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Spanish deal to tackle gender-based violence – 1 bn euro for 5 year programme

Spain’s political parties are celebrating a “historic” €1bn (£895m; $1.2bn) five-year programme to tackle gender-based violence. The measures include providing victims of abuse with six months’ unconditional unemployment benefit to give them a new start, and outlawing imprisoned abusers from being visited by their children. The agreement was reached after six months and 66 expert …

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‘Catastrophe for rape survivors’ as Poland limits access to morning-after pill

By Matt Day, Warsaw A leading human rights organisation has warned a new law in Poland limiting access to emergency contraception will have a “catastrophic impact on rape survivors”. The law, which comes into effect next month, ends prescription-free access to the morning-after pill. Andrzej Duda, the Polish president, gave his official consent to the …

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Iran: Women’s rights activist Atena Daemi, in critical health

Post of 29-5-2017 The health of Iranian women’s rights activist, Atena Daemi, has sharply deteriorated. After 46 days on hunger strike, she is critically ill and her body has started rejecting water. Despite doctors’ warnings, the authorities are still refusing to transfer her to a hospital outside prison for specialist medical care. She is a …

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