Sudan will ban FGM and women will also no longer need a permit from male members of their families to travel with their children |
The equality strategy aims to get more women into leadership roles, narrow the gender pay gap and improve work-life balance |
Germany is making upskirting, surreptitiously taking photographs or filming under a person's clothing, a criminal offence punishable with fines or up to two years in prison |
Chancellor Angela Merkel reconsiders quotas, calling women's representation among Germany's top companies 'inadequate' |
Before the 2028 parliamentary elections, parties and election blocs must present party lists in which one-fourth of candidates will be a woman. Otherwise the party will not be registered |
Urgent, and accelerated action is needed to end female genital mutilation, child marriage, and other “harmful practices” and abuses carried out against women and girls, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA) |
'The tradition in Mexico is that daughters are the ones who care the most for parents,' President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said |
In Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen, more than 70% of reported cases were male, compared to a global average of 51% |
Sweden was ranked the best country in the world for women, according to a new report recently published by the CEOWORLD magazine. Denmark and the Netherlands follow up in second and third place, respectively |
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