Taliban policies risk de facto university ban for Afghan women, say officials
The Guardian, 01 Aug 2022
The Taliban’s ban on girls studying at high schools will become a de facto ban on university degrees for women if it stays in place, a Taliban spokenperson and university officials have said. Girls will not have the documents needed to enrol in higher education, or the academic capacity to start university courses after nearly a year out of school.
Ahead of Kenya elections, female politicians face abuse, attacks
Al Jazeera, 01 Aug 2022
Dozens of female candidates have been physically assaulted while campaigning ahead of the August 9 elections in Kenya.
The Femicide Detectives – Investigating an epidemic of violence against women in Mexico
Al Jazeera, 28 Jul 2022
Every day in Mexico, around 10 women are murdered – almost always by men. It’s an epidemic of gender-based violence that threatens to spiral out of control.
UK in diplomatic standoff over deletion of abortion rights from gender statement
The Guardian, 28 Jul 2022
Exclusive: Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands refuse to sign edited version, drawing up new phrasing including women and girls’ sexual and reproductive rights.
Black women who hated guns are embracing them as crime soars
The Washington Post, 27 Jul 2022
While research shows that possessing a gun raises the risk of violent death, some Black women are desperate for a way to feel safer.
Afghanistan: Taliban’s ‘suffocating crackdown’ destroying lives of women and girls – new report
Amnesty International, 27 Jul 2022
The lives of women and girls in Afghanistan are being devastated by the Taliban’s crackdown on their human rights, Amnesty International said in a new report published today. Since they took control of the country in August 2021, the Taliban have violated women’s and girls’ rights to education, work and free movement; decimated the system of protection and support for those fleeing domestic violence; detained women and girls for minor violations of discriminatory rules; and contributed to a surge in the rates of child, early and forced marriage in Afghanistan.
Stereotypes, violence keep women out of politics in Zimbabwe
Al Jazeera, 25 Jul 2022
On March 16, Thokozile Dube was attacked by a gang of assailants who stormed her yard at twilight in Mawabeni community in Matabeleland South province, 480km (300 miles) away from the capital, Harare.
