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, by MACKINNON Catharine
It was legal recognition that broke the rule of impunity that the more power a man has, the more sex he can exact from those with less power.
Women’s voices recounting sexual abuse being heard, believed, and acted on is a real change. The accountability for sexual harassment seen today, termed (...)
, by ASHRAF Ajaz
A large section of Muslim women has been demanding an end to triple talaq . It is time the AIMPLB gave up its opposition to this.
The All-India Muslim Personal Law Board has been mulishly opposed to abolishing triple talaq, which is a procedure a Muslim adopts to divorce his wife by (...)
, by ENGINEER Irfan
Shayara Bano, an Indian Muslim woman was married to Rizwan Ahmad on 11th April 2002 and they have a son and a daughter from the wedlock. She was unilaterally divorced by her husband on 10th October 2015 vide a talaqnama (deed of divorce) wherein before two witnesses her husband pronounced the (...)
, by Centre for Secular Space, Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation, Nari Diganta, One Law for All, Southall Black Sisters
One Law for All, Southall Black Sisters, the Centre for Secular Space, Nari Diganta and the Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation have welcomed the Law Society’s withdrawal of their sharia wills practice note .
The practice note advised solicitors on how to draw up ‘Sharia-compliant’ (...)
, by One Law for All, Southall Black Sisters
The Solicitor’s Regulatory Authority withdraws its endorsement of the Law Society’s discriminatory practice note on Sharia wills.
Southall Black Sisters (SBS) and One Law for All welcomes the decision by the Solicitor’s Regulatory Authority (SRA), the regulatory body for solicitors, to remove the (...)
, by D’AMELIO Lichi, TYLIM Natalia
Lichi D’Amelio and Natalia Tylim report on the decision to drop rape charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn—and what the case says about attitudes toward sexual assault.
ON AUGUST 23, New York County District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. dropped rape charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the (...)
, by BUCKLEY Cara
She seemed to be the perfect witness. She came forward right away, disclosing detail after damning detail of a sexual attack that, backed by forensic evidence, seemed airtight. She stuck to her story. But then her case fell apart after prosecutors questioned her credibility. The charges against (...)
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