#womens-rights

#womens-rights

The dowry, which is negotiated before marriage and legally treated as debt, can be claimed by the wife at any time during a marriage or when getting divorced. The new, more lenient policy sharply lowers the threshold for the amount a man must pay his wife in the event of divorce to avoid imprisonment from 110 gold coins to just 14.

A group of victims of the Iranian government crackdown during the Women, Life, Freedom protests in 2022 have filed the first criminal complaint against 40 named Iranian officials alleging crimes against humanity, including targeted blinding and murder. The request for a criminal investigation to be launched has been filed in Argentina by a group of Iranians with the help of the non-profit Iran Human Rights Documentation Center.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, Atwood said she believed the plot was bonkers when she first had the concept for the novel as the US was the democratic ideal at the time. It was the land of freedom and people in Europe just didn't believe that it could ever go like that, she said. Despite this, Atwood added: I've always been somebody who has never believed it can't happen here. It can happen anywhere, given the circumstances.

Women are the manager of the home, not a servant for you to say, Why didn't you do this? Why didn't you do that? Why isn't the house clean?' A woman is like a flower. A flower must be cared for and protected, and she will enrich you with her color, fragrance, and qualities, he offered in one. Women are the manager of the home,

"beyond being president, this is something that many women experience in the country and in the world; no one can violate our body and personal space."

Silent Hill f is one of the most fascinating survival horror games we've seen this last decade - effortlessly pushing the dormant franchise in a new direction while still managing to nail the spirit of a Silent Hill game. But perhaps most interesting of all is how it reframes the series' focus on interpersonal trauma, filtering that theme through the eyes of a high school girl named Hinako, living in 1960s Japan.

Addressing dignitaries gathered in Beijing on Monday, Xi Jinping praised the historic achievements of women's rights in China. In the past 30 years, the Chinese president said, maternal mortality rates had dropped by nearly 80%, and women were now participating in the project of national governance with unprecedented confidence and vigour. Xi was speaking at the global women's summit, an event on Monday and Tuesday to mark the 30th anniversary of the historic UN's world conference on women, which took place in Beijing.

India reopens embassy in Kabul, marking its first diplomatic engagement with the Taliban since their 2021 takeover. India has announced that it is upgrading its technical mission in Kabul to a full-fledged embassy, cementing its first high-level diplomatic engagement with Afghanistan's Taliban administration since the group seized power in 2021 after the United States withdrawal and fall of the previous government. Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Friday revealed the decision following talks with his Afghan counterpart in New Delhi.

Nicola Sturgeon describes feeling at risk of physical harm after JK Rowling's provocative T-shirt, which stated: 'Nicola Sturgeon, destroyer of women's rights.' She decried the vile abuse stemming from it.

The government has admitted that slashing foreign aid spending will likely see global deaths rise, as it confirmed the cuts will fall disproportionately on women and girls' education and on projects across Africa.

Watson reportedly got the ticket in July of last year after she was clocked driving eight miles over the speed limit. Just eight miles!

A preliminary UN report claims there is an international effort to erase women and denies their recognition in law and society. It highlights a need for targeted protection.

The report states that we currently have no idea the extent to which recommendations and action plans from domestic homicide reviews are being implemented on a national level. This is a huge opportunity missed.

"When I worked as a banker, I ALWAYS made the woman primary on the account," one user wrote.

The fertility rate in England and Wales was the lowest on record, at 1.44 children per woman, with the number of babies born being the lowest since the 1970s.

"This new office is part of the [university's] ongoing effort to break down silos, ensuring all members of our community are connected, supported and empowered to contribute to a thriving intellectual environment," Hoekstra wrote.

As we achieve our objective, we are also clearing the path for you to achieve your freedom... This is your opportunity to stand up and let your voices be heard. Woman, Life, Freedom. Zan, Zindagi, Azadi.

Alva Vanderbilt Belmont was a prominent Gilded Age socialite who married a Vanderbilt railroad heir, becoming a significant figure in high society and later in the women's suffrage movement.

The exhibition at LSE Library marks fifty years since the UN recognized women's existence, showcasing the 1975 Year of Women as pivotal in promoting equality.

Thousands of disabled women could find themselves trapped with abusers as a result of the government's upcoming welfare cuts, campaigners have warned, despite Sir Keir Starmer offering significant concessions.

Nuclear weapons are like the emperor's new clothes, they can't be used and if they are they backfire because of radiation spreads and they target civilians.

I remember just feeling really dumb that I'd never [asked], I'd love to sit down now and just ask her about all the other stuff she'd done in her life. "I wish I had an hour to sit down and interrogate her."

The new interpretive centre will be on the site of an old Magdalene laundry, illuminating the harsh realities faced by women who were unjustly incarcerated for societal norms.