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France's women's minister in focus as spotlight shines on gender politics

France's new minister for women's rights has promised to rush through a new sexual harassment law, as feminists warned they would stay vigilant over equal…

Bulgaria: Crime, Corruption, & Culture - a Challenge for Women's Rights

A Safeworld Student Writers Project - by Victoria Pavlova; 'For all its progress in the area of democratic and civic values in the past three decades, Bulgaria…

France: Vive la femme?

French women have heard promises of support for women's rights before. Will François Hollande be any different?

Yemeni Nobel Laureate: Turkish parliament should end hijab ban

Nobel laureate Tawakkul Karman has said the rights of Muslim women who wear the hijab must be respected and Turkish women MPs should be allowed to wear the…

Northern Ireland: The Abortion Support Network

Every year women scrimp, save and lie to their families just to get access to basic healthcare. Some sell their pensions, use a loan shark, beg strangers for…

One year of France's burka ban yields 20 fines and no men prosecuted

France’s law banning face-covering garments in public came into force a year ago – a defence of secular values and women’s rights, according to its proponents,…

Women's rights activist slams new Turkey anti-violence law

Women’s rights activists have criticised the Turkish government over a new domestic violence law which they say was watered down before it was passed on March…

‘Culture of disbelief’ at UK Border Agency over asylum rape claims

A damning report says the UK Border Agency routinely belittles female rape victims. A London based charity claims that a “culture of disbelief” exists among…

Spain's Socialists may elect first ever woman leader

Spain's Socialists, struggling to regroup after a crushing November electoral defeat, are considering choosing a female leader for the first time in their…

Former lovers of undercover officers sue police over deceit

Women launch legal action claiming they suffered emotional trauma after being deceived into forming relationships

Turkish Parliament to act on violence against women

Family and Social Policies Minister Şahin is preparing for a series of meetings to ensure that women’s rights are contained effectively in the new…

The truth about life as a Lap-Dancer

Popularised by stars such as Rihanna, lap-dancing clubs have doubled in number in less than a decade. Yet, the reality is degrading and psychologically…

One year in prison for singing two Kurdish folk songs

Raziye Kizil (also known as Gazin) was sentenced to a year in prison for singing two Kurdish songs and thereby “making propaganda for an illegal…

Turkey: Photo stirs debate on domestic violence and media ethics

The emotional issue of domestic violence in Turkey, where almost every day five women are killed by men, has engendered very heated debates recently due a…

Russia

Murder and abduction in Chechnya - interview with Tanya Lokshina

"Natalya Estemirova was a very close friend...

Whenever I came to Chechnya I stayed with Natasha.

Natasha's death was a huge blow to human rights in Chechnya, to all of her friends and colleagues, and to all the innumberable people that she gave assistance to.

She was the only one for a long time who dared publically, openly, raise awareness about the law enforcement and security’s abuses in Chechnya.

Others were quietly reporting on the situation too, but she was doing it under her own name and this proved to be lethal. She was murdered and this gap cannot possibly be filled...

I heard people saying, "by killing Natasha, they killed human rights work in Chechnya."

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