Tag: women’s rights
Road to refuge scheme offers free coach travel for abuse survivors
A partnership that was first formed during rail strikes has been expanded
Archive Good Business Society UK
The new approach to ending FGM that’s showing promise in Kenya
In a bid to break the cycle of FGM, a grassroots project is piloting a radically different method – and early results are encouraging
Body & Mind Society Wellbeing World
‘Marry the rapist’ laws are being repealed across the Middle East
Tunisia, Jordan and Lebanon have scrapped laws that allow rapists to escape punishment by marrying their victims
Society
Progress for anti-rape laws in Punjab
A province in Pakistan has made DNA testing compulsory in rape cases, part of ongoing national reforms to improve support for victims
Society
The grandmothers lobbying for health and reproductive rights
From a group of pensioner activists to a woman single-handedly running an orphanage for HIV-positive children, meet the grandmothers who are...
Health Lifestyle
US election thrusts gender equality into the spotlight
Though it has been characterised by negativity, the US presidential election race has also brought women’s rights sharply to the fore. Does ...
Politics Society
