“Not one woman less!”: Ecuadorian women march against gender-based violence
The march took place on year after the femicide of 34-year-old lawyer María Belén Bernal at the hands of her cop husband Germán Fernando Cáceres inside the Quito Police Training High School
Iraqis protest “honor killing,” demand laws against domestic violence
One out of every five Iraqi women has reportedly been subjected to domestic violence. However, lawmakers have failed to enact laws against such crimes citing possible impact on the “Iraqi social fabric”
Femicide of María Belén Bernal sparks outrage in Ecuador
María Belén Bernal was found murdered five kilometers from the Police Training School. Bernal’s mother deemed her daughter’s femicide as “a state crime.”
Massive protests follow Turkey’s withdrawal from Istanbul Convention on violence against women
The Recep Tayyip Erdoğan-led government announced its withdrawal from the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence through a presidential decree on March 20
Patriarchy and the pandemic: Disentangling the web of oppression
We discuss Coronashock and Patriarchy, a study done by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, with Renata Porto Bugni to understand the impact of the pandemic on women and the LGBTQIA+ community.
Progressives denounce Poland’s plan to quit treaty on violence against women
The conservative government in Poland has decided to quit the Istanbul Convention, which is a Council of Europe convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence
Eve Ensler: Women need not wait for an apology
Prominent feminist and author of The Vagina Monologues Eve Ensler talks to Newsclick about her new book, The Apology.
“In Uganda, we are uniting women farmers and fighting for their rights”
Komurembe Beatrice from the Eastern & Southern Africa Farmers’ Forum (ESAFF) talks about the challenges faced by women peasants, as well as women in general, in her country, Uganda.
