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All posts tagged "Thomson Reuters Foundation"

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  Male feminists inside Uganda’s police strike out at killing of women

  By Thomas Lewton | Thomson Reuters Foundation “We want to put ourselves in the shoes of women” KAMPALA, March 5 – Balancing a heavy clay pot on his head with a baby tied to his back, policeman Francis...

  • Posted March 5, 2018
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  In wake of #MeToo, anti-rape shorts aim to ease assault fears

  By Lin Taylor | Thomson Reuters Foundation “We can’t have 100 percent protection, but we need a product where we can feel a little bit more safe so no-one can rape us” LONDON, Feb 23 – It was noon...

  • Posted February 24, 2018
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  To end violence against Colombian women, “look inside homes” – government

  By Anastasia Moloney | Thomson Reuters Foundation Some 200,000 people were killed and 20,000 cases of sexual violence against women were reported during the nation’s long civil war BOGOTA, Feb 1 – Colombia’s peace accord that ended...

  • Posted February 3, 2018
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  Liberia bans female genital mutilation – but only for a year

  By Emma Batha | Thomson Reuters Foundation The ban makes it an offence to perform FGM on anyone under 18 but it can still be carried out on adults with their consent LONDON, Jan 25 – Liberia has...

  • Posted January 25, 2018
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  Follow Iceland and make it illegal to pay men more than women – experts

  By Zoe Tabary | Thomson Reuters Foundation LONDON, Jan 3 – Other countries should follow Iceland which has become the first country to make it illegal to pay men more than women, politicians and equal rights campaigners...

  • Posted January 7, 2018
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  In south India, a 20-year-old survivor of honour killing turns crusader

  By Rina Chandran | Thomson Reuters Foundation “I gave testimony against my family because I don’t see them as family, but as criminals who had to be brought to justice” CHENNAI, India, Dec 29  – Kausalya and her...

  • Posted December 30, 2017
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  220,000 women sexually harassed on public transport in France – study

  By Zoe Tabary | Thomson Reuters Foundation “I was spat at, called a whore” LONDON, Dec 21 – More than 220,000 women were sexually harassed on public transport in France over two years, the national crime statistics agency...

  • Posted December 21, 2017
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  Coca Cola, Walmart among global firms joining forces for women’s equality

  “The whole agenda would move more quickly if these players were sharing with each other what they were learning” By Lee Mannion | Thomson Reuters Foundation Britain’s Oxford University has teamed up with nine of the world’s biggest...

  • Posted December 4, 2017
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  Online abuse silences women and girls, fuels violence, survey shows

  By Nellie Peyton | Thomson Reuters Foundation “This is not something that goes away when you log off” LONDON, Nov 20 – Pervasive online abuse and harassment pressure women and girls into censoring themselves on social media and...

  • Posted November 21, 2017
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  Ivorian artist puts a twist on #MeToo: she says it with her hair

  “I hope women everywhere wake up and revolt” By Nellie Peyton DAKAR, Nov 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A 21-year-old artist in Ivory Coast has found an eye-catching new way to draw attention to the #MeToo campaign...

  • Posted November 6, 2017
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