Women's Rights Archives - Empoword Journalism https://www.empowordjournalism.com/tag/womens-rights/ Led by women. Uniting and empowering journalists across the globe. Thu, 21 Mar 2024 12:15:36 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 France Becomes First Country To Make Abortion A Constitutional Right https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/france-becomes-first-country-to-make-abortion-a-constitutional-right/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/france-becomes-first-country-to-make-abortion-a-constitutional-right/#respond Tue, 12 Mar 2024 15:59:36 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=55684 In a historically momentous session, the French government has sealed abortion as a constitutional right, becoming the first country to explicitly do so.

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/france-becomes-first-country-to-make-abortion-a-constitutional-right/feed/ 0 UK Healthcare Professionals Told Not to Report Illegal Abortions https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/uk-healthcare-professionals-told-not-to-report-illegal-abortions/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/uk-healthcare-professionals-told-not-to-report-illegal-abortions/#respond Fri, 09 Feb 2024 07:00:48 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=53660 The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) has advised healthcare workers not to report women to the police if they believe they may have illegally ended their own pregnancy. 

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/uk-healthcare-professionals-told-not-to-report-illegal-abortions/feed/ 0 YouTube Blocks Russell Brand From Making Money Amidst Allegations https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/youtube-blocks-russell-brand-from-making-money-amidst-allegations/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/youtube-blocks-russell-brand-from-making-money-amidst-allegations/#respond Mon, 06 Nov 2023 15:40:59 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=48997 Actor, comedian, and YouTuber Russel Brand has been blocked from earning revenues through his YouTube videos. Brand was brought under a joint investigation by Channel 4's Dispatches and the Sunday Times for four allegations of sexual assault, rape, and emotional abuse between 2006 and 2013. 

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/youtube-blocks-russell-brand-from-making-money-amidst-allegations/feed/ 0 Empoword Explains: The Allegations Against Russell Brand https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/empoword-explains-the-allegations-against-russell-brand/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/empoword-explains-the-allegations-against-russell-brand/#respond Mon, 02 Oct 2023 16:29:20 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=48520 Actor and comedian Russell Brand has been accused of rape and sexual assault in a joint investigation by The Sunday Times, The Times, and Channel 4's Dispatches.

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/empoword-explains-the-allegations-against-russell-brand/feed/ 0 Backlash as Italian PM’s partner makes victim blaming rape comments https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/backlash-as-italian-pms-partner-makes-victim-blaming-rape-comments/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/backlash-as-italian-pms-partner-makes-victim-blaming-rape-comments/#respond Thu, 07 Sep 2023 07:42:39 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=46963 Italian media personality and partner of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Andrea Giambruno, has come under fire for comments suggesting that women could avoid being raped by not getting "too drunk".

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/backlash-as-italian-pms-partner-makes-victim-blaming-rape-comments/feed/ 0 Can Women Trust the Police? https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/can-women-trust-the-police/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/can-women-trust-the-police/#respond Sun, 23 Apr 2023 12:23:09 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=39243 Since the conviction of Sarah Everard's murderer, the BBC reports that over 1,500 police officers have been accused of violence against women and girls in a six-month period.

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/can-women-trust-the-police/feed/ 0 FIFA criticised over Saudi Arabia’s ‘Sportswashing’ sponsorship of the Women’s World Cup https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/fifa-criticised-over-saudi-arabias-sportswashing-sponsorship-of-the-womens-world-cup/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/fifa-criticised-over-saudi-arabias-sportswashing-sponsorship-of-the-womens-world-cup/#respond Sat, 11 Feb 2023 13:51:17 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=37457 The co-hosts of the 2023 Women’s World Cup, Australia and New Zealand, have criticised FIFA due to a sponsorship from Saudi Arabia’s tourist board, Visit Saudi. 

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/fifa-criticised-over-saudi-arabias-sportswashing-sponsorship-of-the-womens-world-cup/feed/ 0 ‘A Doll’s House’ Cast Announced https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/a-dolls-house-cast-announced/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/a-dolls-house-cast-announced/#respond Thu, 19 Jan 2023 10:59:26 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=36965 The latest cast for Broadway's upcoming revival of the famous play A Doll's House has been announced, with Academy Award winner Jessica Chastain among the list of actors set to star in the show.  

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/a-dolls-house-cast-announced/feed/ 0 Iranians protest in response to the death of Mahsa Amini https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/iranians-protest-in-response-to-the-death-of-mahsa-amini/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/iranians-protest-in-response-to-the-death-of-mahsa-amini/#respond Fri, 07 Oct 2022 14:03:41 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=31655 The women-led protests flared after Mahsa Amini died in the custody of the morality police for reportedly failing to wear a hijab.

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/iranians-protest-in-response-to-the-death-of-mahsa-amini/feed/ 0 Roe v. Wade: America’s constitutional right to have an abortion is overturned https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/us/roe-v-wade-americas-constitutional-right-to-have-an-abortion-is-overturned/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/us/roe-v-wade-americas-constitutional-right-to-have-an-abortion-is-overturned/#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2022 14:10:16 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=26415 The country saw a division on Friday 24 June, in its views when it comes to the decision to terminate a pregnancy, which called for the 1973 verdict in the case of Roe v. Wade to be overturned by the court

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