'Nawal El Saadawi...
Outspoken advocate for rights of Egyptian women
Author and activist fought for changes in a deeply conservative political culture
Born: October 27th, 1931
Died: March 21st, 2021
Nawal el Saadawi, an Egyptian author, activist and physician who became an emblem of the...
'Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pulled Turkey out of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, better known as the Istanbul Convention, via an executive order published in the Official Gazette on Friday night.
The move...
'Over 3,500 concerned citizens, representatives of women’s movements and feminists issued an open letter to Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde demanding that he step down and issue an apology for his remarks in court where he asked a man, accused of raping a minor girl, if he was willing to marry...
In Sydney on Sunday 5000 are expected to March through Sydney to demand equality.
The marches come closely after the death of international student Aia Masarwe in Melbourne and aims to expose the culture of violence against women.
Last year 69 women were killed in acts of violence in Australia...