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Feminists volunteering in the areas affected by the earthquakes in Turkey denounce the fact that women’s basic needs like sanitary pads are being treated like secondary issues, as usually seen in times of crisis. Apart from basic material needs, security concerns and lack of socio-psychological support amount to worrying levels.

Gender-based violence online is just as real and dangerous as it is offline. Among the most widespread abuses on social networks and dating apps, the “unwanted penis photos” sent by total strangers deserve a separate discussion. The motivations may vary depending on the context and psychological profile of the sender, but common factors include: narcissism, exhibitionism, sexism and camaraderie…

“If we have such a present and frequent femicide and if the perpetrators are not sanctioned in time or prevented - who cares about 'one less whore who deserved to be tortured, raped, killed and crucified on a pillar of shame and disgrace.” Read more about human trafficking in Montenegro in our interview with activist Aida Petrović.

The case of pregnant Mirela Čavajda has rekindled a debate among the Croatian public and decision makers regarding women's rights to make decisions about their own bodies. Medfeminiswiya reports.

Women journalists who came to cover a rally organized by the Islamist movement Ennahdha were faced with sexual insults and misconduct. A strategy of intimidation aimed at dissuading them from returning to the ground and exercising their profession.

Their salaries, their fees, their profits must first serve the projects of men, a condition for keeping their freedom to work.

To this day, tribes impose patriarchal authority on their communities, specifically women, treating girls as nothing more than assets of the tribe. The tribal female then simultaneously becomes the so-called “honor” and “commodity” under different names used to describe what is essentially the same type of marriage: forced marriage, followed by rape.

Lawsuit accuses prominent “We Will Stop Femicides” Turkish group of “illegal and immoral activities” and “disintegrating the family structure under the guise of defending women’s rights”. “Those who should stop femicides try to stop us instead”, WWSF says.

In only three months, three women were murdered in Croatia, two of them in public. The data for 2021 reveal 14 murders of women recorded, of which 11 cases involved a perpetrator close to the victim…

As women across the world were preparing for International Women’s Day 2022, a group of women who participated in last year’s IWD march in Istanbul stood trial in Turkey, accused of insulting the president with their slogans.