Women This Week: Around the World in 5
In the ongoing series, Document Women highlights noteworthy news related to women and girls across the globe. This week’s post covers November 25 to December 2
Global
In Saffron Burrows' "When you think about violence against women, whose face do you see?", Gender-Based Violence is explored globally.
From Iran's Mahsa Amini, whose murder made the news and moved the nation, to other women whose murders made national headlines.
She explored the state of the world where one woman is murdered every eleven minutes in her own home. According to the official UN statistics, one in three women alive in the world today will see gender-based violence.
Read more here.
Somalia
This week, To mark this year’s 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence, Saferworld began featuring stories from activists and journalists to show the resolve and solidarity of women activists across Somalia.
On the blog: “No justice for women, no peace”: Activists highlight women's barriers in Somalia.
Read more here.
Poland
Women protested in front of Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party after party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski blamed the low birth rate in the country on young women drinking too much alcohol.
About 300 people outside Kaczynski's home protested his comments and the general dismissal of women's rights in Poland under the PiS government.
Poland's conservative government has seen a de facto ban on abortion, housing shortages, and a lack of childcare facilities.
Read more here.
India
Wildlife biologist Dr Purnima Devi Barman's Hargila Army is a group of women who aim to make an impact on their local communities and environments.
They connect their communities with their surrounding ecosystems, especially Hargila birds, through community activities, workshops, and fundraisers. 10,000 women have banded together to protect endangered storks.
Read more here.
Spain
To mark this year’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, thousands marched in Spain to demand an end to violence against women.
Protesters in Madrid and Barcelona wore purple, carried banners and chanted, “no is no, anything else is rape,” and “we women are not goods.” In Barcelona, people banged drums and lit flares.
Since 2003, when statistics began to count fatalities, 1,171 women have died due to gender violence in Spain, according to the ministry of equality. So far, in 2022, 38 women have been killed.
Read more here.