Violence against women

سوريا:تحليل: نحو زيادة الخدمات المقدمة للناجيات من العنف الجنسي في سوريا

قال باباتوندي اوسوتيمين، المدير التنفيذي لصندوق الأمم المتحدة للسكان- أثناء زيارة قام بها مؤخراً إلى مخيم نيزيب للاجئين في تركيا، الذي يبعد حوالي 40 كيلومتراً شرق مدينة غازي عنتاب الجنوبية - أنه ينبغي بذل المزيد من الجهد لضمان صحة ورفاه النساء والأطفال المتضررين من النزاع السوري. ويأوي مخيم نيزيب، أحد أحدث المخيمات في تركيا، 10,000 لاجئ، أو "ضيف"، كما تفضل الحكومة أن تسميهم، في خيام من القماش الأبيض وحاويات متراصة في صفوف منظمة ومرقمة على الضفاف الصخرية لنهر الفرات التي تلفحها الشمس حتى تكتسي باللون الأبيض.

الصومال:عصابات تمارس الاغتصاب بأرض الصومال

يشكو نشطاء حقوقيون من ارتفاع مفاجئ في وتيرة الاغتصاب الذي تمارسه عصابات إجرامية منظمة في أرض الصومال، المنفصلة عن الصومال والتي لا يعترف بها المجتمع الدولي. ويشير النشطاء إلى وجود عصابات تجوب العاصمة هرغيسيا تحمل سكاكين تتعقب النساء في شوارع المدينة المغبرة، وتلجأ إلى جرهن إلى منازل أو أماكن ضيقة لاغتصابهن وسرقتهن.

Morocco: Women battle against domestic abuse

Countless Moroccan women, continue to face abuse and sexual violence at the hands of their husbands. About 6 million women in Morocco are victims of violence, or around one in three. Morocco’s Social Development Minister Bassima Hakkaoui, the only female minister in the country, said last week that she would try to push forward a law protecting women that has been stuck in Parliament for 8 years.

Bangladesh: Islamists Demand that Bangladesh's Women Stay at Home

Members of Hifazat-e Islam, a radical Islamist party in Bangladesh, attacked female journalists on assignment as the group marched in the country's capital to demand strict Islamic law, including a ban on free mixing of the sexes and punishment of “atheists and blasphemous bloggers”.

Afghanistan: Woman killed for “dishonouring” family

The woman, who has two children, was shot dead on Monday 22 April by her father in front of a crowd of about 300 people in the village of Kookchaheel, in the Aabkamari district of Badghis province in north-western Afghanistan.

Lebanon: Workshop on "Masculinity and ending Violence Against Women in the Middle East and Abroad"

ABAAD-Resource Center for Gender Equality and the Swedish Institute hosted the Regional conference “Masculinity and ending Violence Against Women in the Middle East and Abroad” in Beirut, Lebanon on the 10^th and 11^th of April, 2013.

Kyrgyzstan: Krygyzstan considers banning girls from traveling abroad

Rights activists in Kyrgyzstan are campaigning against a parliamentary proposal to bar women under the age of 23 from travelling abroad without their parents’ consent.

Africa: Women and Urbanization

Countries across Africa are experiencing unprecedented urban growth, presenting women with greater economic and social opportunities as well as greater risks to their safety and welfare. According to UN-HABITAT, “notable gender gaps in labour and employment, decent work, pay, tenure rights, access to and accumulation of assets, personal security and safety, and representation in formal structures of urban governance show that women are often the last to benefit from the prosperity of cities.”

Indonesia: Child Protection a Low Priority

Last year, 12-year-old Riri was sent from her village in Central Java to live with her uncle and aunt two provinces away, in Jakarta, the capital. Over a period of four months, she was repeatedly raped by her uncle, who threatened to kill her and possess her with evil spirits if she reported the abuse. He then forced her to become a sex worker.

WLUML: Petition to the United Nations Secretary General & the OHCHR: End Stoning Now

Stoning is not simply a relic of the past. In fourteen countries around the world, this brutal punishment and form of torture continues to exist in the here and now. Please join the campaign against stoning – give us your support and urge the UN to take action on stoning by signing.