Reducing sentences in family violence cases isn’t uncommon in Egypt. So women struggle from both: their families and the courts.
Tag: genderbased violence
In Egypt, there is a disturbingly high rate of sexual abuse cases by members of the clergy who evade accountability. It’s time for Egyptian authorities to create better mechanisms to investigate these cases, punish perpetrators, and support survivors.
Reducing sentences in family violence cases isn’t uncommon in Egypt. So women struggle from both: their families and the courts.
Antonio, Ibrain, Victoria, Lizeth, Xiomara and Zaira. All six have etched in their memory the people they were able to help and those they couldn’t while crossing the Darién Gap, one of the most dangerous points on the Central American migration route to the United States.
International Women’s Day this year shines a light on the reality that the plague of violence against women is not only physical, but also comes in the form of economical subjugation. One Italian woman shares her struggle.
Using the methods of the Islamic regime in Tehran, the Yemeni fundamentalist insurgents have imposed repressive laws to control women’s movement and behavior.