By Ola Galal. As care became a legal category in Tunisia through Law 58, it opened up as well as foreclosed possibilities for political action and moral personhood, and reconstituted self, community, and labor amid great uncertainty during the transition to democracy. Yet this victim-centered approach also displaces the burden of care, support, and “empowerment” on a gendered labor force in the absence of the requisite legal mechanisms that enable the application of the henceforth abstrac...| TRAFO – Blog for Transregional Research
Big Issue readers speak out against the asylum protestors using other people's trauma to further their own political cause| Big Issue
Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell came together in Washington, D.C., united in demanding truth, accountability, and the release of long-hidden federal files. The post PHOTO ESSAY: Epstein Survivors Confront Congress, Demand Transparency appeared first on Ms. Magazine.| Ms. Magazine
In less than a month (24 days), Iran has witnessed a shocking wave of domestic violence that has left at| NCRI Women Committee
Sorayya Abolfathi, an only child, was born in 1961 to a wealthy family in Tabriz, Iran. A deeply compassionate and| NCRI Women Committee
Soghra Khodadadi’s Dark Record at Qarchak Prison: From Beatings and Forced Veiling to Medical Deprivation and International Sanctions Qarchak Prison| NCRI Women Committee
A Glance at a Costly and Ineffective Policy The “Youthful Population Law” in Iran vs. Women’s Human Rights Following a| NCRI Women Committee
The United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission, in its latest report, once again highlights the ongoing systematic and targeted repression| NCRI Women Committee
209 members of the Iranian regime’s parliament have signed a petition urging Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf to enforce the controversial| NCRI Women Committee
I love the footy. AFL is part of Melbourne’s DNA, and it’s one of our most successful exports to the rest of the country. But I don’t love AFL that much that I want to sell my soul. Our streets are awash with domestic abuse, where women (and children) live in fear and where indescribable … Continue reading Do we really need Snoop Dogg for the AFL Grand Final?| MurrayCampbell.net
The Women’s Commission of the Young Communist League of Britain notes Labour’s pledge to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) in the next decade, the strategy for which will be released this coming September. The government cannot allow the plague of VAWG on society to persist and stark action must be taken to deliver this stepping stone towards a safe society for women.| Young Communist League of Britain
In her new book, ‘Rehab: An American Scandal,’ Shoshana Walter explores how the giant substance treatment industry keeps failing many people desperate for help.| The Marshall Project
Female relatives of political prisoners held in Greater Tehran Penitentiary (a.k.a. Fashafuyeh) say they are being subjected to “degrading, abusive| NCRI Women Committee
Not a week goes by without some form of honor killing making headlines. The clerical regime’s failure to criminalize these| NCRI Women Committee
Not a week goes by in Iran without the honor killings of young women making news headlines. The past weeks| NCRI Women Committee
Report to the UN Beijing+25 ForumDownload The Plight of Women in Iran - A Report to the UN Beijing+25 Forum| NCRI Women Committee
A man killed his 14-year-old daughter while asleep. The 20-year-old mother of a toddler was tortured and murdered by her| NCRI Women Committee
The clerical government is the prime suspect in the murder of women. Iran is one of six countries across the| NCRI Women Committee
Download English Version What was the fate of the bill to prevent Violence Against Women in Iran? A misogynist tyrannical| NCRI Women Committee
Drastic rise in violence against women in Iran Download English Version A study by the Women’s Committee of the National| NCRI Women Committee
On Monday, August 11, 2025, Sheida Kardgar, a 15-year-old girl from a village near the northern city of Babol in| NCRI Women Committee
This episode of the NCRI Women’s Committee podcast highlights the pervasive and systemic nature of the Iranian regime's repression against| NCRI Women Committee
On Monday, August 4, 2025, during the second annual general assembly of the Isfahan Provincial Construction Engineering Organization, engineer Sahar| NCRI Women Committee
In the early hours of Thursday, August 14, 2025, a man—residing in one of Golestan province’s towns—first murdered his wife| NCRI Women Committee
On Saturday, May 11, political prisoner Massoumeh Nassaji (Farah), started a hunger strike, refusing food, water, and medicine, to draw| NCRI Women Committee
Between 2017 and 2022, Uber received a report of sexual assault or sexual misconduct in the United States almost every eight minutes. That adds up to 400,181 reports in just five years, far higher than the 12,522 “serious” incidents Uber had publicly disclosed. These findings, revealed by Emily Steel in a New York Times investigation […] The post Every Eight Minutes: The Crisis of Sexual Assault in Uber Rides appeared first on Feminist Majority Foundation. No related posts.| Feminist Majority Foundation
July 28th marks the anniversary of the massacre of at least 30,000 political prisoners in Iran in the summer of| NCRI Women Committee
The souls of the victims’ relatives were massacred simultaneously with their loved ones Ebrahim Raisi, the architect of the massacre| NCRI Women Committee
The final days of July every year mark the start of the 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran| NCRI Women Committee
The Most Prevalent Form of Violence Against Women and Girls in Iran: Enforcing the Compulsory Hijab and the New Hijab| NCRI Women Committee
A female prisoner dies in Sepidar Prison after being abandoned without treatment One of the common practices of the clerical| NCRI Women Committee
Every year on August 30, the world marks the International Day of the Victims of Forced Disappearances, a somber occasion| NCRI Women Committee
Despite convictions on prostitution counts, Sean Combs’ acquittal on sex trafficking and racketeering sparked outrage — and a painful review of whose trauma is taken seriously.| Capital B News
The right to divorce, one of multiple deprived rights for Iranian women The clerical rule in Iran discriminates against women| NCRI Women Committee
June 20 marks the beginning of the Iranian people's resistance for freedom and democracy in 1981. Iran’s women pioneer their| NCRI Women Committee
Political prisoner Massoumeh Senobari was brutally beaten and severely bruised by prison officials in Fardis Prison in Karaj, on Sunday,| NCRI Women Committee
Political prisoner Narges Mansouri has been sentenced to three years of prison on charges leveled against her during her detention.| NCRI Women Committee
Arghavan Fallahi is under torture to make false confessions against herself Call to Save Political Prisoners in Iran - The| NCRI Women Committee
A Look at the Female Political Prisoners Deprived of Medical Care December 10, International Human Rights Day, serves as a| NCRI Women Committee
In the early hours of Tuesday, July 1, 2025, the Gonich village, located in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and| NCRI Women Committee
Now is the time for a fundamental shift in how we understand and address violence.| Women's eNews
There is little that speaks as clearly to the incompatibility of carceral systems and real community safety as the Doug Snelgrove sexual assault case.| Analysis Archives – The Independent
Violence against women in Iran Child marriage is one of the most evident examples of violence against women. Still, child| NCRI Women Committee
Arrest comes about two months after Emaan Afroz was murdered in her hostel, with activists alleging police pressure.| DAWN.COM
Contradictory State Narratives Raise Fears of Secret Services’ Involvement The body of Elaheh Hossein-Nejad, a 24-year-old nail artist from Islamshahr,| NCRI Women Committee
In just 15 days, Iran witnessed at least 9 cases of femicide in Iran—women brutally murdered as victims of domestic| NCRI Women Committee
Nearly four months after the arrest of Ayda Najaflou — a Christian convert and mother of two — she remains| NCRI Women Committee
The recent disclosure of documents related to the sexual assault and subsequent murder of the arrested protester Nika Shakarami, before| NCRI Women Committee
Agents of the Welfare Department of Urmia raided a safe shelter giving refuge to victims of domestic violence. They raided| NCRI Women Committee
The state-run ROKNA news agency reported the horrific murder of Mona Heydari on Saturday, February 5, 2022, with the release| NCRI Women Committee
Iran holds world record in domestic violence against women - new report Dealing with domestic violence and complaints about it,| NCRI Women Committee
Download English Version “Institutionalized Misogyny in the laws of the mullahs’ regime ruling Iran,” is the title of a document| NCRI Women Committee
In the prisons operated by Iran's theocratic regime, female inmates are subjected to forced labor, extended working hours without fair| NCRI Women Committee
Raha Ghanbari, a seven-year-old girl from the city of Qaemshahr in northern Iran, died on the evening of Friday, May| NCRI Women Committee
In the summer of 1988, thousands of political prisoners were secretly executed in prisons across Iran. Among the victims of| NCRI Women Committee
On World Human Rights Day, we have a glance at the conditions of women in Iranian prisons. The conditions of| NCRI Women Committee
Nearly two months after the arrest of Arghavan Fallahi, there is still no information about her condition, and she remains| NCRI Women Committee
Eleven days have passed since the arrest of Mehregan Namavar, a poet, writer, and literary critic from Dehdasht, a district| NCRI Women Committee
Despite her physical condition, the political prisoner Raheleh Rahemipour has been deprived of proper medical care and hospitalization. Mrs. Rahemipour,| NCRI Women Committee
A Special Report by the NCRI Women's Committee on the International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women and Girls Femicide:| NCRI Women Committee
A shocking surge in femicide and domestic violence in Iran has resulted in the tragic deaths of at least nine| NCRI Women Committee
Martine Kropkowski’s debut crime fiction delves into the devastating consequences of the epidemic of violence against women.| Newtown Review of Books
The scourge of femicide and honor killings has once again highlighted the systemic violence against women in Iran, a country| NCRI Women Committee
State-sponsored violence against women in Iran is on the rise, despite the 24-hour news cycle, the prevalence of social media,| NCRI Women Committee
A wave of domestic violence in Iran has claimed the lives of at least 10 women and 3 children over| NCRI Women Committee
The harrowing ordeal of Armita Geravand marked the start and end of October Monthly-October-2023_ENDownload October in Iran started with the| NCRI Women Committee
Zeinab Jalalian, a political prisoner serving a life sentence, continues to endure her incarceration in Yazd Prison under harsh conditions| NCRI Women Committee
December 14, 2024, Sydney, Australia – Prominent Australian figures and representatives of Iranian communities came together at a conference organized| NCRI Women Committee
On Friday, January 10, 2025, a female prisoner named Fatemeh Lotfi set herself on fire in Langarud Prison, Qom, in| NCRI Women Committee
Comments made by Shahram Dabiri, Deputy for Parliamentary Affairs to Massoud Pezeshkian, regarding the suspension of the mandatory hijab law,| NCRI Women Committee
Following intense backlash against the new mandatory hijab law, the clerical regime, fearing widespread uprisings after the downfall of the| NCRI Women Committee
Iranian Women Rise Against the New Hijab Law with the Slogan "Woman, Resistance, Freedom" A Criminal and Inhumane Law Ushering| NCRI Women Committee
Reports indicate that political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared has been denied in-person visits with her family and children since her| NCRI Women Committee
Welcome to the NCRI Women’s Committee podcast. As always, we are here to amplify the voices of women in Iran| NCRI Women Committee
Welcome to the NCRI Women’s Committee podcast. In today’s episode, we dive into one of the most pressing issues of| NCRI Women Committee
A spirit that did not back down, despite the risks Sadaf Movahedi was born on December 28, 2003. She was| NCRI Women Committee
A Promising Young Woman Killed for Her Dream of Freedom Marzieh Doshman Ziari, born on February 14, 2001, in Deylam,| NCRI Women Committee
A Young Voice of Iran’s Defiant Generation Asra Panahi, born on March 5, 2007, was a spirited young girl, not| NCRI Women Committee
A Beacon of Resilience in the Fight for Freedom Parisa Asgari, born on September 16, 1996, in Aligudarz—a city in| NCRI Women Committee
Explorer posts, overseen by the Boy Scouts, are supposed to foster an interest in policing. They have faced nearly 200 allegations of misconduct.| The Marshall Project
As the R&B legend tours the country this summer, parents have told police that R. Kelly is keeping women against their will in an abusive "cult" that's tearing families apart. Three former members of Kelly’s inner circle told BuzzFeed News similar stories.| BuzzFeed News
At 9:05 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, a group of anti-abortion extremists from at least six states forced their way into the Washington Surgi-Clinic, a facility that provides abortion care in Washington, D.C. This article reveals, for the first time, how a violent clinic invasion was planned and executed. It is based on testimony by Davis, forensic analysis by FBI agents of the defendants’ social media and cell phone records, footage obtained from the clinic’s security cameras and resp...| Ms. Magazine
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From CNN: In India, Muslim women advertised for 'sale' on the 'Sulli Deals' app defy trolls who tried to silence them | Women of History
Counting Dead Women, has recorded at least 100 UK women who were killed by men, or where the primary suspect for an alleged homicide, is a man, in 2023. Counting Dead Women monitors the medi…| Karen Ingala Smith
My speech at the FiLiA conference – 14 October 2023 I wonder how many of you noticed the sign that said ‘Transphobia kills us …. and hurts women’ held by one of the welcoming committee that g…| Karen Ingala Smith