Delhi schools offer safe space for children to speak up about sexual abuse

Girls listen to police officers talk about reporting sexual abuse, at a public school in Delhi.Photograph: Amrit Dhillon Amrit Dhillon in Delhi – The Guardian – 22-8-2016 Half of the student population in India’s capital suffer abuse, a taboo subject in many homes. Now police are visiting schools to encourage children to report it. In …

The Brazil you won’t see at the Summer Olympics: Women on the Frontlines

The 2016 Summer Olympics are about to come to an end in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. And while there’s been talk about risks in Brazil from water contamination and the Zika virus, there’s a far larger threat that’s gone largely un-reported: the threat to women’s rights from the current political and economic crisis. … To …

Amnesty International on Iranian women-activists repression

PRESS RELEASE 10-8-2016 Iranian authorities have intensified their repression of women’s rights activists in the country in the first half of this year, carrying out a series of harsh interrogations and increasingly likening any collective initiative relating to women’s rights to criminal activity, Amnesty International said today. The organization’s research reveals that since January 2016 …

Strict Texas abortion law overturned in major supreme court ruling

The Guardian – Molly Reden – June 27, 2016 Abortion rights activists Morgan Hopkins of Boston, left, and Alison Turkos of New York City, celebrate on the steps of the US supreme court on Monday. Photograph: Pete Marovich/Getty Images Huge legal victory for reproductive rights activists paves way to overturn dozens of measures that curtail …