http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/index.php On trouvera ici une sélection des articles d'information et d'analyse publiés sur le site www.mondialisations.org du GERM, qui rendent compte de la richesse et de la diversité des figures des mondialisations contemporaines, ainsi que des débats qu'elles suscitent. FR Sat, 02 May 2026 21:44:37 Sat, 02 May 2026 21:44:37 germ.mondialisations@gmail.com (GERM) germ.mondialisations@gmail.com (GERM) 5 http://voxeurop.eu/fr/2019/elections-europ-ennes-et-quilibre-entre-les-sexes-5122812 Women across Europe don't tend to vote as much in European elections, compared with men, posing questions on the growing gender gap in both politics and representation in the European Parliament. Mon, 25 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 http://voxeurop.eu/fr/2019/elections-europ-ennes-et-quilibre-entre-les-sexes-5122812 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41916&lan=EN Mon, 05 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41916&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41885&lan=EN Saudi Arabia’s ongoing crackdown on women’s rights activists undermines Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s own reform agenda. It reveals a disconnect between this young leader who styles himself as a reformist and a women’s rights advocate and the new reality in the Muslim world today. Increasingly, Muslim women are reclaiming an Islam that has long espoused equality, justice and freedom for all. These women are leading change from within their communities. Fri, 03 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41885&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41869&lan=EN Women make up half of the people on the move at the moment in the world today. And that includes workers, as well as other people on the move. Its commonly understood that women will migrate with their families, but we're seeing over the last decade a large increase in independent migration of younger women who are seeking to fulfil either their duty or to find an independence or a new status through labour in other countries. Thu, 02 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41869&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41841&lan=EN Despite the huge amount of physical and psychological violence from heterosexuals over centuries towards us �" especially in the last century �" discrimination has been ever present also WITHIN the LGBT+ collective. Our women have felt marginalised by our men, reflecting the overlapping problems of discrimination against women that exists worldwide and which in reality is a much bigger problem than violence against the LGBT+ collective given the sheer number of women who are killed every year by men in acts of brutal physical violence. Sun, 08 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41841&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41814&lan=EN From my experience of prosecuting sexual and gender-based violence cases, the root cause of this violence is that culturally, women are considered as (inferior) subjects under men’s authority. The level of awareness of the rights of women and girls is very low, especially in rural communities. I think when someone is not directly involved in dealing with these cases, they tend to underestimate the magnitude of the problem. Violence against women and girls, especially rape is a problem that is destroying the social fabric. Sat, 14 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41814&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41802&lan=EN In Iraq, including in areas controlled by ISIS, women, girls, LGBTIQ persons, and people perceived as stepping outside of traditional gender roles have been targeted for violence on a staggering scale. [...] War-time abuses against people who are marginalised within their societies are rarely documented. As a result, such violations are excluded from human rights discourse and from justice processes. In effect, they are left out of history. Thu, 01 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41802&lan=EN http://www.ipsnews.net/2018/07/women-key-fixing-global-food-system/ Women make up about 43 percent of the agricultural labor force worldwide, and in some countries they make up 80 percent of all farmers. In addition to tending crops, most women�"particularly in the Global South�"are also responsible for seed saving, animal husbandry, grain processing, and other tasks related to growing food. This is in addition to cooking, cleaning, and taking care of sick elders and children. Tue, 10 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ipsnews.net/2018/07/women-key-fixing-global-food-system/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41797&lan=EN Recently, for the first time, the women’s rights committee of the European Parliament discussed the situation of Muslim women in Europe, including dress restrictions and how recent developments have undermined women’s rights. A collective of more than 100 Muslim women are responding by calling for a real European model of inclusion and pluralism that ensures everyone can have access to employment and education and that doesn’t place an extra burden on women. Wed, 11 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41797&lan=EN http://www.ipsnews.net/2018/07/gender-specific-approach-counter-terrorism/ Understanding the different way that terrorists target women and how to prevent their recruitment could play a significant role in counter-terrorism efforts, and is gaining increased recognition among the international community. �oeAny prevention programme should be fully mindful about its gender implications, and should be tailored toward understanding men and women’s grievances being exploited by recruiters,” Mattias Sundholm, communications adviser to the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate, told IPS. Thu, 12 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ipsnews.net/2018/07/gender-specific-approach-counter-terrorism/ http://www.ipsnews.net/2018/07/family-planning-human-right/ It has been five decades since the international community affirmed the right to family planning but women still remain unable to enjoy this right, which is increasingly under attack around the world. [...] �oeFamily planning is not only a matter of human rights; it is also central to women’s empowerment, reducing poverty, and achieving sustainable development,” said UNFPA’s Executive Director Natalia Kanem. Wed, 11 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ipsnews.net/2018/07/family-planning-human-right/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41774&lan=EN On July 1, 2018, the Ugandan government started taxing citizens a fee of 200 Ugandan Shillings (USD $0.05) for using social media, raising substantial condemnation from Ugandans. With Uganda's average GDP per capita at USD $604.00, daily use of social media or messaging apps could eat up three percent of the average Ugandan's annual earnings. Fri, 06 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41774&lan=EN http://voxeurop.eu/fr/2018/pianificazione-familiare-5122015 In several European countries though abortion laws are not necessary when the lack of available gynecologists makes it almost impossible for women to access abortion. Ireland will hold a referendum on 25 May, asking voters whether they want or not to repeal the so-called Eight amendment to the Irish Constitution, guaranteeing the equal right to life of the unborn and the mother, and prohibiting abortion in almost all cases, making it one of the world’s toughest abortion laws in the world. Mon, 25 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://voxeurop.eu/fr/2018/pianificazione-familiare-5122015 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41687&lan=EN Betsy Driver was born with congenital adrenal hyperplasia, one of the most common causes of intersex traits; intersex is an umbrella term to describe someone with internal or external sex characteristics that can’t be classified as typically male or female. So at three months old, Driver underwent a total clitorectomy. The surgery wasn’t medically necessary; doctors suggested that she undergo the surgery so she wouldn’t grow up with gender identity problems, become a lesbian, or commit suicide. More surgeries followed in her teens; one left her incontinent; she contracted a venereal disease in another. Tue, 12 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41687&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41681&lan=EN A June 2018 UNICEF report found that up to 3.7 million children in Afghanistan �" nearly half the children in the country �" are out of school, and 60 percent of those are girls. In six of the country’s 34 provinces �" Helmand, Kandahar, Paktika, Uruzgan, Wardak and Zabul �" 15 percent or less of girls are in school. For the first time since 2002, UNICEF found, the number of Afghan children studying is falling. Tue, 12 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41681&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41672&lan=EN Last month, a Sudanese court sentenced a 19-year-old woman to death for killing her husband who had repeatedly raped her. The prosecution of Noura Hussein, forcibly married at the age of 16, has triggered global outrage and drawn attention to the millions of girls worldwide who are married against their will. A high-profile campaign has been initiated to overturn Hussein’s death sentence, with celebrities such as Naomi Campbell, Emma Watson, and former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard lending their support. Wed, 06 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41672&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41665&lan=EN Sandra Moran is Guatemala’s first openly lesbian member of the Congress. She organized the country’s first lesbian group in 1995, and was elected in 2015. She is well-known for her vocal support for women’s rights, indigenous women’s rights and LGBT rights in Guatemala. UN Women supports the leadership of women in politics and peacebuilding in Guatemala through various initiatives, including through the flagship programme Women’s Political Empowerment and Leadership. Fri, 08 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41665&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41655&lan=EN Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for a new, in-depth and impartial investigation into the murder 11 years ago today of Zakia Zaki, an Afghan woman journalist who ran Sada-e-Solh (Voice of Peace), a radio station in Jabal al-Sirāj, 85 km north of Kabul in Parwan province. Her killers have yet to be publicly identified and brought to justice. �oeThe 11 years of impunity for those responsible for Zakia Zaki’s death have been 11 years of encouragement for violence against women journalists,” said Reza Moini, the head of RSF’s Iran-Afghanistan desk. Tue, 05 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41655&lan=EN http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/may/28/thousands-enslaved-in-forced-marriages-across-uk-investigation-finds More than 3,500 reports of forced marriage were made to police over a three-year period, a Guardian investigation has found, as charities warned that there were thousands more victims living in conditions of modern slavery in homes across the UK. Data shared exclusively with the Guardian revealed 3,546 reports between 2014 and 2016. But experts warn that the figures, collected by the Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation under the Freedom of Information Act, are just the tip of the iceberg. Mon, 28 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/may/28/thousands-enslaved-in-forced-marriages-across-uk-investigation-finds http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/may/28/brilliance-overtakes-beauty-ms-geek-africa-spotlights-tech-genius-salissou-hassane-latifa After years of women in evening gowns vying for the title of national beauty queen, glamour is giving way to geekery in Rwanda. A group of female tech entrepreneurs decided it was time to ditch Miss Rwanda for a different kind of competition, one that judged women on brilliance rather than beauty. It was time for Ms Geek. The first Ms Geek Rwanda was crowned in 2014, and the competition has since expanded to include other African countries under the unifying banner of Ms Geek Africa. The event, open to girls and women aged 13 to 25, encourages contestants to use technology to solve everyday problems in their communities. The finalists receive business training and the winner is awarded financial backing to help realise her idea. Mon, 28 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/may/28/brilliance-overtakes-beauty-ms-geek-africa-spotlights-tech-genius-salissou-hassane-latifa http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41577&lan=EN Globally, close to 1 billion people are learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL), and all of them encounter binary gender pronouns from the earliest lessons. It’s a grammar point covered at the beginner level. Making observations about binary gender appears in exams for young children with questions such as, �oeIs your best friend a boy or a girl?” and �oeIs your teacher a man or a woman?” But as gender awareness grows and new words and grammar around gender identity enter the language, EFL teachers are potentially at the forefront of influencing the way a billion people around the world think about gender. Thu, 10 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41577&lan=EN http://www.smh.com.au/sport/athletics/the-big-love-fuelling-track-star-caster-semenya-20180406-p4z82w.html In South Africa there is a word they use to describe what connects people who might otherwise be separated through their differences. Ubuntu. "I am what I am because of who we all are," according to Nobel Peace Prize winner and Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee. Caster Semenya calls it "humanity", the love of her country. It may well have saved her through almost a decade of being treated as a suspicious curiosity in world athletics. "My country have given me love, courage, respect, recognition and appreciated me for who I am," Semenya told Fairfax Media. "That’s for free, we call it humanity (Ubuntu). I couldn't have asked for more." Fri, 06 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.smh.com.au/sport/athletics/the-big-love-fuelling-track-star-caster-semenya-20180406-p4z82w.html http://en.qantara.de/content/non-fiction-dunya-mikhails-the-beekeeper-rescuing-the-stolen-women In a harrowing compilation of true stories charting the fate of women abducted by IS in Iraq, Dunya Mikhail shows how the best of human qualities can persist even in the worst of times. Marcia Lynx Qualey read the book. The provocative title of Dunya Mikhailʹs most recent book �" her first work of nonfiction �" is markedly different in translation. In Arabic, the book is called Fi Souq al-Sabaya, or In the Sabaya Market. At one point, Mikhail and her co-translator Max Weiss tell us the word sabaya means "sex slave", although that isnʹt quite right. More often, they leave it as "sabaya". In the U.S. edition, published in March, the bookʹs title has become The Beekeeper: Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq. When it is published in the UK in August, the title will be The Beekeeper of Sinjar. Both English titles foreground neither the women nor the slave market, but small-town Iraqi beekeeper Abdullah Shrem. Fri, 13 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/non-fiction-dunya-mikhails-the-beekeeper-rescuing-the-stolen-women http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41468&lan=EN Warm food at school can keep children nourished, educated and in the classroom until they are ready to graduate. Thursday 15 March is International School Meals Day, which aims to raise awareness of good nutrition for all children regardless of their circumstances. School meals are an integral part of the World Food Programme (WFP)’s work�" a daily school meal can mean not only better nutrition and health, but also increased access to and achievement in education. Here we take a look at their impact in Nepal, and the further benefits they might provide. In Far Western Nepal, boys and girls have very different childhoods. Boys eat first, are given more food than their sisters, do less housework and marry later. For girls, marriage and not school work can dominate their childhoods. Nepal is home to the third highest levels of child marriage in Asia. Thirty seven percent of girls marry before the age of 18, and 10 percent marry before they are 15. The legal age for marriage in Nepal is 20. Tue, 06 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41468&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41464&lan=EN From China to Syria, Kenya to Egypt, girls and women are rising up and risking their lives to stand up for what they believe in. Activists, lawyers, sisters and students, these women have put their lives on the line, fought for lost loved ones and stood up for strangers. Now it’s their time to shine. Meet the inspiring women defending human rights around the world… Thu, 08 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41464&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41432&lan=EN When you hear �oeviolence against girls,” what comes to mind? Perhaps it’s the most recent kidnapping of Nigerian schoolgirls by Boko Haram militants and the likelihood that they will be forced to marry their captors just like previous victims were. Or maybe it’s the 120 million girls from every corner of the world who have experienced sexual violence. Or the harassment and catcalling that you or your sister faced on your way to school? On their way to school, in classrooms, at homes, in refugee camps, and on playgrounds �" girls experience harassment and violence. Globally, more than 8 out of 10 girls experience street harassment before they turn 17. In the United States, more than one in 10 girls is sexually taunted by the time she is 11. Girls with mental disabilities are especially at risk: in Australia, up to 68% have been the victims of sexual assault. Wed, 07 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41432&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41412&lan=EN The International Day of Women and Girls in Science is celebrated on 11 February. As part of UNAIDS’ Right to Health campaign last year, UNAIDS Special Ambassador for Adolescents and HIV and champion for young women in science, Quarraisha Abdool Karim, spoke with her daughter about her life’s work and the importance of women’s involvement in science and health. Mother and daughter, Quarraisha Abdool Karim (Q), the Associate Scientific Director of the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa, and Aisha Abdool Karim (A), a student at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, spoke about health and what that means for young women in South Africa. Sun, 11 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41412&lan=EN http://www.myrepublica.com/news/32373/?categoryId=81 �oePeople in our society have this notion that being a girl means being weak. We want to prove them wrong” Renuka Chaudhary, 19, was walking to her house one evening when she was cornered by a group of hooligans. �oeThey touched me inappropriately, and hurled abuses at me,” she shivers as she recalls those moments. �oeI started crying. They looked at me, amused, and left. Never have I felt so worthless in my life,” she said. Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.myrepublica.com/news/32373/?categoryId=81 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41404&lan=EN The report being released today by the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (an FIDH-OMCT partnership) is a far cry from the media frenzy that was caused by the announcement of symbolic reforms, such as that set out in the September 2017 Royal Decree (at last) giving Saudi women permission to drive. This report casts a harsh light on the scandalous situation of Saudi women human rights defenders who still have to cope with major restrictions to their rights. As women, they are subjected to a patriarchal regime that is steeped in gender inequality, and they must cope with a context that severely represses all voices of dissent. Women who report domestic violence or stand up as activists are confronted with unrelenting repression. Since they are not allowed to form movements or associations, they take refuge in social networks. Wed, 17 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41404&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41309&lan=EN Queer people in the Caucasus face a number of challenges; discrimination, physical and sexual abuse, and blackmail. In recent times, activists have observed in horror evidence of the persecution of gay men in Chechnya. But the threat to the LGBTQ community in the country did not emerge overnight. OC Media spoke to a transgender woman from Grozny, who shared some of her experiences and talked with us about what is happening in the republic. Sat, 24 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41309&lan=EN http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/06/12/key-facts-about-race-and-marriage-50-years-after-loving-v-virginia/ In 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Loving v. Virginia case that marriage across racial lines was legal throughout the country. Intermarriage has increased steadily since then: One-in-six U.S. newlyweds (17%) were married to a person of a different race or ethnicity in 2015, a more than fivefold increase from 3% in 1967. Among all married people in 2015 (not just those who recently wed), 10% are now intermarried �" 11 million in total. Here are more key findings from Pew Research Center about interracial and interethnic marriage and families on the 50th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision. Mon, 12 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/06/12/key-facts-about-race-and-marriage-50-years-after-loving-v-virginia/ http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/jun/08/south-sudan-battle-for-cattle-is-forcing-schoolgirls-to-become-teenage-brides Conflict and desperate hunger are driving families to marry off their daughters to secure precious cows, despite the girls having to forfeit their education Thu, 08 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/jun/08/south-sudan-battle-for-cattle-is-forcing-schoolgirls-to-become-teenage-brides http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41238&lan=EN The 59-page report, �oe‘It’s a Men’s Club’: Discrimination Against Women in Iran’s Job Market,” examines in detail the discriminatory provisions and insufficient protections in Iran’s legal system that represent obstacles to women’s equal access to the job market. Over the past four decades, Iranian women have become half of the country’s university graduates. But, based on the most recent official statistics available, for the period between March 2016 and March 2017, only 14.9 percent of Iran’s women are in the workforce, compared with 64.1 percent of men. This rate is lower than the average of 20 percent for all women in the Middle East and North Africa. The unemployment rate for women, currently 20.7 percent, is double that for men. Thu, 25 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41238&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41151&lan=EN When more women work, economies grow. According to the World Economic Forum, greater gender equality, which implies greater use of human capital, correlates positively with per capita GDP, competitiveness, and human development. Squandering that capital has the opposite effect: the United Nations Development Programme reports that gender inequality costs Sub-Saharan Africa, to name one example, $95 billion (or 6% of GDP) per year, on average. Yet women around the world still face a massive gender gap in employment and wages. The proportion of women participating in the global labor force has hovered around 50% since 1990, compared to more than 75% for men. And, in most countries, the women who work earn, on average, only 60-75 cents for every dollar that men earn. Wed, 03 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41151&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41150&lan=EN This extraordinary phenomenon -- which emerged in a Confucian society centred on men -- the culture of Jeju-haenyeo was inscribed on the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2016. Its inscription contributes to improving the status of women in the community and to ecology, with its environmentally-friendly methods. The community, organized into fishing cooperatives, prohibits the use of modern technologies to avoid overfishing. Fri, 28 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41150&lan=EN http://en.qantara.de/content/sex-tourism-in-egypt-a-bride-for-the-summer Hundreds of under-age Egyptian girls enter temporary marriages with rich tourists from the Persian Gulf during the summer in return for money for their families. These unions �" dubbed summer marriages �" are not legally binding and end when the foreigners return to their own countries. By Elizabeth Lehmann, Eva Plesner and Flemming Weiss-Andersen Fri, 21 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/sex-tourism-in-egypt-a-bride-for-the-summer http://mashable.com/2017/04/13/human-trafficking-survivors-lawyers-india/?utm_cid=mash-aud-mashswap-fb-mic#GiHTurTPoOqV The School for Justice, which just opened on April 6, educates survivors of sex trafficking to pursue careers in law. Eventually, these women plan to use their degrees to prosecute traffickers like the ones who abused them. "Becoming a lawyer is my dream, and bringing justice to those responsible for forced child prostitution is my goal," Lata said. "I want to punish the men who did this to me." The school is the result of a partnership between Free A Girl Movement, an international organization that works to free girls from sex trafficking, and one of the top law schools in India. During their studies, the women will live at the law school, the name of which remains undisclosed due to security concerns. Thu, 13 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://mashable.com/2017/04/13/human-trafficking-survivors-lawyers-india/?utm_cid=mash-aud-mashswap-fb-mic#GiHTurTPoOqV http://neweasterneurope.eu/articles-and-commentary/2318-russia-decimation-of-women-s-human-rights-in-the-context-of-global-misogyny The move to partially �oedecriminalise” domestic violence in Russia in January 2017 is the illustrative apex of a longer trajectory of the decimation of women’s rights post- Pussy Riot. I have spent more than a decade researching what rights mean in women’s everyday life in Russia. It is evident that the local neoconservative context in Russia is hardening. We are seeing legislative moves in parallel with neoconservative discourses that actively limit women’s autonomy and freedom by attacking reproductive rights and disregarding gender-based violence. Yet, it is important to consider these moves as situated within a global context of apparent state-sanctioned misogynies, which we see across autocracies and democracies. Is Russia one extreme example of the wider failure to recognise women’s rights and their violations in relation to gendered violence across the globe? Wed, 05 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://neweasterneurope.eu/articles-and-commentary/2318-russia-decimation-of-women-s-human-rights-in-the-context-of-global-misogyny http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41095&lan=EN EIGE has recently taken over the European Commission’s database on women and men in decision-making. The data will complement other areas of gender statistics already covered by EIGE’s Gender Statistics Database, such as employment, education and health. The number of women holding decision-making positions has been gradually increasing over the last ten years, from politics to business and media. The latest figures on women and men in decision-making show that the EU is taking a slow but steady path towards gender balanced representation. Tue, 28 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41095&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41025&lan=EN Gender inequality is one of the oldest and most pervasive forms of inequality in the world. It denies women their voices, devalues their work and make women’s position unequal to men’s, from the household to the national and global levels. Despite some important progress to change this in recent years, in no country have women achieved economic equality with men, and women are still more likely than men to live in poverty. [...] Gender inequality in the economy costs women in developing countries $9 trillion a year �" a sum which would not only give new spending power to women and benefit their families and communities, but would also provide a massive boost to the economy as a whole. Thu, 02 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41025&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41003&lan=EN Around the world, rape and sexual abuse are everyday violent occurrences affecting close to a billion women and girls over their lifetimes. However, despite the pervasiveness of these crimes, laws are insufficient, inconsistent, not systematically enforced and, sometimes, promote violence. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 35 per cent of women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence. According to UNICEF, around 120 million girls worldwide, just over 1 in 10, have experienced �oeforced intercourse or other forced sexual acts” at some point in their lives. By any measure, gender-based violence, including sexual violence, is being inflicted on women and girls in epidemic proportions. Equality Now’s new advocacy report examines laws relating to rape in numerous countries, and the research has identified serious failing in many laws that are meant to prevent sexual violence and allow survivors’ access to justice. Mon, 06 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41003&lan=EN http://www.muslimheritage.com/article/womens-contribution While there are numerous works on the role of Muslim women in jurisprudence (fiqh) and literature and there are also studies on Muslim women in education and in medicine- although on a much smaller scale-, few sources mention the role of Muslim women in the development of science and technology. There are isolated references that mention some of the famous women who had a role in advancing science and who established charitable, educational and religious institutions. Some examples are: Zubayda who pioneered a most ambitious project of digging wells and building service stations all along the pilgrimage route from Baghdad to Mecca, Sutayta who was a mathematician and an expert witness in courts, Dhayfa Khatun who excelled in management and statesmanship, Fatima al-Fehri who founded the Qarawiyin mosque and university in Fez, and the astrolabe maker Al-'Ijliya, the rulers and queens Sitt al-Mulk, Shajarat al-Durr, Raziya of Delhi, and Amina of Zaria. In view of the growing importance of the subject of gender and women in society, this report presents what is currently known about some famous Muslim women, in the hope of initiating debate and starting the process of unearthing what could be a most significant find. Wed, 08 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.muslimheritage.com/article/womens-contribution http://www.ipsnews.net/2017/03/women-in-the-changing-world-of-work-planet-5050-by-2030/ Only half of women participate in the labour force compared to three quarters of men, and in most developing countries it is as low as 25 percent. Women spend 2.5 times more time and effort than men on unpaid care work and household responsibilities. All of this results in women taking home 1/10 of the global income, while accounting for 2/3 of global working hours. These inequalities have devastating immediate and long-terms negative impacts on women who have a lower lifetime income, have saved less, and yet face higher overall retirement and healthcare costs due to a longer life expectancy. Women’s economic empowerment is about transforming the world of work, which is still very patriarchal and treats the equal voice, participation and leadership of women as an anomaly, tokenism, compartment or add on. Despite recognizing progress, structural barriers continue to hinder progress towards women’s economic empowerment globally. Women in all professions face what we call sticky floors, leaking pipelines and broken ladders, glass ceilings and glass walls! At the current pace, it may take 170 years to achieve economic equality among men and women �" according to estimates from the World Economic Forum’s latest Gender Gap Report. This is simply unacceptable. Fri, 03 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ipsnews.net/2017/03/women-in-the-changing-world-of-work-planet-5050-by-2030/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40883&lan=EN Antagonism is mounting between today’s right-wing populists and a somewhat unexpected but formidable opponent: women. In the United States, much like in Poland, women’s rights have been among the first targets of attack by populist leaders. Women are not taking it lying down. The question now is whether women can win the battle against the populists. While the answer is not yet clear, they do have a few powerful weapons in their arsenal. For starters, women are more numerous than any other single social group, including blacks, Latinos, the left, the right, liberals, conservatives, Catholics, and Protestants. There are more women than there are white men in the US �" or in Poland, for that matter. And, most important, women far outnumber populists. (Women must fight for their rights as if they were a minority, though they are a majority, and as if they lacked human capital, though, in the West, they tend to be better educated than men.) Moreover, women are everywhere, and discrimination, to varying degrees, is part of all women’s experiences. This makes women something of a revolutionary class, in the Marxist sense.It also makes it relatively easy for women to build solidarity. Tue, 07 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40883&lan=EN http://www.newmandala.org/indonesia-transparent-sex/ Conservative attacks on homosexuality and LGBT in Indonesia have branched out into a broader assault on feminism and the intrusion of the state into previously private spheres of life, Hendri Yulius writes. Mon, 16 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.newmandala.org/indonesia-transparent-sex/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40759&lan=EN In Stockholm’s Nicolaigarden pre-school, the teachers do not read Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to the students. Rather, its library holds children’s books that show different types of heroes and a diversity of family models (including those with single parents, adoptive children, and same-sex parents). Titles include One More Giraffe, about two giraffes caring for an abandoned crocodile egg, and Kivi and Monsterdog, whose protagonist, Kivi, is a child of unspecified gender. The idea is to present a more diverse and realistic image of the world kids live in and to avoid representations that reproduce gender stereotypes. Wed, 21 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40759&lan=EN http://www.cafebabel.fr/societe/article/violences-de-genre-le-noir-au-bout-du-tunnel.html A study by the European Commission has found that 27% of Europeans think sex without consent is somehow justifiable. 1 in 3 women in the EU over the age of 15 has experienced physical or sexual violence. These everyday occurences of gender-based violences seem to be more deeply rooted than we think. If this isn't a sign that work has to be done, I don't know what is. Fri, 02 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.cafebabel.fr/societe/article/violences-de-genre-le-noir-au-bout-du-tunnel.html http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40663&lan=EN In her essay �oeThere is No Hierarchy of Oppressions,” black lesbian feminist poet Audre Lorde wrote: �oeI have learned that oppression and the intolerance of difference come in all shapes and sizes and colors and sexualities; and that among those of us who share the goals of liberation and a workable future for our children, there can be no hierarchies of oppression.” Around the world, women’s movements have long recognized the wisdom of that thought, which emphasizes the way social movements benefit by recognizing the intersections between different forms of oppression. Thu, 08 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40663&lan=EN http://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/focus-e15-mums-against-austerity-uk Groups like Sisters Uncut and Focus E15 Mothers are the vanguard of anti-austerity campaigning, refusing to accept cuts that affect women disproportionately. While upper-class feminists may have the option of �oeleaning in,” working-class women must confront a system that wants to kick them out entirely. These women’s housing occupations represent a struggle over our entire framework of reproductive labor: a rejection of society’s demand that women be good mothers and good workers simultaneously, all while staying out of sight. Instead of accepting the narratives of failure and shame served to them by government and society alike, they are intent on disrupting it. Tue, 01 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/focus-e15-mums-against-austerity-uk http://www.ipsnoticias.net/portuguese/2016/11/ultimas-noticias/aumenta-violencia-contra-a-mulher-negra/ �oeFor black women the situation has worsened,” Dr. Jurema Werneck, one of the coordinators of Criola, an NGO that promotes the rights of black women, told IPS. In 10 years gender-based murders of black women increased 54.2 per cent, reaching 2,875 in 2013, while murders of white women dropped 9.8 per cent, from 1,747 in 2003 to 1,576 in 2013, according to the Violence Map. �oeRacism lies beneath this contrast. Mechanisms to combat violence do not protect the life of everyone in the same way,” said Werneck. Tue, 22 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ipsnoticias.net/portuguese/2016/11/ultimas-noticias/aumenta-violencia-contra-a-mulher-negra/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40556&lan=EN In the women’s movement in Central Europe, there are few moments to celebrate. Polish women successfully preventing a total ban on abortion from coming into law recently was one of them. While we may praise the success of Polish women’s �oeblack protest” �" where women across the country went on strike and dressed in black to mourn the loss of their reproductive rights �" one troubling question remains unanswered. Why did an EU member state even consider forcing women to carry deformed fetuses and imprisoning doctors for terminating pregnancies? Wed, 19 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40556&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40477&lan=EN The number of arranged marriages in the Middle East and North Africa is decreasing. Matrimony between cousins is still widespread, but matches of this kind now account for at most a quarter of all weddings. A growing number of young people find their partners without mediation; marriage for love is their ideal. It is still normal, however, for parents and grandparents to have a say in the choice of a spouse. Fri, 28 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40477&lan=EN http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/oct/24/iceland-best-place-to-be-women-equal-gender-maternity?CMP=fb_gu What made Iceland’s day of protest on 24 October 1975 so effective was the number of women who participated. It was not just the impact of 25,000 women �" which, at the time, was a fifth of the female population �" that gathered on the streets of Reykjavik, but the 90% of Iceland’s female population who went on all-out professional and domestic strike. Teachers, nurses, office workers, housewives put down tools and didn’t go to work, provide childcare or even cook in their kitchens. All to prove how indispensable they were. Mon, 24 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/oct/24/iceland-best-place-to-be-women-equal-gender-maternity?CMP=fb_gu http://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/china-feminist-five Quoting Virginia Woolf, Lu Pin says, �oeAs a woman I have no country.” She believes that Chinese feminists�"whether in China, the United States, or elsewhere�"can form alliances that cross national boundaries. �oeIf we don’t set up this group in the U.S., China’s feminist movement will become too passive. The position of our core activists is extremely fragile and we don’t know when the police will come and arrest someone again�"it could be today or tomorrow,” she says. Mon, 03 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/china-feminist-five http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40410&lan=EN The official French preoccupation with the veil exceeds that of most other countries in Western Europe. In the Anglo-American world, even post 9/11, the veil is not seen as the flag of an insurrection; nor is the suppression of ethnic, racial, and religious differences a requirement for inclusion in the nation. A line from the American poet, Walt Whitman, captures something of the way diversity is celebrated here: �oeI am large, I contain multitudes,” he wrote. This is not to say that there aren’t terrible and enduring problems of discrimination based on differences (of race especially) in the US, just to note that differences are here recognized as part of the national heritage. Wed, 27 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40410&lan=EN http://www.france24.com/fr/20161010-bangladesh-activiste-contre-mariage-precoce-filles-droits-enfants-femmes As the UN marks the International Day of the Girl Child on Tuesday, activist Radha Rani Sarker is meeting with European leaders to highlight the plight of girls in her native Bangladesh, where 73% are illegally married off while still in childhood. Tue, 11 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.france24.com/fr/20161010-bangladesh-activiste-contre-mariage-precoce-filles-droits-enfants-femmes http://www.eurotopics.net/fr/167161/un-lundi-noir-pour-le-pis Thousands of people in Poland have protested against a total ban on abortion. Dressed all in black they took to the streets on Monday to demonstrate against the national conservative PiS government's planned ban. Commentators believe this could be the start of a major wave of protests. Wed, 05 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.eurotopics.net/fr/167161/un-lundi-noir-pour-le-pis http://www.ipsnoticias.net/2016/09/la-dificil-meta-de-no-dejar-a-nadie-fuera-de-los-ods/ One year after UN member states adopted the ambitious 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda their repeated vow to �oeleave no one behind” seems almost as idealistic and impractical as ever. 2016 has so far proved a difficult year for the UN’s objective of including the world’s most vulnerable and marginalised in development efforts. [...] �oeIf we’re serious about finding and helping those who are furthest behind that’s not a technical exercise that’s a deeply political exercise,” said [Danny] Sriskandarajah [Secretary General of CIVICUS]. Mon, 26 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ipsnoticias.net/2016/09/la-dificil-meta-de-no-dejar-a-nadie-fuera-de-los-ods/ http://observers.france24.com/fr/20160920-guide-supreme-interdit-velo-iraniennes-elles-pedalent-plus-belle No one really knows what's going to happen. There's never been a situation like this in Iran, with citizens deciding to ignore a decision by the Supreme Leader, and even openly defying him by doing the opposite of what's been decreed. It's a major 'no' to the conservatives in power from Iranian women, especially young ones. Tue, 20 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://observers.france24.com/fr/20160920-guide-supreme-interdit-velo-iraniennes-elles-pedalent-plus-belle http://en.qantara.de/content/irans-stadium-ban-on-women-excluding-the-people Do those organisations also turn a blind eye to the situation in Iran? Safai: They simply evade the issue altogether. When asked about the stadium ban for women they always talk about "cultural paradigms", which they won't and can't take on. That is a very bad excuse, because these alleged "paradigms" do not exist. The stadium ban has neither a cultural or historical dimension. There were times when a third of the volleyball fans at a match at Tehran's Azadi Indoor Stadium �" which literally translates into "Freedom stadium" �" were female. There is not even an explicit law that prohibits women from visiting public sports events. So the ban exists for one reason only and that reason is neither cultural nor historical, but political. Mon, 12 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/irans-stadium-ban-on-women-excluding-the-people http://www.cafebabel.es/sociedad/articulo/abolicion-de-la-prostitucion-en-francia-la-mejor-noticia-del-ano.html On 14 April this year, a new law was passed with the aim of "strengthening the fight against the cycle of prostitution and supporting sex workers." This law marks a shift in France towards an abolitionist approach to prostitution. Much like models adopted in Sweden, Norway and Iceland, France has decided to criminalise clients rather than sex workers, instead offering them help and support to get out of prostitution, should they wish to do so. Thu, 08 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.cafebabel.es/sociedad/articulo/abolicion-de-la-prostitucion-en-francia-la-mejor-noticia-del-ano.html http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40239&lan=EN Fri, 17 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40239&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40202&lan=EN Mon, 15 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40202&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40182&lan=EN "As Black feminists we know that there really is only one feminist imperative �" the struggle for the equality rights of all which includes the destruction of patriarchy, racism, white supremacy, heterosexism, capitalism etc…" Thu, 04 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40182&lan=EN http://www.ipsnoticias.net/2016/08/inclusion-de-las-mujeres-en-el-deporte-compite-en-juegos-de-rio/ �oeThe power of sport should never be underestimated. It can change lives, through increasing girls’ and young women’s beliefs in their own abilities, encouraging them to take initiative and aim high,” U.N. Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said at the Aug. 6 presentation of �oeOne Win Leads to Another” in Rio de Janeiro. Fri, 12 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ipsnoticias.net/2016/08/inclusion-de-las-mujeres-en-el-deporte-compite-en-juegos-de-rio/ http://de.qantara.de/inhalt/debatte-islam-und-feminismus-schafft-vorbilderinnen In the suffocating atmosphere of the present day, we should be grateful to hear this from a mainstream political institution: "There is an Islamic tradition of fighting for women′s rights and there are Muslim women today who regard themselves as feminists." But this doesn′t answer the question of whether �" and how �" Islam and feminism are compatible. In the global activist community, people used to have long discussions on the implications of the various self-descriptions as Muslim or Islamic feminist. Thu, 04 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://de.qantara.de/inhalt/debatte-islam-und-feminismus-schafft-vorbilderinnen http://en.qantara.de/content/islam-and-homophobia-the-hatred-on-our-doorstep Rarely are Muslims to be found working against hate movements that do not concern themselves. But we can't only stand up for causes that directly involve our own rights and interests and only raise our voices to defend those from our own ranks. Anyone demanding solidarity has to set a good example. [...] We can't keep talking exclusively about Islamophobia, while homophobia, antisemitism, antiziganism and cultural racism keep erupting among us. Wed, 22 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/islam-and-homophobia-the-hatred-on-our-doorstep http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/07/breaking-the-silence-on-gender-based-violence/ The Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is establishing and strengthening sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) recovery centres in the country. One such center was launched at the Kilifi County Hospital on 01 July 2016 in collaboration with the Kilifi County Government. It must rank as among the most confounding realities that SGBV, though acknowledged globally as one of the most pervasive violations of human rights in the world, is also one of the least prosecuted crimes. Fri, 01 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/07/breaking-the-silence-on-gender-based-violence/ http://en.qantara.de/content/transgender-activism-in-pakistan-the-dynamic-third-gender In times of increasing radicalisation, minorities and those who occupy society's niches and in-between realms can become prime targets, as the attack last weekend on a gay nightclub in Florida so painfully demonstrated. Recently, however, on the other side of the globe in South Asia, there have also been some astounding breakthroughs. Some say it was the Hindu god Rama who more than 2000 years ago gave the hijra the ability to confer blessings on others as a reward for their loyalty. Chosen by divine hand, and described in ancient texts as eunuchs or hermaphrodites, the hijra occupy a mythological and socio-biological grey area for which the collective term "transgender" doesn't really suffice. Tue, 14 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/transgender-activism-in-pakistan-the-dynamic-third-gender http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/06/lgbt-communities-silenced-in-hiv-reduction-efforts/ Treatment for HIV and AIDS has increased, but key populations including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities continue to be left behind and even excluded altogether. In a new report, published ahead of the upcoming High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS, the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) found immense gains in access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) across 160 countries. Thu, 02 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/06/lgbt-communities-silenced-in-hiv-reduction-efforts/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39935&lan=EN Transnational marriage abandonment lies at the intersect of immigration and patriarchal control, allowing abusers and states to enjoy impunity for violations committed against women in transnational spaces. Mon, 06 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39935&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39894&lan=EN While male politicians occupy newspapers headlines, television and radio debates in Spain, at local and regional levels women for change are challenging austerity head on. Part of the Anti-Austerity and Media Activism series. Fri, 27 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39894&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39860&lan=EN During the last century, the battle to secure equality for women and girls has been fought in the classroom, in the voting booth, and in the boardrooms of Fortune 500 companies. But if gender inequality is ever to be abolished, we can no longer afford to neglect one of its major causes and consequences: malnutrition. Wed, 18 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39860&lan=EN http://en.qantara.de/content/fashion-for-muslim-women-modesty-a-la-mode It's no secret in the fashion industry that the Middle East holds huge capital potential. [...] with a market that is expected to double by 2019, to nearly 443 billion euros (over $500 billion), designers need to seek out new ways to remain relevant in order to take in a share of those profits. Tue, 03 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/fashion-for-muslim-women-modesty-a-la-mode http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39566&lan=EN OECD countries have strengthened their determination to work towards greater gender equality in public life �" including in governments, parliaments and judiciaries �" with concrete measures to improve women’s access to leadership and decision-making roles and integrate more of a gender perspective into public policies. Tue, 08 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39566&lan=EN http://www.dw.com/en/indias-red-brigade/a-19100226 Since it first began operations, the Red Brigade has trained 35,000 women in self defense measures and according to Usha, their mission is to train at least a million women over the next few years. Over the last year, the group has expanded to Benares, another city in Uttar Pradesh and has also set up a micro-financing scheme called "Women's Bank". Tue, 08 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dw.com/en/indias-red-brigade/a-19100226 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39240&lan=EN Latin America’s abortion laws are among the world’s most restrictive. El Salvador, for example, bans abortion in all circumstances and has incarcerated women who have gone to emergency rooms after miscarriages, charging them with seeking illegal abortions. Contraception can also be expensive or difficult to access across the region, despite high rates of teenage rape and pregnancy. The result, especially with the addition of the Zika virus, is a recipe for tragedy. Brazil, the Latin American country hit hardest by the virus so far, is emblematic of the problem: Abortion is allowed only in cases of rape, danger to the woman’s life, or in the case of fetal anencephaly (the absence of a major portion of the brain). In response to the Zika crisis, Brazil should immediately allow abortion in cases of suspected microcephaly as well. Tue, 16 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39240&lan=EN http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/02/microcephaly-revives-battle-for-legal-abortion-in-brazil/ The Zika virus epidemic and a rise in the number of cases of microcephaly in newborns have revived the debate on legalising abortion in Brazil. However, the timing is difficult as conservative and religious groups are growing in strength, especially in parliament. In Brazil, a 1940 law makes abortion illegal with two exceptions: when it is necessary to save the mother’s life or if the pregnancy is the result of rape. A third exception, in cases of anencephalic fetuses -which have no brain �" was legalised in 2012 as the result of a Supreme Court ruling based on the fact that they cannot survive outside the womb. Mon, 08 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/02/microcephaly-revives-battle-for-legal-abortion-in-brazil/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39177&lan=EN At least 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation in 30 countries, according to a new statistical report published by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A Global Concern notes that half of the girls and women who have been cut live in three countries - Egypt, Ethiopia and Indonesia - and refers to smaller studies and anecdotal accounts that provide evidence FGM is a global human rights issue affecting girls and women in every region of the world. Fri, 05 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39177&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39163&lan=EN The process is as universal as it gets: when a baby is born, a doctor, parent, or birth attendant announces the arrival of a �oegirl” or �oeboy.” That split-second assignment dictates multiple aspects of our lives. It is also something that most of us never question. But some people do. Their gender evolves differently from their girl/boy birth assignment and might not fit rigid traditional notions of female or male. Gender development should have no bearing on whether someone can enjoy fundamental rights, like the ability to be recognized by their government or to access health care, education, or employment. But for transgender people, it does�"to a humiliating, violent, and sometimes lethal degree. Wed, 27 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39163&lan=EN http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/01/seven-top-challenges-facing-african-women/ Economic exclusion; financial systems that perpetuate their discrimination; limited participation in political and public life; lack of access to education and poor retention of girls in schools; gender-based violence; harmful cultural practices, and exclusion of women from peace tables, are the major standing barriers to achieving gender equality in Africa. Mon, 18 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/01/seven-top-challenges-facing-african-women/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39018&lan=EN The United Nations defines violence against women as "any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life." • Violence against women - particularly intimate partner violence and sexual violence - are major public health problems and violations of women's human rights. • Recent global prevalence figures indicate that about 1 in 3 (35%) of women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime. • Most of this violence is intimate partner violence. Worldwide, almost one third (30%) of women who have been in a relationship report that they have experienced some form of physical and/or sexual violence by their intimate partner. • Globally, as many as 38% of murders of women are committed by an intimate partner. • Violence can negatively affect women’s physical, mental, sexual and reproductive health, and may increase vulnerability to HIV. Wed, 30 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39018&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38891&lan=EN If current levels persist, the total number of child brides in Africa will rise from 125 million to 310 million by 2050, according to a UNICEF report released at the African Union Girls Summit in Lusaka, Zambia, today. When children get married, their prospects for a healthy, successful life decline drastically, often setting off an intergenerational cycle of poverty. Child brides are less likely to finish school, more likely to be victims of violence and become infected with HIV. Children born to teenage mothers have a higher risk of being stillborn, dying soon after birth and having low birth weight. Child brides often lack the skills needed for employment. Thu, 26 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38891&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38792&lan=EN Along with increased financial status, women’s self-confidence has also boosted. Many now want to learn how to read and write. Almost half of Morocco’s women are illiterate, and the illiteracy rate among rural women is even higher. �oeWe not only can send our children, including girls, to schools, but we ourselves now can take literacy classes in the cooperatives, and follow our children’s schooling,” said Kenabo. The political status of the rural women has also increased. Women are now more involved in local political affairs. According to Kenabo, there are now female members in the administrative council of her town, something that is unprecedented. The women have also become more environmentally aware as they realize how their newfound independence is dependent on the argan tree. As argan trees are vulnerable to degradation, drought and other uncontrollable natural factors, women in these cooperatives have established �oetree nurseries” to preserve seeds and nurture argan tree seedlings, the indigenous plantation that their independence is reliant on. Wed, 07 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38792&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38688&lan=EN When women are better off, the world becomes a better place for all. Reflecting this reality, 193 countries have included gender equality as a core element of the newly adopted U.N. 2030 Agenda for sustainable development. Consequently, 17 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) articulate gender-responsive targets and Goal 5, states simply and clearly �oeAchieve gender equality and empower all women and girls” and includes six targets and three means of putting them into practice. Despite progress in areas such as education and maternal mortality, the world has fallen short in bringing women’s employment, earnings and working conditions in line with those of men. Globally, the labour force participation rate for women is 50 per cent, compared to 77 per cent for men. Yet, having more women in the labour market is not enough. The quality of jobs is paramount. Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38688&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38493&lan=EN The United Nations and member countries should tackle problems that women in armed conflict endure around the world, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. This year marks the 15th anniversary of Security Council Resolution 1325, a landmark resolution on women, peace, and security, which the Security Council will debate in October 2015. Mon, 03 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38493&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38403&lan=EN In the wake of the massive response to their call to protest violence against women in Argentina, the organisers of this week’s demonstrations are starting to plan the steps to be taken to get results for their demand �oeNi Una Menos” (not one less), taking advantage of the strength in numbers shown to obtain political support for public policies aimed at protecting women. �oeThis mobilisation has concrete proposals,” said Fabiana Túñez, one of the founders of La Casa del Encuentro, an organisation that took part in the protests that filled the streets of the capital and other cities on Wednesday Jun. 3, demanding an end to gender-related killings. Wed, 10 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38403&lan=EN http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/08/record-number-women-elected-turkish-parliament A total of 96 women won seats in Turkey’s Grand National Assembly in Sunday’s elections (7 June), bringing the proportion of female deputies to a historic high of 17%, compared with 14% after the 2011 elections. Mon, 08 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/08/record-number-women-elected-turkish-parliament http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38323&lan=EN Conditions remain precarious for survivors of Nepal’s 25 April earthquake. Violent aftershocks continue to rock the country. The largest, on 12 May, added further deaths and casualties to the already staggering toll of the disaster. �oeThis has affected the poorest and most marginalized �" those already living in difficult conditions,” said Giulia Vallese, UNFPA’s Representative in Nepal. Mon, 18 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38323&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38315&lan=EN A new United Nations ‘Free & Equal’ campaign video highlighting the diversity of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community is being shown today on the massive screens in New York’s Times Square ahead of International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia. The Day, marked Sunday, 17 May in countries around the world, this year focuses on the plight faced by young people in the LGBTI community. The two-and-a-half-minute video played on the giant Reuters and NASDAQ screens in Times Square focuses on the contributions this community makes to families and local communities around the world. Thu, 14 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38315&lan=EN http://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/05/03/workers-celebrate-labor-day-by-joining-street-protests-across-southeast-asia/ Thousands of workers across Southeast Asia participated in various Labor Day rallies last Friday: In Cambodia, workers reiterated their petition to raise the monthly minimum wage from 128 US Dollars to 177 US Dollars. In the Philippines, protesters targeted the labor export policy. Meanwhile, in Malaysia, more than 10,000 people joined a protest against the implementation of a new consumer goods tax. And in Singapore, labor unions raised the issue of wage inequality. Sun, 03 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/05/03/workers-celebrate-labor-day-by-joining-street-protests-across-southeast-asia/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38179&lan=EN A UfM workshop on �oeWomen’s economic participation in ICT in the Euro-Mediterranean ‎Region: constraints and opportunities” provided an opportunity for key regional ‎stakeholders to discuss specific actions on enhancing women’s participation in the sector. ‎ Fri, 27 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38179&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38116&lan=EN An online survey conducted by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Co-operative Alliance shows 75 per cent of survey respondents feel that women’s participation in co-operatives has increased over the past 20 years. The findings come ahead of a panel and debate to be held 10 March at the United Nations in New York, called �oeCooperatives: Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment”. The panel is being organized as a side event to the 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women , which takes place from 9 to 20 March. Mon, 09 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38116&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38111&lan=EN Gender-based violence in school settings is having a damaging impact on the education of millions of children across the world according to a new paper released by the Education for All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report, UNESCO and United Nations Girls Education Initiative (UNGEI). �oeDuring the 20 years since the Beijing Declaration on women’s empowerment was adopted, we’ve seen increased activity and interest in stamping out gender-based violence. But gender based violence in and around the classroom has largely been invisible,” said Nora Fyles, Head of the UNGEI Secretariat. �oeThe elimination of school-related gender-based violence cannot be left to chance. National governments with civil society and other development partners must do more to protect children and prosecute perpetrators if quality, inclusive education for all is to be achieved.” Tue, 10 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38111&lan=EN http://en.qantara.de/content/women-of-the-islamic-state-prisoners-of-a-barbaric-system Around 10 per cent of all foreigners who join the self-styled "Islamic State" are young women or girls. In the case of Germany, that would mean at least 60 female jihadis. What fate awaits them in Islamic State? Since mid-January, an Arabic treatise entitled "Women of the Islamic State" provides some clues. The authors are members of the Al-Khanssaa Brigade, an all-female moral police unit that arrests women, for example, if their veils aren't positioned properly or if the material of their long black robes appears to be too thin. The gender ideology of the treatise is largely similar to other statements emerging from the Salafist camp such as those in a small book entitled "Women under the protection of Islam", which was produced in Saudi Arabia and has been translated into German. In 2010, this book was banned in Germany because of its call to violence. Wed, 25 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/women-of-the-islamic-state-prisoners-of-a-barbaric-system http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38061&lan=EN It’s true that in the last few years there has been an enormous decline on all fronts and in all areas. The world, Europe and Spain undoubtedly suffer its effects. Our political leaders have surrendered to the rules of the markets and obediently subject our society to �oeaustericide.” It is irrelevant that their formulas don’t work and that there’s no end in sight to their budget cuts. Spaniards are now �oecheaper” than a majority of the rest of Europeans. With the worsening of our standard of living we are also (paradoxically) more submissive, accepting whatever they impose. But not all of us, because a new type of citizen power is emerging that is so strong that it provokes much fear among members of the �oeestablishment.” Perfectly aware of what this means, they are attempting to stop this trend by any and all means at their disposal. Thu, 26 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38061&lan=EN http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/feb/24/christine-lagarde-says-conspiracy-against-women-makes-the-world-poorer Nations should remove laws that prevent women from working in order to increase the female labour supply and boost their economies, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde has said. �oeIn too many countries, too many legal restrictions conspire against women to be economically active,” Lagarde wrote in a blog. �oeIn a world in search of growth, women will help find it, if they face a level playing field instead of an insidious conspiracy.” Tue, 24 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/feb/24/christine-lagarde-says-conspiracy-against-women-makes-the-world-poorer http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/davos-2015-only-17-of-participants-at-this-years-world-economic-forum-are-women-this-is-why-9997567.html Less than a fifth of the 2,500 participants attending this year's World Economic Forum are women. In fact, just 17 per cent of those assembled in Davos, Switzerland, this week are female. And although the percentage has increased from a low of around 9 per cent in the early 2000s and 15 per cent last year, it is still dismally low. In 2011, the WEF introduced a quota to encourage female participation. According to its terms, the forum's strategic partners, consisting of around 100 companies, must bring along one woman in every group of five senior executives. Fri, 23 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/davos-2015-only-17-of-participants-at-this-years-world-economic-forum-are-women-this-is-why-9997567.html http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37947&lan=EN While women are still under-represented in top management, the number of women in senior and middle management positions has increased over the last 20 years, a new study by the ILO Bureau for Employers’ Activities finds. According to Women in Business and Management: Gaining Momentum, in 80 of the 108 countries for which ILO data is available, the proportion of women managers has increased during this period. �oeOur research is showing that women’s ever increasing participation in the labour market has been the biggest engine of global growth and competitiveness,” says Deborah France-Massin, Director of the ILO Bureau for Employers’ Activities. Mon, 12 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37947&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37757&lan=EN Afghan women are consistently excluded from Afghanistan’s peace negotiations and formal talks about the country’s future, international agency Oxfam said. Unless this discrimination is reversed, peace will be unsustainable, Afghanistan’s development will be compromised, and enormous human rights gains made since the fall of the Taliban will remain under threat. Mon, 24 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37757&lan=EN http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/11/24/turkeys-president-says-women-are-not-equal-to-men/ Women's rights activists in Turkey are pushing back against new comments from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who declared women unequal to men and said that being a mother is a woman's primary role in society. Mon, 24 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/11/24/turkeys-president-says-women-are-not-equal-to-men/ http://en.qantara.de/content/contrasting-images-of-islam-the-last-gasp-of-archaic-masculinity One in every two people in Germany believes that Islam is not part of German society. Until this attitude changes, the Islam we see in the evening news and not the actual reality of Islam in Germany will remain for many the genuine face of Islam. In this essay, Charlotte Wiedemann takes a closer look at Muslim women in Germany and shows how drastically they differ from the prevailing image of Islam in this country. Fri, 26 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/contrasting-images-of-islam-the-last-gasp-of-archaic-masculinity http://www.e-ir.info/2014/09/03/the-afghanistan-elections-continuing-the-strategic-cooptation-of-womens-rights/ There has been a frenzy of discussion and analysis of the elections, particularly on the high level of participation of women, both as voters and as contestants for provincial seats, as to what this could mean for democracy in Afghanistan. Presidential candidates spoke openly about their views on women’s status and outlined their plans, in varying degrees, for women’s equality and progress, and one candidate even had a female running mate. Abdullah and Ghani have both made it clear that they support women’s rights and participation in public life if they are elected (McKirdy 2014; Qureshi 2014). However, with a new president on the horizon, and with a full NATO withdrawal planned for the end of 2014, the future of women’s rights in Afghanistan looks anything but certain. Wed, 03 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.e-ir.info/2014/09/03/the-afghanistan-elections-continuing-the-strategic-cooptation-of-womens-rights/ http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2014/08/11/new-evidence-highlights-what-works-to-empower-girls-and-young-women Educating, empowering, and employing the largest-ever generation of young people is vital to ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity�"the World Bank Group's twin corporate goals. New impact evaluation (IE) briefs by the World Bank Group (WBG), released ahead of International Youth Day 2014, shed new light on what works in development interventions targeting girls and young women, who still account for a disproportionate share of the world’s poor and face persistent inequalities at home, school, and work that help keep them and their families in poverty. Mon, 11 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2014/08/11/new-evidence-highlights-what-works-to-empower-girls-and-young-women http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37325&lan=EN The Fields Medal awarded to Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani, professor at Stanford University (USA), is an important day for mathematics, for women and sciences. It is an immense source of encouragement for all those who intend to pursue a career in sciences or mathematics. It is a call to further recognize the talents of women on equal terms with men at all stages of their journey Wed, 13 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37325&lan=EN http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28298236 The Republic of Ireland is to investigate the homes for children born outside marriage and their mothers, run by religious institutions for most of the last century. In June, researchers discovered the remains of nearly 800 babies in a septic tank at a convent-run mother-and-baby home in County Galway. Wed, 16 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28298236 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37063&lan=EN The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning held a half-day general discussion on girls’ and women’s right to education, in view of receiving inputs and contributions for its draft General Recommendation on the issue. Mon, 07 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37063&lan=EN http://www.goethe.de/uun/bdu/en12978698.htm A course transforms Indian women into men for one day and teaches them what it’s like to feel safe wherever they go. �oeIt’s a completely different feeling walking about like this, much more relaxed,” says Swati, �oeand it felt powerful to break through the gender categories.” Tue, 17 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.goethe.de/uun/bdu/en12978698.htm http://de.qantara.de/inhalt/frauenbewegungen-in-den-arabischen-umbruchstaaten-prinzip-hoffnung Despite all the setbacks suffered by many women's rights groups in the transitioning Arab states, regional co-operation has improved considerably over the past few years. The radical changes in the Arab world mean women's rights groups face the major challenge of campaigning for both equality before the law and political democratisation simultaneously. Thu, 05 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://de.qantara.de/inhalt/frauenbewegungen-in-den-arabischen-umbruchstaaten-prinzip-hoffnung http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36978&lan=EN An Islamic law court in Malaysia has sentenced 16 transgender women to seven days in prison and a fine for �oecross dressing,” in violation of their rights to freedom of expression and privacy, Human Rights Watch said. Mon, 23 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36978&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36976&lan=EN From 10 to 13 June 2014, in London, government representatives from over 120 countries, over 1,000 experts, faith leaders, youth organisations and representatives of civil society and international organisations came together at the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict. Together, we committed to break the taboo around wartime rape and take action to put an end to its use, and to shatter the culture of impunity. Fri, 13 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36976&lan=EN http://www.enoughproject.org/blogs/minding-gap-london-hosts-unprecedented-global-summit-end-sexual-violence-conflict The summit emphasized the need to end impunity by holding perpetrators accountable for their crimes through the launch of a new UK-led International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict. As stated in the Chair’s Summary, the Protocol, a joint effort of 200 gender and sexual violence experts, will provide guidelines on how to investigate sexual violence. Fri, 20 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.enoughproject.org/blogs/minding-gap-london-hosts-unprecedented-global-summit-end-sexual-violence-conflict http://en.qantara.de/content/honour-killings-in-pakistan-little-hope-of-change In the space of just a few weeks, two cases of honour killings in Pakistan shocked the world. Although some might expect such global outrage and attention to help trigger change, activists in Pakistan do not hold out much hope for improvement in the near future. Tue, 10 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/honour-killings-in-pakistan-little-hope-of-change http://en.qantara.de/content/lgbt-asylum-seekers-a-silent-revolution While it is a well-known fact that LGBT people face discrimination and violence in Muslim and Arab countries, it is not quite as well known that LGBT people seeking asylum in the West also face considerable difficulties and in some cases gross insensitivity. Some of those who have been granted asylum are now using the Internet to try and foster tolerance in their native countries. Mon, 02 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/lgbt-asylum-seekers-a-silent-revolution http://www.dw.de/indias-pink-warriors-take-on-injustice/a-17665865 Clad in pink colored saris and armed with sticks, a gang of women is fighting rapists, domestic abuse, corrupt officials and patriarchy in India. The Pink Warriors are ordinary women who have come together in solidarity to fight against injustice. Tue, 03 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dw.de/indias-pink-warriors-take-on-injustice/a-17665865 http://blogs.oxfam.org/en/blogs/14-06-10-world-bank-getting-more-serious-about-gender-inequality Recently, the World Bank launched a major new report, Voice and Agency: Empowering women and girls for shared prosperity with much fanfare. Starting with the World Development Report (WDR) in 2012, the World Bank has used the strength of its data machine to deliver high profile gender research. Tue, 10 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.oxfam.org/en/blogs/14-06-10-world-bank-getting-more-serious-about-gender-inequality http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36874&lan=EN We are increasingly aware that preventing gender-based violence and protecting survivors requires the involvement of the entire society. Neighbors, friends and family, school systems and media professionals are all responsible for detecting, denouncing and publically condemning violence against women. An African proverb says: �oeIt takes a village to raise a child.” To paraphrase: �oeIt takes a community to end violence against women.” Mon, 02 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36874&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36830&lan=EN Women in Science, a new interactive tool, presents the latest available data for countries at all stages of development. Sat, 03 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36830&lan=EN http://de.qantara.de/inhalt/gender-und-frauenrechte-in-der-arabischen-welt-palaestinas-frauenschattenraete In the Palestinian Territories, a legal quota stipulates that at least 20 per cent of all seats on municipal councils must be held by women. As progressive as this sounds, elected councilwomen often face opposition and obstacles. A local non-governmental organisation is lending them support in a most original way. Thu, 08 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://de.qantara.de/inhalt/gender-und-frauenrechte-in-der-arabischen-welt-palaestinas-frauenschattenraete http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36721&lan=EN Gaps in gender equality in Europe are shrinking, but the rate of progress is slow, according to an annual EU report published today. The report found persistent inequalities between the sexes in employment, pay and representation, while violence against women remains a big problem. Mon, 14 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36721&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36686&lan=EN Sexual harassment and assault against women remain rife, our organisations warn in a report released today, constituting major obstacles to their participation in the political transition of their country. Successive governments have failed to take measures to stop violence against women and such crimes continue to meet with complete impunity. Attacks in Tahrir Square represent the most visible manifestation of a long-standing systemic problem. Women in Egypt are subjected to daily sexual harassment and assault on the streets, on public transport and in the workplace. Wed, 16 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36686&lan=EN http://en.qantara.de/content/racism-in-germany-time-to-talk-about-racism Until such time as there is an open debate about racism, the debate about integration in Germany will not more forward. After all, as Aladin El-Mafaalani explains, integration and racism are two key elements of a discourse on participation that a country of immigration has to address It is a well-known fact that there are many different kinds of discrimination: it can relate to gender (sexism), sexual orientation (homophobia), a person's affiliation to a social grouping (classism), age (ageism) and, among others, discrimination against people with disabilities. Discriminatory behaviour towards people in response to their culture, religion, skin colour or ethnic or national roots is classified as racism. Fri, 04 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/racism-in-germany-time-to-talk-about-racism http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36622&lan=EN Tue, 11 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36622&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36457&lan=EN A new ILO study examines the constraints on working women in Algeria and the opportunities available to them. Thu, 16 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36457&lan=EN http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/11/22/this-is-the-age-youll-get-married-based-on-where-you-live/ Sun, 22 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/11/22/this-is-the-age-youll-get-married-based-on-where-you-live/ http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/30/opinion/state-feminists-vs-343-bastards.html?_r=1& Feminists across Western Europe are sounding the alarm. Prostitution, they claim, has become today’s �oewhite slavery,” with ever more women from Bulgaria and Romania, Africa and Asia being forced, tricked or seduced into selling their bodies. Sun, 29 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/30/opinion/state-feminists-vs-343-bastards.html?_r=1& http://www.nature.com/news/bibliometrics-global-gender-disparities-in-science-1.14321 Wed, 11 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.nature.com/news/bibliometrics-global-gender-disparities-in-science-1.14321 http://www.euractiv.com/specialreport-quo-vadis-health-s/labour-unions-genders-equal-work-news-532275 Even though politicians and trade unions have tried for many years to tackle gender inequality in the EU labour market, gaps persist. But they have become smaller during the financial crisis, experts say. Thu, 12 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.euractiv.com/specialreport-quo-vadis-health-s/labour-unions-genders-equal-work-news-532275 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36151&lan=EN To raise awareness and trigger action to end this global scourge, the UN observes International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November. The date marks the brutal assassination in 1960 of the three Mirabal sisters, political activists in the Dominican Republic. Mon, 25 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36151&lan=EN http://www.ishr.ch/news/governments-should-support-strong-international-resolution-women-human-rights-defenders Governments should support an important international resolution on the situation and protection of women human rights defenders, the International Service for Human Rights said today. Thu, 14 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ishr.ch/news/governments-should-support-strong-international-resolution-women-human-rights-defenders http://www.destatis.de/DE/PresseService/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/2013/10/PD13_361_634.html Almost one out of every six people was at risk of poverty in Germany in 2011 �" that is 16.1% of the population or approximately 13 million people. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that their share was up somewhat on 2010 (15.8%). This is a central finding of EU-SILC (LEBEN IN EUROPA), the Community statistics on income and living conditions of 2012. Fri, 25 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.destatis.de/DE/PresseService/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/2013/10/PD13_361_634.html http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/nov/04/uk-mutilation-girls-report Thousands of girls in danger of genital mutilation are being failed by the health and justice systems, a coalition of health professionals has warned in a report that recommends aggressive steps to eradicate the practice in the UK. Mon, 04 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/nov/04/uk-mutilation-girls-report http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36049&lan=EN The Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) is pleased to share this statement to the United Nations 58th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). The statement highlights recommendations and analysis on the crucial need to create a transformative and sustainable development agenda that moves beyond the limited and siloed agenda of the Millennium Development Goals and promotes actions that address the intersectionality of the incredible challenges facing people and the planet. Tue, 29 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36049&lan=EN http://www.weforum.org/reports/global-gender-gap-report-2013 The Global Gender Gap Index introduced by the World Economic Forum in 2006, is a framework for capturing the magnitude and scope of gender-based disparities and tracking their progress. The Index benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, education- and health-based criteria, and provides country rankings that allow for effective comparisons across regions and income groups, and over time. Mon, 28 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.weforum.org/reports/global-gender-gap-report-2013 http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/oct/24/female-genital-mutilation-film-changing-kurdistan-law A young girl is given a plastic bag of sweets and a bottle of lemonade after being genitally mutilated … the story of the 10-year fight against female genital mutilation by two film-makers has been made into a hour long documentary by the Guardian and BBC Arabic and will go out across the Arab world from Friday, reaching a combined global audience of 30 million viewers. Thu, 24 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/oct/24/female-genital-mutilation-film-changing-kurdistan-law http://www.ishr.ch/news/ngos-call-african-states-respect-and-protect-human-rights-defenders A broad coalition of local, national, sub-regional, pan-African and international NGOs have adopted a consensus statement on the protection of human rights defenders in advance of the 54th session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights which commences in Banjul, The Gambia on 22 October 2013. Sun, 20 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ishr.ch/news/ngos-call-african-states-respect-and-protect-human-rights-defenders http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=35902&lan=EN More girls are now entering school than ever before, thanks to inspiring progress over the past two decades. The gender gap in primary school enrolment has narrowed considerably. Fri, 11 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=35902&lan=EN http://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2013/10/03/conseil-de-securite-de-lonu-il-faut-faire-cesser-les-violations-des-droits-humains-e United Nations Security Council members should use their visit to the Great Lakes region of Central Africa to help end human rights abuses and impunity for the worst crimes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to Security Council members sent on October 2, 2013. Thu, 03 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2013/10/03/conseil-de-securite-de-lonu-il-faut-faire-cesser-les-violations-des-droits-humains-e http://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2013/09/04/afghanistan-le-mariage-des-enfants-et-la-violence-conjugale-nuisent-au-progres Afghan President Hamid Karzai should take urgent action to fight child marriage and domestic violence or risk further harm to development and public health in Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to the president. Fri, 04 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2013/09/04/afghanistan-le-mariage-des-enfants-et-la-violence-conjugale-nuisent-au-progres http://www.unesco.org/new/fr/media-services/in-focus-articles/the-right-to-girls-education-is-the-fight-for-a-better-world/ In the 11 years that she has taught hundreds of children in Pakistan’s troubled Swat District, Mariam Khalique has born witness to the violent measures taken to keep girls out of school. She has also seen how far girls and their teachers will go to claim their human right to an education. Fri, 20 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.unesco.org/new/fr/media-services/in-focus-articles/the-right-to-girls-education-is-the-fight-for-a-better-world/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=35624&lan=EN While the majority of people in countries where female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is concentrated oppose this harmful practice, there are still 30 million girls at risk of being cut in the next decade, according to a report launched today by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The report, Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A statistical overview and exploration of the dynamics of change, surveyed 29 countries in Africa and the Middle East, where FGM/C persists, and found that while support for the practice is in decline, girls remain in considerable danger. Mon, 22 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=35624&lan=EN http://en.qantara.de/wcsite.php?wc_c=21236&wc_id=23773 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/wcsite.php?wc_c=21236&wc_id=23773 http://www.mondialisation.ca/de-lafghanistan-a-la-syrie-droits-des-femmes-propagande-de-guerre-et-cia/5331097 Sun, 14 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisation.ca/de-lafghanistan-a-la-syrie-droits-des-femmes-propagande-de-guerre-et-cia/5331097 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/opinion/sunday/why-gender-equality-stalled.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&smid=fb-nytimes Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/opinion/sunday/why-gender-equality-stalled.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&smid=fb-nytimes http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=35391&lan=EN Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=35391&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=35387&lan=EN Some 27 per cent of all victims of human trafficking officially detected around the world between 2007 and 2010 are children, up seven per cent from the period 2003 to 2006, according to a new report released today by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). �oeHuman trafficking requires a forceful response founded on the assistance and protection for victims, rigorous enforcement by the criminal justice system, a sound migration policy and firm regulation of the labour markets,” said UNODC’s Executive Director. 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http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=31932&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=31919&lan=EN Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=31919&lan=EN http://www.humanrights-geneva.info/Women-s-groups-seek-gender-equity,4598 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.humanrights-geneva.info/Women-s-groups-seek-gender-equity,4598 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=31814&lan=EN Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=31814&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=31737&lan=EN Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=31737&lan=EN http://www.indypendent.org/2009/03/20/feminists-look/ Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.indypendent.org/2009/03/20/feminists-look/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=31661&lan=EN Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=31661&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=31312&lan=EN Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=31312&lan=EN http://www.bbc.co.uk/french/highlights/story/2008/12/081219_web_minorites.shtml Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bbc.co.uk/french/highlights/story/2008/12/081219_web_minorites.shtml http://www.rferl.org/content/New_Initiative_Aims_To_Expand_Universal_Human_Rights_To_Include_Gays/1361615.html Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rferl.org/content/New_Initiative_Aims_To_Expand_Universal_Human_Rights_To_Include_Gays/1361615.html http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2008/fr/index.html Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2008/fr/index.html http://www.weforum.org/en/media/Latest%20Press%20Releases/PR_GGG08 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.weforum.org/en/media/Latest%20Press%20Releases/PR_GGG08 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=30397&lan=EN Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=30397&lan=EN http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-478/_nr-784/i.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-478/_nr-784/i.html http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=29786&lan=EN Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=29786&lan=EN http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/international/newsid_7467000/7467185.stm Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/international/newsid_7467000/7467185.stm http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2008/06/06/colomb19049.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2008/06/06/colomb19049.htm http://alainet.org/active/23847〈=es Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://alainet.org/active/23847〈=es http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/women/story/0,,2277551,00.html 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http://www.euromedrights.net/english/emhrn-documents/country-reports/Women%20report.htm Sun, 01 Jun 2003 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.euromedrights.net/english/emhrn-documents/country-reports/Women%20report.htm http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=22795&lan=EN Tue, 21 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=22795&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=22760&lan=EN Wed, 08 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=22760&lan=EN http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-478/_nr-390/i.html?PHPSESSID=03ca6e858de8d3544eb85032b96f43b7 Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-478/_nr-390/i.html?PHPSESSID=03ca6e858de8d3544eb85032b96f43b7 http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060130/pollitt Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060130/pollitt http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article335480.ece Thu, 29 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000 http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article335480.ece http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=21986&lan=EN Fri, 09 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=21986&lan=EN http://alainet.org/active/10080&lang=es Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000 http://alainet.org/active/10080&lang=es http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=21119&lan=EN As shown by the Declaration for global ethics that was signed in Chicago in 1993, the Parliament of the World’s Religions has understood that the time had come to organize a common strategy to answer the great problems of the world. The main idea was that once it would have agreed on minimum ethics, it would then be able to tackle growing poverty, hunger, violence by and against children, political corruption, the decay of the planet, organized crime, ethnical conflicts, and so on. Today, at a time when the alliance of civilizations is mentioned so much, it would be a good thing to ponder on what has happened to this praiseworthy precedent of great ambition. Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=21119&lan=EN http://denmark.dk/portal/page?_pageid=374,610572&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&ic_itemid=854026 Mon, 22 Aug 2005 00:00:00 +0000 http://denmark.dk/portal/page?_pageid=374,610572&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&ic_itemid=854026 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=19941&lan=EN Mon, 25 Jul 2005 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=19941&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=19767&lan=EN Fri, 15 Jul 2005 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=19767&lan=EN http://www.msf.org/msfinternational/invoke.cfm?objectid=9910E9BD-E018-0C72-0921466D968833E6&component=toolkit.article&method=full_html Mon, 20 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.msf.org/msfinternational/invoke.cfm?objectid=9910E9BD-E018-0C72-0921466D968833E6&component=toolkit.article&method=full_html http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mi/pdf/MDG%20Book_fr.pdf Thu, 09 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0000 http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mi/pdf/MDG%20Book_fr.pdf http://www.voanews.com/english/NewsAnalysis/Millions-Live-in-Modern-Slavery.cfm Tue, 17 May 2005 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.voanews.com/english/NewsAnalysis/Millions-Live-in-Modern-Slavery.cfm http://www.worldpolicy.org/journal/articles/wpj05-1/Crossette.html Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.worldpolicy.org/journal/articles/wpj05-1/Crossette.html http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=17822&lan=EN Mon, 21 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=17822&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=17766&lan=EN Sat, 19 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=17766&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=17741&lan=EN Fri, 04 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=17741&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=17735&lan=EN Tue, 08 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=17735&lan=EN http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGPOL300102005 Mon, 07 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000 http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGPOL300102005 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=17732&lan=EN Mon, 07 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=17732&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=17701&lan=EN Sat, 05 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=17701&lan=EN http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/fraACT770062005 Thu, 24 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000 http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/fraACT770062005 http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4840521,00.htmlv Fri, 04 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4840521,00.htmlv http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/03/02/2003225184 Wed, 02 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/03/02/2003225184 http://www.nzz.ch/2005/02/28/eng/article5569504.html Mon, 28 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.nzz.ch/2005/02/28/eng/article5569504.html http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=17542&lan=EN Wed, 26 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=17542&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=17358&lan=EN Mon, 14 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=17358&lan=EN http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGMDE130492004 Wed, 29 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0000 http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGMDE130492004 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=16073&lan=EN Wed, 15 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=16073&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=15987&lan=EN Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=15987&lan=EN http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2004/610/610p6b.htm Wed, 15 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2004/610/610p6b.htm http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2004/610/610p31.htm Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2004/610/610p31.htm http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGACT770952004 Wed, 08 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0000 http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGACT770952004 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=15534&lan=EN Tue, 23 Nov 2004 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=15534&lan=EN http://edrev.asu.edu/reviews/rev306.htm Tue, 21 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0000 http://edrev.asu.edu/reviews/rev306.htm http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:20280660~menuPK:34457~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html Thu, 11 Nov 2004 00:00:00 +0000 http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:20280660~menuPK:34457~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engact770822004 Wed, 03 Nov 2004 00:00:00 +0000 http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engact770822004 http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/10/26/news/sudan.html Wed, 27 Oct 2004 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/10/26/news/sudan.html http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=14809&lan=EN Wed, 20 Oct 2004 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=14809&lan=EN http://web.amnesty.org/actforwomen/col-131004-action-eng Wed, 13 Oct 2004 00:00:00 +0000 http://web.amnesty.org/actforwomen/col-131004-action-eng http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_12-10-2004_pg3_4 Mon, 11 Oct 2004 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_12-10-2004_pg3_4 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=13588&lan=EN Mon, 28 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=13588&lan=EN http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/90110/1/ Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:00:00 +0000 http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/90110/1/ http://www.slovakspectator.sk/clanok-16660.html Mon, 12 Jul 2004 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.slovakspectator.sk/clanok-16660.html http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=13077&lan=EN Sun, 11 Jul 2004 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=13077&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=11482&lan=EN Wed, 04 Jun 2003 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=11482&lan=EN http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,1000234,00.html Sat, 19 Jul 2003 00:00:00 +0000 http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,1000234,00.html http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/doc/409319140.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jul+10%2C+2002&author=Boustany%2C+Nora&pub=The+Washington+Post&edition=&startpage=&desc=The+Hard+Work+of+Democracy-Building+by+Muslim+Women Wed, 10 Jul 2002 00:00:00 +0000 http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/doc/409319140.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jul+10%2C+2002&author=Boustany%2C+Nora&pub=The+Washington+Post&edition=&startpage=&desc=The+Hard+Work+of+Democracy-Building+by+Muslim+Women http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=3441&lan=EN Mon, 10 Jun 2002 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=3441&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=2928&lan=EN Wed, 06 Mar 2002 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=2928&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=2041&lan=EN Due to democratic advances the now common goal of sexual equality is no longer disputed, rather it is the ways through which to achieve it that are discussed. At this time, equality appears as the impossible, a utopian idea of a common measure between the two sexes. The debate on parity of recent years pertains to this discussion. Before even discussing the meaning of parity, we must note that the problem of sexual equality remains unelaborated. In two registers, an anachronistic naivety about equality hinders the thinking of the �oepolitics of the sexes”. In the first instance, it is a matter of negating sexual inequality, or affirming the naturalness of progress towards equality. The belief in spontaneous and continued progress towards sexual equality within a democratic context challenges all realistic observations and results in a reticence in the demand for a law to create equality, as if the question of the sexes were escaping the well known rule: there is no equality without constraint, it is always produced. Sun, 28 Oct 2001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=2041&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=1911&lan=EN Recently considerable outrage has been excited in democratic circles in India by an ultimatum issued by a little-known militant group in Kashmir, the Lashkar-e-Jabbar. The group announced that all Muslim women in the valley of Kashmir would have to wear the burqa (hijab) and those who did not would be "punished". There followed attacks with acid on the faces of unveiled women, and threats to shoot after the deadline passed. Apart from one major women's organization, Dukhtaraan-e-Millat, which has supported the call, all the other militant groups denounced this ultimatum, and have raised doubts as to the existence of this group, suggesting it may be part of the Indian state's strategy to discredit militancy in Kashmir. However, the threat is real, and many women have taken to the burqa who didn't wear one till now. Mon, 08 Oct 2001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=1911&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=1460&lan=EN The Anglo-Saxon expressions of sex and gender must decide if the devaluation of women, which seems universal, is founded in nature. All sorts of ‘natural’ reasons to justify this depreciation �" amongst them their ‘weakness’ �" have been advanced. However, others have denied these reasons and invoked ‘good’ female qualities in order to restore a certain equity. They made the distinction between the natural state, characterised by very real differences (sex), on which History lays inequality, and the ‘social sex’ (gender), produced by this inequality. According to them, there is not sufficient reason for the first to produce the second. However, we note that the social inequality of sex remains justified and legitimised by ‘natural’ reasons, themselves presented as original root causes. But it is a circular argument, to recognise or not the well-foundedness of the subordination of women to men, because in general either nature is referred to justify discrimination, or the fiction of nature to condemn it. Fri, 20 Jul 2001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=1460&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=66&lan=EN Deportees, refugees, displaced population in huge and so far unheard of numbers are perhaps the emblematic and the most poignant picture of our times. Nowadays it has become arduous if not impossible to distinguish between political and economic refugees, although international conventions still try to maintain the difference in order to fence off a part of the pressure of this destitute and growing crowd. War refugees, refugees from massacres and genocides as well as escapees from violently partitioned countries are the biggest and the most tragic segment of transborder migrations. Mon, 22 Jan 2001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=66&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40&lan=EN Thu, 25 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40&lan=EN