...more
Oct. 10, 2025, 9:05 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Under Yoon’s presidency, budgets were slashed for programmes preventing violence against women and the words 'gender equality' were removed from government policies and school curriculums (para. 26). "This year’s [2025] election also issued a stark warning about the future of women’s participation in South Korean politics. For the first time in 18 years, none of the six candidates for president was a woman" (para. 31). "Even men and women who support gender equality now often distance themselves from the term [feminism], which has become akin to a slur. Today, the mere accusation of having feminist sympathies can trigger public apologies from companies" (para. 34).
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Under Yoon’s presidency, budgets were slashed for programmes preventing violence against women and the words 'gender equality' were removed from government policies and school curriculums (para. 26). "This year’s [2025] election also issued a stark warning about the future of women’s participation in South Korean politics. For the first time in 18 years, none of the six candidates for president was a woman" (para. 31). "Even men and women who support gender equality now often distance themselves from the term [feminism], which has become akin to a slur. Today, the mere accusation of having feminist sympathies can trigger public apologies from companies" (para. 34).
Oct. 3, 2025, 3:34 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"The shelter [in Sumy, Ukraine] caters to women who have been beaten by partners; it also takes in women who’ve been beaten down by life. Every region in Ukraine is supposed to have a government-funded shelter, but funding has dwindled since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, Ms. Beres [the Sumy shelter's director]said. Demand in Sumy for the shelter, which can hold only six women and their children before doubling up families in rooms, is always high. Since the invasion, the need has increased, especially in the last six months" (para. 10-11). "Domestic violence rates have increased in Ukraine, a likely result of both the stress of the...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"The shelter [in Sumy, Ukraine] caters to women who have been beaten by partners; it also takes in women who’ve been beaten down by life. Every region in Ukraine is supposed to have a government-funded shelter, but funding has dwindled since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, Ms. Beres [the Sumy shelter's director]said. Demand in Sumy for the shelter, which can hold only six women and their children before doubling up families in rooms, is always high. Since the invasion, the need has increased, especially in the last six months" (para. 10-11). "Domestic violence rates have increased in Ukraine, a likely result of both the stress of the...more
Feb. 7, 2025, 2:58 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-LAW-1, RISW-PRACTICE-2
"For a little more than three years, the Taliban have been gradually eliminating women's visibility in society. It began with a ban on girls going to high school, and is regularly followed by new decrees restricting women's freedoms. At the end of 2024, a decree signed by the Taliban leader obliged owners of houses to reduce the size of windows in rooms where women might be present. 'To protect neighbors from temptation,' according to the text, but also to make women even less visible" (para 5-6).
Variables: IIP-LAW-1, RISW-PRACTICE-2
"For a little more than three years, the Taliban have been gradually eliminating women's visibility in society. It began with a ban on girls going to high school, and is regularly followed by new decrees restricting women's freedoms. At the end of 2024, a decree signed by the Taliban leader obliged owners of houses to reduce the size of windows in rooms where women might be present. 'To protect neighbors from temptation,' according to the text, but also to make women even less visible" (para 5-6).
Feb. 3, 2025, 5:50 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"When the Taliban came to power in August 2021 amid the US pull-out from Afghanistan, the fundamentalist group claimed there would not be a return to the hardline policies of their predecessors who ruled from 1996 - 2001. However, in the months that followed, women's rights were gradually rolled back as latest generation of Taliban hardliners ratcheted up restrictions" (Para 4-5). The recent taliban banning families and women from outdoor dining at restaurants can be seen as one of their discriminatory policies towards women. (UST - CODERS COMMENT). "Last month, the Taliban even begun enforcing blanket bans on all forms of contraception in capital Kabul and fourth largest city Mazar-e-Sharif,...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"When the Taliban came to power in August 2021 amid the US pull-out from Afghanistan, the fundamentalist group claimed there would not be a return to the hardline policies of their predecessors who ruled from 1996 - 2001. However, in the months that followed, women's rights were gradually rolled back as latest generation of Taliban hardliners ratcheted up restrictions" (Para 4-5). The recent taliban banning families and women from outdoor dining at restaurants can be seen as one of their discriminatory policies towards women. (UST - CODERS COMMENT). "Last month, the Taliban even begun enforcing blanket bans on all forms of contraception in capital Kabul and fourth largest city Mazar-e-Sharif,...more