The benefit of ratifying the Optional Protocol to CEDAW
Calling upon the Afghanistan Government to Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on Elimination of Discrimination Against women...
Uniform Civil Code and Triple Talaq in India: A breakdown of the debates
For the past few weeks, India has been deep in the debates regarding Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and Triple Talaq. In October, 2016, The...
Should marriage between rapist and survivor be allowed as a settlement?
END the settlement of rape cases through compromise marriages between survivor and rapist Gruesome rape incidents such as the Nirbhaya...
Petition to ban polygamy and unilateral divorce in one sitting (Part II)
SAHR is following the Shayara Bano petition at the Indian Supreme Court to ban triple-talaq (unilateral divorce pronounced in one...
Petition to ban polygamy and unilateral divorce in one sitting (Part I)
SAHR is following the Shayara Bano petition at the Indian Supreme Court to ban triple-talaq (unilateral divorce pronounced in one...
India’s High Court upholds right of women to enter religious places
In a recent ruling, the Bombay High Court upheld the right of women to enter the Shani Shingnapur temple in the Indian state of...
The first conviction for rape
During the conflict in Rwanda, even though rape featured prominently in the commission of the core crimes, the first round of indictments...
