A lack of accountability for crimes against humanity committed since 2016 could jeopardise December elections and put Libya’s peace process at risk. The first results of a probe from Libya’s Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) commissioned by the UN Human Rights Council, which were released in early October, found evidence of grave violations that possibly include …
In a rare public show of defiance, small and large groups of Afghan women protested to demand their rights be recognized under the Taliban rule, as they refuse to lose 20 years of progress. Around two dozen women activists protested in front of the former Ministry of Women’s Affairs building in the …
TUNIS, Tunisia – Mass anti-government protests and COVID-19 restrictions have led to a crackdown on the LGBTQ community in Tunisia, activists have told VICE World News.
More than 10 years after anti-government protests turned into a full-blown war, people in Syria’s last opposition bastion are still not ready to give up.
The mobilisation of young Palestinians in solidarity with residents facing forced displacement has made Sheikh Jarrah the heart of a new wave of Palestinian activism.
TUNIS, Tunisia— Every January since 2011, protesting has become a regular event in Tunisia to mark the tenth anniversary of the revolution that toppled the regime of longtime dictator Zein el Abdine Ben Ali — and sparked what became known as the Arab Spring. Despite these yearly protests, however, Tunisia has failed …
Caught between an ongoing cycle of violence and gender inequality, women in Libya are fighting a war inside the war.
On the anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Tunisia this year, Black women founded a new movement to have their voices heard. #12DaysofResistance On 23 January this year – the anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Tunisia – seven women launched Voices of Tunisian Black Women, a Facebook group for Black women …
Tunisian women in rural areas have played a vital role in maintaining food security during the coronavirus pandemic but continue to suffer exploitation and exclusion. While their working conditions are already known for being dire, the public health crisis has compounded their economic and social insecurity. This paper discusses the systemic exploitative …
It all began with a tweet from an anonymous male user smacking of sexual perversion. A “Me Too” wave is taking the online world in Iran by storm, with thousands of women breaking years of silence on sexual harassment and rape in a movement that has initiated conversation about what remains a …