Search Results for Tag: women’s rights
Afghan men oppose more women’s rights; elders less hardline
About two-thirds of men think women in Afghanistan have too many rights and that women are too emotional to become leaders.
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29.01.2019 | 13:30
Afghanistan, gender equality, Kabul, Promundo, taliban, UN women, United states, Women for Afghan Women, women's rights
U.N. investigating ‘surge’ in female genital mutilation in Uganda
The probe comes after Ugandan media reported this week that armed groups had been forcefully conducting FGM in Kween district near the eastern border with Kenya.
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28.01.2019 | 15:50
female genital mutilation, FGM, girls' rights, Kenya, Kween, Uganda, UNFPA, United nations, women's rights
Comments deactivated Women’s emancipation has yet to reach Ethiopia’s rural areas
Times are changing for the better for women in Ethiopia. The country has its first female president and half of the cabinet are women. But change is much slower in rural areas as DW correspondent Fanny Facsar found out.
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28.01.2019 | 14:37
Addis Ababa, children, emancipation, Ethiopia, gender equality, mindset, rural areas, Women in Focus, women's rights
Comments deactivated Endangered in Ivory Coast: traditional priestesses
A dozen women, their bodies coated with clay, sway to beating drums as if in a trance, ankle bells jingling as they stamp their feet, in the eastern Ivorian town of Aniansue.
They are training to become certified “komians”, or priestesses, steeped in traditional lore, the properties of medicinal plants and the techniques of conflict resolution.
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25.01.2019 | 15:03
africa, akan, animist, Ashanti, conflict, cultural heritage, ethnic group, evangelical churchis, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Komian, priestess, women's rights
Comments deactivated No turning back for Iran’s hijab protesters despite crackdown
Protestors hold a sign “No To Mandatory Hijabi” as hundreds of Canadians took part in a protest against the Islamic Republic of Iran in Toronto, Canada, January 6, 2018.
Iranian women took to the streets holding their hijabs aloft in protests at the strict dress code that quickly spread on social media last year, leading to a “bitter backlash” by authorities.
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25.01.2019 | 15:02
Center for Human Rights in Iran, CHRI, Farhad Meysami, Hijab, Iran, Nasrin Sotoudeh, Reza Khandan, women's rights
Comments deactivated Women in India’s Kerala fight taboos to climb mountains
Divya Divakaran (left) spearheaded protests to gain access to the peak
Legend has it that the world will come to an end if women scale the Agasthyarkoodam peak in India’s southern state of Kerala. But these women want to take a chance and prove tradition wrong.
25.01.2019 | 14:27
Agasthya, Agasthyarkoodam, India, Kani, Kerala, mountain climbing, taboo, Tribal General Assembly, UNESCO Heritage Site, women's rights
Comments deactivated The world cupped: The inside story of the bra
Simone Perele lingerie company head of technical development, Anne-Marie Afflard, poses during a photo session at the Simone Perele headquarters in Clichy, outside Paris, on December 20, 2018.
It rarely sees the light of day but the upscale bra is the most tested, sweated over and highly engineered piece of clothing of all.
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22.01.2019 | 15:19
bra, Cadolle, Christian Dior, DuPont, fashion, Francois Auguste Gamichon, French lingerie, lingerie, Promicor, Stephanie Perele, women's rights
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