The burden of tradition
Sudan: A pregnant woman was sentenced to death for changing religion
Recently, one of the judgments of the Islamic court of Sudan’s capital Khartum has caused a stir in international media – a pregnant woman was sentenced to death […]
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Pakistani rape victim sets herself ablaze
Pakistanis are rallying online in anger following the death on Friday of Amina Bibi, a teenage gang rape victim who set herself on fire to protest the release of a main […]
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Indian girl tonsured for ‘speaking to friend’
A girl in the eastern Indian state of Bihar was tonsured and paraded after her face was blackened by village elders as punishment for talking to her boyfriend. […]
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“It is better to give birth to a stone”, – gender selection in Dagestan
In Dagestan they have started to apply for selective abortion more often. Girls are not wanted in families. This theme was referred to by our colleagues in Dagestan […]
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A girl was abducted in Yerevan
RA Police notes: according to our legislation ”Abducting a girl’’ has no justification and is considered to be just ” Stealing a person”. There is a story about […]
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Who can beat daughters-in-law and why
Under this headline a pretty remarkable ethnographic material from 1987 is posted on Facebook page of the group ”Women in Local Democratic Processes”. The material is telling about […]
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The Economist: Gendercide in the Caucasus
Son-preference, once suppressed, is reviving alarmingly The practice of aborting female foetuses is found mostly in China and other Asian countries. But it is prevalent […]
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Vigen Sargsyan: “Gender-based abortions are just a disgrace for our nation”
“This is a disgrace for our nation. I am sure that we all have things to do – the State, the Armenian Apostolic Church, Civil society. We are […]
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« Bavakan» Documentary by Adrineh Gregorian
Beneath the surface of Armenian society lies an untraditional reality, one where a woman’s right to choose ends in a quest to present a male heir to the […]
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