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Double jeopardy Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.) In the contemporary world of journalism, female reporters face a double jeopardy: they are increasingly targeted both as journalists and as women – particularly in repressive regimes and misogynistic societies. As the United Nations intensifies its campaign for women’s rights worldwide – even as it annually commemorates World Press Freedom Day on May 3 – one of the questions lingering in the minds of women activists is: Is p...

3 May is World Press Freedom Day. This is part of a series of IPS features and opinion editorials focused on media freedom globally. Women journalists in Kabul June 2019. Credit: UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)/Fardin Waezi UNITED NATIONS, May 2 2021 (IPS) - In the contemporary world of journalism, female reporters face a double jeopardy: they are increasingly targeted both as journalists and as women– particularly in repressive regimes and misogynistic societies. As the United ...

IPS BEFORE Zimbabwe imposed lockdown measures last March as part of global efforts to curb the coronavirus pandemic, Grace Mashingaidze* would attend workshops in Harare arranged by a nongovernmental organisation assisting trafficked women who had safely made it back home. A survivor of trafficking, the 27-year-old Mashingaidze told IPS she joined a group of other young female survivors and had received assistance that ranged from counselling, psychosocial support and self-sufficiency skills. T...

Divya Srinivasan, a human rights lawyer based in Delhi and co-author of the report, from the women’s rights organisation Equality Now and Dignity Alliance International, labelled the test “a human rights violation by itself”. Sumeera Shrestha, executive director of the Nepali organisation Women for Human Rights, added: “It is demeaning and inhuman. It is not just about whether rape has happened, but it’s like testing your virginity.” She said that the examination was used by authori...

A report released Friday said that rape victims in multiple South Asian nations are still being subjected to humiliating and unscientific "vaginal tests," which advocates say are violations of womens human rights.

Dont show me this message again✕ Research discovered rape laws in the region are ‘insufficient, inconsistent, and poorly enforced’ (AFP via Getty) Sexual violence reports across South Asia have steadily risen in recent years with rape victims facing stigma and further violence for coming forward, a new report has found. Research by Equality Now, an NGO, which champions rights of women and girls, discovered rape laws in the region are “insufficient, inconsistent, and poorly enforced” ...

A new report on sexual violence in South Asia by women and girls rights group Equality Now has found that survivors face threats, pressure to settle out of court and obstacles to justice from systems rife with implementation failures. According to a new report, ‘burdensome’ evidence requirements in sexual violence cases are impeding access to justice for survivors across South Asia. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS UNITED NATIONS, Apr 21 2021 (IPS) - Gaps in laws, illegal out-of-court settlements,...

/PRNewswire/ -- A new report reveals how laws on rape in South Asian countries are insufficient, inconsistent, and not systematically enforced, putting women...

Rape survivors in India struggling with criminal justice system: Report In India, Nepal, and Bangladesh, 60 per cent of the survivors interviewed reported facing pressure to settle or compromise the case. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- By Express News Service NEW DELHI: Survivors of rape, and their families struggle with the criminal justice system in India with implementation of laws not being systematically enforced, shows a report released on Wednesday. The report Sexual Violence in So...

Rape laws across South Asia insufficient, inconsistent, and poorly enforced, leaving women at heightened risk of sexual violence Format 21 Apr 2021 INDIA, New Delhi, April 21 - A new report reveals how laws on rape in South Asian countries are insufficient, inconsistent, and not systematically enforced, putting women and girls at heightened risk of sexual violence. Survivors and victims’ families frequently face further victimization, resulting in extremely low reporting rates for rape, long...