The Erasure of the Private Sphere in Iran
By Franzie Schatzl and Jack Budlow Before attending a local production of Chekhovâs âIvanov,â two women publicly share a cigarette â a habit once considered socially unacceptable. Across Iran, women continue to find small ways to assert individuality, resist, and stretch the boundaries of what authorities deem acceptable behaviour. Photograph: Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times The erosion of the private sphere is a hallmark of totalitarianism. The demolition of individuality a
Genocide Watch
Nov 13, 2025
Togo: AFED intentisifes campaign against gender-based violence
An advocacy and exchange meeting on the fight against gender-based violence (GBV) was held on Wednesday, November 5, in Blitta-Gare, about 270 km north of LomĂŠ, the Togolese capital. Organised by the Association of Empowered Women for Development (AFED) under its âVoix Essentiellesâ project, with financial support from Speak Up Africa, the meeting brought together local authorities, women from agricultural cooperatives, and market vendors from Blitta-Gare, Blitta-Village, Dou
APA News
Nov 8, 2025
Sudan Genocide Emergency: September 2025
By Omar Kausar and Grace Harris People displaced following Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacks on Zamzam displacement camp shelter in the town of Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan on April 15, 2025. Stringer/Reuters Since April 2023, the Republic of Sudan (Sudan) has been engulfed in one of the deadliest civil wars of the 21st century . The civil war is between two opposing factions of the Sudanese Military: the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the le
Genocide Watch
Oct 27, 2025
UN report on Israelâs genocidal gender-based violence
Responding to a report by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry (COI) on the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel published today concluding that Israel has systematically used sexual, reproductive and other gender-based violence against Palestinians since October 2023 and carried out âgenocidal actsâ against Palestinians in Gaza by destroying womenâs healthcare and reproductive health facilities and blocking access to reproductive healthcare, Amnesty Inter
Amnesty International
Oct 26, 2025
Latvia's Possible Withdrawal From Domestic Violence Treaty
Womenâs rights activists protest against Latviaâs possible withdrawal from domestic violence treaty By Claudia Ciobanu National flag flutters over Latvian central bank headquarters in Riga, Latvia April 9, 2019. Photo by Ints Kalnins/ Reuters WARSAW, Poland (AP) â Womenâs rights activists taped their mouths shut at a demonstration Wednesday outside the Latvian parliament to protest the countryâs possible withdrawal from an international treaty aimed at supporting women who ar
PBS News
Oct 22, 2025
Persecution of Muslim Women in Modi's India - Special Report
Muslim women removing ruins of Muslim shop destroyed by Hindutva mob PERSECUTION OF MUSLIM WOMEN IN MODIâS INDIA: Hindutva Violence...
Olivia Cash, Genocide Watch
Sep 30, 2025
DR Congo Genocide Emergency 2025
M23 consolidates control over Goma, DR Congo source: Bellingcat DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO GENOCIDE EMERGENCY 2025 By Omar Kausar...
Genocide Watch
Sep 30, 2025
New Lines Report: Taliban Genocide Against Afghan Hazaras
Women protest the loss of innocent lives of Hazara Muslims. Source: Yahoo Images A newly released investigative legal and archival...
New Lines Institute
Sep 5, 2025
Argentina: Women Face Increased Violence
In a country once lauded as a progressive bastion in Latin America, protections are being dismantled by a populist leader, and...
The Guardian
Aug 19, 2025
Argentina's discrimination against Trans women
By Erika Noely Moreno, trans activist from Argentina 9 August 2025 Erika Noeli Moreno, a member of Las Historicas, leads an event at the...
Amnesty International
Aug 11, 2025
Outspoken women in Zimbabwe face digital violence
The Varakashi are using anonymous and fake accounts to mock, delegitimize and threaten opposition to the ruling ZANU PF party. Emmerson...
New Zimbabwe
Aug 1, 2025
ICC seeks arrests of Taliban leaders
Judges say Taliban officials have âseverely deprivedâ girls and women of rights, including education. Afghan women and children wait to...
Al Jazeera
Jul 8, 2025
