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Menstrual leave: A blessing or a curse? | World | Breaking news and perspectives from around the globe | DW

Spain could become the first European country to institute special time off for coping with severe menstruation. In places where such period leave is already in place, women say it helps. But there is criticism.

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Ending virginity testing in Indonesian military is not enough: Jakarta Post

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): Even though the decades-long virginity testing for prospective female recruits and soldiers’ fiancées is no longer in practice in the Indonesian Military (TNI), a thorough review and amendment of the law concerning administrative discretion is urgently needed to make sure such gender-based discriminatory practices have no place in the country.

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France vows action on femicide after 3 more women killed | News | DW

The killings of three women on the first day of 2022 have evoked massive outcry over France's growing problem of femicide. Activists have criticized the government's inability to rein in deadly domestic violence.

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Violence against women: When daily life becomes a nightmare | Germany | News and in-depth reporting from Berlin and beyond | DW

In Germany, femicide is on the rise according to figures presented on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Combatting domestic violence presents a challenge for the incoming government.

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Mexico: Court quashes time limit on rape case abortions | News | DW

Midwives in Mexico: Healthy births despite COVID-19
Judges said the law showed "total disregard for human dignity and the free development of the personality of pregnant women, whose pregnancy is not the result of a free and consensual decision."
The court's decision could spark a series of other legal challenges by women living in other Mexican states.
Catholic groups in Mexico have long campaigned against abortion
What is in the law in other parts of Mexico?
All but two of Mexico's 32 states allow abortion in rape cases, but some impose time limits of 12 weeks or 90 days.
Only Mexico City and two other states allow for legal terminations in situations other than rape.

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Opinion: European treaty against women′s violence ′saves lives′ | Opinion | DW

Look and act - Prevent violence against women
Prevention of violence is first step
The Convention provides for a victim-centered approach designed to make women safer, by preventing violence, protecting victims and holding perpetrators accountable. Importantly, it also underscores that the effective prevention of violence against women requires states to improve gender equality, by tackling the deeply entrenched inequalities and stereotypes concerning the roles of women and men in society.
The implementation of the Istanbul Convention has already yielded positive outcomes. It has led to an increased number of shelters for victims of violence in Albania, Finland, Montenegro, Portugal and Turkey. Specialized support services for victims of sexual violence have also been set up in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Portugal, and recently Spain.

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Pharmaceutical giant Merck now has a woman at the helm | Business| Economy and finance news from a German perspective | DW

How to negotiate more successfully as a woman
Glass ceilings and gender equality
In 2015, the German legislature passed a law mandating a 30% quota for women on supervisory boards of listed companies. Aiming further down the corporate ladder, this past January, the German cabinet greenlit a bill to force more gender equality on company executive boards after a voluntary system didn't bring about enough change.
If approved, the law will make it mandatory for listed companies to appoint one female board member if it has at least four members. Companies that the government has a majority stake in will be held to even tougher standards. Currently, only around 16% of DAX board members are women.

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In Guatemala, women fear for their lives | Americas| North and South American news impacting on Europe | DW

Violence against women rife
Lack of protection
Silvia Trujillo was born in Uruguay and grew up in Argentina, but she said she first became a feminist in Guatemala. She moved there 20 years ago and has since worked both as a sociologist and the editor of
La Cuerda, an internet portal with a "feminist view on reality," according to its website.
"We live here in a state that is incapable of protecting its women and where the political will to do so is lacking. This is compounded by the way society is so pervaded by machismo that violence against women is often not reported," she said.

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Structural racism and vaccine access: The German data gap | Science| In-depth reporting on science and technology | DW

Structural racism and vaccine access: The German data gap
In the UK and the US, white people are being vaccinated more quickly than others. It might well be the same in Germany ― but statistics based on ethnicity are not collected here. Is it time to close the data gap?
The US and the UK are far ahead of Germany in terms of number of vaccines administered - but data from these countries reveal deep inequalities.
Ensuring equal access to the vaccine isn’t going well ― even within the rich countries who have most of it. As of April 14,the vaccination rate for white people in the US was 1.6 times greater than that for Black people and 1.7 times higher than that for Hispanic people. A similar trend can be seen for ethnic minorities in the UK, with people identifying as Black African or Black Carribean being significantly less likely to have received a first dose of the vaccination than white people, according to a government report. Questions have arisen as to whether such divides will be reproduced elsewhere, including in Germany. A small snag: There’s no data.

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COVID worsened global human rights abuses: Amnesty report | World| Breaking news and perspectives from around the globe | DW

Conflict Zone special - Lebanon: From riches to ruin
Lebanon
Over eight months after a devastating explosion on August 4, 2020, that tore through its capital Beirut, Lebanese authorities have failed to deliver investigation outcomes to the families of over 200 people who were killed in the blast.
The official account attributed the blast to 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate stored for years at the port, but authorities failed to hold anyone accountable.
In its report, Amnesty International cited leaked official documents where authorities in customs, the judiciary, the military and security apparatus warned successive governments of the dangerous stockpile of chemicals at the port at least 10 times in the past six years.

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