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Blogs about: Legal Police

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What if sex work were legal in South Africa?

womensphere wrote 1 month ago: Governments across the world grapple with the question of how best to deal with sex work: should it … more →

Tags: Prostitution, Africa

Reactions to making sexual harassment in the workplace an offence have been mixed in Malaysia

womensphere wrote 1 month ago: Employers have protested, women’s groups have welcomed the move, but with a caveat. And one expert … more →

Tags: Asia, Employment, work, Violence Against Women

Abortion by a woman without her husband’s knowledge and consent will amount to mental cruelty and a ground for divorce the Supreme Court in New Delhi has held

womensphere wrote 1 month ago: A state of mind “Mental cruelty is a state of mind. The feeling of deep anguish, disappointment, … more →

Tags: Abortion Contraception, Asia, Family Marriage Partnership

Police rape study in South Africa results drown victims' hope

womensphere wrote 2 months ago: Of every 25 men accused of raping a child or adult woman, 24 walk free - and one in every eight rape … more →

Tags: Africa, Rape and Sexual Assault

"Rapes are encouraged" because there is no punishment in Cote D’Ivoire

womensphere wrote 2 months ago: Rapes of women and girls are common in western Côte d’Ivoire and generally go unpunished, sai … more →

Tags: Africa, Rape and Sexual Assault, War & Conflict

Indonesia's parliament has passed an anti-pornography law despite furious opposition to it

womensphere wrote 2 months ago: Islamic parties said the law was needed to protect women and children against exploitation and to cu … more →

Tags: Government, Asia, Pornography

Los Angeles Needs Plan to Test Rape Evidence

womensphere wrote 2 months ago: New Staff Only One Step to Reducing 7,300-Case Backlog The approval of 16 additional Los Angeles Pol … more →

Tags: North America, Rape and Sexual Assault, Funding

Chinese police ordered to handle domestic violence complaints at scene

womensphere wrote 2 months ago: The Chinese government has ordered police to respond at the scene to all complaints of domestic viol … more →

Tags: Asia, Domestic Violence

Should dowry law be diluted? The gender war carries on. (India)

womensphere wrote 2 months ago: Can the stringent and controversial Section 498A, commonly called the ‘dowry law’ last a … more →

Tags: Asia, Human Rights, Family Marriage Partnership

Women in Iran find little freedom

womensphere wrote 2 months ago: Women’s rights violations in Iran continue to mount, especially where children are given to th … more →

Tags: Children & Parenting, Equality, Family Marriage Partnership, middle east, Women's Group

New Law Shields Children From Prostitution Charges in New York

womensphere wrote 2 months ago: Ending years of debate and delay, Gov. David A. Paterson last month signed into law a bill shielding … more →

Tags: Children & Parenting, North America, Prostitution, Trafficking

No change in Brazil after rape of jailed girl by 21 men

womensphere wrote 2 months ago: * A 15-year-old girl arrested on petty theft charges was left for weeks in a jail cell with 21 men, … more →

Tags: Rape and Sexual Assault, South America

Indonesia postpones tabling of anti pornography law

womensphere wrote 3 months ago: The anti-pornography bill aims to shield the young from lewd acts, but also contains provisions that … more →

Tags: Government, Asia, Faith, Pornography

Taliban kill Afghan woman police officer head of crimes against women

womensphere wrote 3 months ago: In an attack claimed by the Taliban, two gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed Afghanistan’s … more →

Tags: Violence Against Women, Asia, War & Conflict

Iranian Women successfully lobby government to reform family law

womensphere wrote 3 months ago: The Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) international solidarity network welcomes the news that I … more →

Tags: Women's Group, middle east, gender mainstreaming, Family Marriage Partnership

‘John school’ in Kansas shows men how prostitution hurts women, communities, themselves

womensphere wrote 3 months ago: Before trying to hire a prostitute, consider this: You could find yourself in “john school.” For … more →

Tags: North America, Prostitution

SMS divorces spur call for family law in Bahrain

womensphere wrote 4 months ago: Bahrain could soon follow a growing regional trend of Muslim men divorcing their wives by text messa … more →

Tags: Women's Group, middle east, Family Marriage Partnership

Death by stoning suspended in Iran … but still legal!

womensphere wrote 5 months ago: The Global Campaign to Stop Killing and Stoning Women! (SKSW Campaign) welcome the news that the sen … more →

Tags: Violence Against Women, Government, middle east, Campaign

India must criminalise buying of sex and strengthen anti-trafficking laws

womensphere wrote 5 months ago: In a statement issued on the eve of UN General Assembly debate on steps needed to stop trafficking, … more →

Tags: Asia, Prostitution, Publication, Trafficking, Women's Group

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