The bill on equalizing the rights of men and women has caused fierce reactions from Islamist circles in Bangladesh. Demonstrators in Dhaka said they were rejecting "Western laws for women".
About 43 percent of women in Serbia give up their share of inheritance in favor of male relatives. Although the law guarantees equality in inheritance, customs and patriarchy still leave a large number of women without property
On International Women's Day on Saturday (March 8) in Serbia, in addition to the "Women in the Front Rows" protest and the March XNUMX March, the students in the blockade in Belgrade called for a "Students and Workers - Side by Side" rally. The students hope that the general rebellion can be good for women's rights
"Unfortunately, we witness every day that prostitution and mediation in prostitution are promoted in the media with a national frequency, by bringing repeatedly convicted pimps who wholeheartedly promote violent behavior and violence against women in general, without any sanctions for their behavior," he told the portal. Vremena" Jelena Hrnjak, program manager of NGO Athens, an organization for the protection of women victims of human trafficking
French President Emmanuel Macron announced at the end of October that his government plans to submit a draft law in the coming days, which will be presented to the Council of Ministers by the end of the year, which would incorporate abortion rights into the country's constitution. The world media interprets this as a response to the abolition of the right to abortion in the USA. The Constitution of Serbia does not precisely define who can decide on termination of pregnancy
The Autonomous Women's Center called this decision of the Prosecutor's Office devastating for all women and girls who have experienced or are experiencing their private photos and videos being shared without authorization on social networks and comments
For women from seven municipalities of the Pčinj district, there is one Safe House, founded by the city of Vranje, and the capacity has been reduced from 25 to 10 places. Local governments (seven of them) bear the costs of accommodation, but they do not see gender-based violence as a priority, so the financial plan generally does not have specific funds allocated for housing women, or the total funds for social services are not used for housing women in the Safe House. This is also shown by the fact that no women from the municipalities of Vladičin Han, Bosilegrad, Preševo and Surdulica were placed in the Safe House for more than 12 months.
In as many as 44 percent of cases, women renounce their inheritance in favor of other family members, while only 0,5 percent of men do so.
The Supreme Administrative Court in Ankara on Monday confirmed and approved Turkey's withdrawal from the Council of Europe's Istanbul Convention on the Protection of Women from Violence
Fifteen minutes after the draft banning abortion was released to the public, disgruntled citizens gathered in front of the Supreme Court in Washington. Attempts are being made once again to hinder or completely take away women's rights, arbitrarily, by an absurd decision of the state authorities. The states of Oklahoma and Texas announce draconian laws that would make abortion illegal even in cases where the pregnancy was the result of rape or incest
