Tag: women-s-rights
Chilean President Announces He Will Introduce Free Abortion Law
Chilean President Gabriel Boric announced on Saturday that he will propose a free abortion law during the second half of the year because, he said, “the women of Chile deserve their right to decide.” RELATED: Chile to Judge With High Penalties Three Polices Killers “As president, I am convinced to give a democratic debate on […]
June 1, 2024
Ecuador: UN Calls for Women’s Ministry to Be Maintained
On Thursday, the UN Women Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean called on the Government of Ecuador to preserve the Ministry of Women and Human Rights without changing its focus. Related: ICJ Not To Issue Provisional Measures Against Ecuador In a statement, the organization said it was concerned about the Ecuadorian government’s proposal […]
May 23, 2024
Venezuelan President Finances Over 41,000 Female-Led Ventures
On Thursday, the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro led the “Great Meeting of Entrepreneurial and Productive Mothers” held in Barcelona City, in the state of Anzoategui. RELATED: US Navy Aircraft Overflight Increases Regional Risk: Padrino From the Liberators Square, he announced the granting of 2,917 financing for local commerce, production, and services enterprises, a policy whose […]
May 10, 2024
Jail Awaits Neo-Nazi Who Called for Women’s Forced Prostitution
On Tuesday, the Criminal Court of Lisbon sentenced far-right extremist Mario Machado to two years and 10 months in prison for inciting hatred on social media, where he called for the “forced prostitution” of left-wing women. RELATED: Germany Arrests Far-Right Activists for Attempted Kidnapping The sentence from the Portuguese judges also includes Ricardo Pais, who […]
May 7, 2024
Sudan: UN for Int’l Participation in Fighting Sexual Violence
On Friday, a UN spokesman said that two UN officials called for more international engagement to combat sexual violence against women and girls in the Sudan conflict. Related: Vice President of Sudan: The Petroleum Sector Will Restart Soon Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Joyce Msuya joined Pramila Patten, the special representative of Secretary-General Antonio Guterres […]
April 26, 2024
Arizona Protests Against Reinstatement of 1864 Abortion Ban
On Sunday, hundreds of people took to the streets in downtown Scottsdale in Arizona after the western U.S. state’s Supreme Court reinstated a near-total abortion ban from 1864 on Tuesday. RELATED: Arizona Vetoes Social Guarantees of Abortion The 160-year-old ban outlawed abortion from the moment of conception, with an exception to save the woman’s life, […]
April 15, 2024
President Maduro Launches Movement to Empower Venezuelan Women
On Thursday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced the creation of the “Josefa Joaquina Sanchez” Great Movement of Women’s Movements and swore in 517 women as part of this organization’s first promotional team. RELATED: Colombia Ratifies Rejection of US Sanctions Against Venezuela “From now on, our country’s prospects are immense and they are in women’s hands,” […]
April 12, 2024
US Supreme Leans Toward Not Restricting Use of Abortion Pill
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court held a hearing on Mifepristone in which the majority of the justices leaned towards not restricting the use of this abortive substance. RELATED: France Makes History: Abortion Is a Constitutional Right Even some conservative judges showed reluctance to believe that the anti-abortion medical association Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine had […]
March 26, 2024
El Salvador: 12 Women and a Baby Have Died Inside Prisons Since 2022
During the emergency regime in El Salvador, 236 deaths were reported within prisons, of which 12 were women and one was a baby, due to lack of medical care. RELATED: New Ideas Party Achieves 28 Out of 44 Salvadoran Mayoralties Since March 2022, when the state of emergency came into force, 12 women have died […]
March 8, 2024
Irish Go to the Polls to Expand Women’s Rights
On Friday, Irish people will participate in two referendums to make constitutional changes related to the definition of family and the role of women in society. RELATED: Brazilian Landless Women Fight for Social Justice on March 8th Nearly 3.3 million citizens will go to the polls to vote on two amendments to the 1937 Constitution, […]