Gender Equality

Gender justice

Mexico claims to pursue a “feminist” foreign policy

In Mexico, government rhetoric on women’s rights is better than what women experience in daily life

Work

Female bus conductors on the rise

Tanzanian women are defying the gender stereotype and working as bus conductors

Traditions

Poverty and cultural norms push youngsters to get married

Local leaders in Malawi launched a campaign to end child marriages

Labour rights

Dangerous cotton harvest

Mostly women pick cotton in Pakistan – they are poorly paid and exposed to health risks

Nowadays

Training tailors, cooks or service staff

Catholic nuns try to help young women in Zambia to escape poverty

Bangladesh

The price garment workers paid for Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Labour activist Nazma Akter assesses developments in Bangladesh’s textiles factories

Gender relations

A brief history of rape law in Pakistan

Why Victorian norms still permeate South Asian laws

Rule of law

Improving rape victims’ access to the courts

Pakistan ends shameful practice of virginity testing in prosecution of sexualised violence

Hintegrund

Be fruitful and multiply

In Nigeria childless couples face ostracism – and women suffer in particular Webheadline: Infertility is a human -rights issue

Gender equality

Successes and setbacks in women's equality

Despite the pandemic, UNICEF never lost sight of its commitment to gender equality

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