Tag: women's rights

Human Rights Watch noted that authorities have issued "discriminatory decrees" that compel millions of girls and women to wear headdresses

A UNFPA report noted that 51 percent of pregnancies in the Philippines are unintended

“Traditional gender norms or stereotypes surrounding unpaid care work and breadwinning still persist in this day and age”

Millions of single mothers have it rough in a country where out-of-wedlock births are frowned upon

Women activists marched in the streets of the Philippine capital Manila to mark International Working Women’s Day on March 8, 2022

Women’s rights activists danced in parks and held unity rides in the Philippines to celebrate the One Billion Rising PH campaign

A Catholic nun called on the media and other institutions in India “to expose the rotten mindset and cry foul”

The report also shows that not enough countries have acted with sufficient seriousness to tackle the “gender-based violence pandemic”

The pandemic has disrupted efforts to end child marriage and caused widespread damage to the financial prospects of girls

Women's rights in Afghanistan were sharply curtailed under the Taliban's 1996-2001 rule