TURQUIE – Ce soir, une marée féministe a déferlé sur Istanbul où la police avait monté des barricades en espérant empêcher la marche nocturne féministe qui a lieu depuis 23 ans, malgré les interdictions de manifester ordonnées par les autorités turques. Après la marche qui aurait rassemblé 200 000 manifestant-e-s, plus de 200 personnes ont été arrêtées par la police turque.
Marche féministe nocturne d'Istanbul
Les autorités n'ont pas autorisé les rassemblements sur l'avenue İstiklal ou (…)

Several rights organisations on Sunday placed suggestions to reform commissions, upholding equality and dignity of women in every sphere in society, including workplaces.
At a press conference held at Dhaka Reporters Unity in the capital, Socialist Women's Forum placed a 17-point suggestion to the Women Affairs Reform Commission, a press release said.
Equal inheritance rights, uniform civil code, education and employment opportunities, guarantee for equal pay at workplace, quality health (…)

Nominating women to reserved legislative seats has done little for the cause of women in Pakistan. Political parties must be made to field more winning women candidates.
In Pakistan's last general election, in February 2024, Suriya Bibi became the first woman to be elected to the provincial assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwah from Chitral, on the Afghanistan–Pakistan border. She contested the election as an independent candidate with no prior history of contesting elections, though the (…)