Stop female mutilation, Foundation tells parents
The Guardian, 18 Oct 2022
Founder, Monu Olarewaju Foundation, a non-governmental organization, Chinwe Monu Olaruwaju, has appealed to parents, governments and other stakeholders to jettison the idea of early marriage and female genital mutilation of the girl child, describing them as unpleasant traditional practices militated against them.
Fears for Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi after she competed in Seoul without a hijab
The Guardian, 18 Oct 2022
There are growing fears for an Iranian climber who competed in an international tournament without a hijab in South Korea after friends told the BBC’s Persian service that they have been unable to contact her since Sunday.
Joint Statement: 43 Rights Groups Call for Urgent Action on Iran at UN Human Rights Council
Center for Human Rights in Iran, 17 Oct 2022
Forty-three human rights groups, including the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), today urged the UN Human Rights Council to urgently hold a special session that should establish an independent mechanism with investigative, reporting and accountability functions to address the most serious crimes under international law and other gross human rights violations committed in Iran, including in the context of successive waves of protest crackdowns.
Afghanistan: Taliban ban women from many university subjects
BBC, 15 Oct 2022
A year after banning most teenage girls from attending school, the Taliban are imposing sweeping restrictions on which courses women can enroll in at public universities.
Honduras Should Commit to Protecting Women’s and Girls’ Rights
Human Rights Watch , 14 Oct 2022
On October 18 and 19, a committee of international women’s rights experts will review Honduras’ progress in implementing the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), an international treaty designed to uphold women’s and girls’ rights around the world.
Marriage laws in MENA region put women at increased risk of child marriage and domestic violence
Middle East Monitor, 14 Oct 2022
A new policy briefing by the NGO, Equality Now, on how marriage laws in the MENA region and around the world discriminate against women and girls reveals how failure to reform means they are at increased risk of human rights violations, such as child marriage and domestic violence.
Japan will end law that restricted women from marrying after divorce
Fortune, 14 Oct 2022
Japan is set to change a 19th-century law deciding the paternity of a child born after divorce, in a bid to reduce the number of babies who remain unregistered and face difficulty in accessing healthcare and education.
