Though abortion law has changed, Northern Irish women have been told they must sail to England despite lockdowns to access services |
The President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili has issued an act of pardon on the occasion of the Annunciation Day and pardoned 9 female inmates |
Victim-blaming in Saudi deters sexual and domestic violence victims from reporting their cases |
UN chief António Guterres is calling for measures to address a “horrifying global surge in domestic violence” directed towards women and girls, linked to lockdowns imposed by governments responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
On 3rd of April, 2020 an online Sub-Regional Consultations to Combat the COVID-19 Outbreak in EaP countries brought together up to 80 participants representing non-governmental organizations, women’s organizations, youth and civic activists |
Portugal has temporarily given all migrants and asylum seekers full citizenship rights, granting them full access to the country's healthcare as the outbreak of the novel coronavirus escalates in the country |
Domestic workers registered with the state's social security services will be able to claim 70% of their base salary for one month if they can prove their hours have been cut or they have been fired since the lockdown began on March 14 |
France said it would pay for hotel rooms for victims of domestic violence and open pop-up counselling centres after figures showed the number of abuse cases had soared during the first week of a lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus |
France's interior minister says that reports of domestic violence across the country have jumped by more than 30% since the country went into lockdown on March 17th |
The report on measures implemented by Government of Georgia against COVID-19 says nothing about consultations with gender experts, women entrepreneurs, etc. throughout the drafting of the aforementioned anti-crisis policy document, which in turn is problematic and raises legitimate questions about the gender sensitivity of the action plan itself.
Three new projects implemented by civil society partners will work across the country with victims of domestic violence, IDPs, and persons with disabilities