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Topless protesters rally outside Merkel office

Agence France-PresseJune 7, 2013 06:21
German police on Friday broke up a protest by topless activists from radical women's rights group Femen outside Chancellor Angela Merkel's offices against the visiting Tunisian prime minister, an AFP photographer said. The three bare-breasted protesters chanted "Merkel free Femen" and two of the women had the first names of women on trial in Tunis for a protest last month in support of a detained Tunisian activist scrawled in black ink across their torsos. One of the demonstrators outside the chancellery in central Berlin wore a black hood over her head.

Column: Matriarchy, patriarchy and the Masters of the Universe

May 30, 2013 15:30
By Chrystia Freeland NEW YORK (Reuters) - The past week has underscored one more way in which the lives of the super-rich are diverging from the lives of everyone else: The middle class is becoming a matriarchy, while the plutocracy remains firmly patriarchal.

Men who abuse women in Spain will be watched to prevent repeat offenses

Agencia EFEMay 25, 2013 19:30
Madrid, May 25 (EFE).- Those sentenced for gender-related violence in Spain, after doing their time in jail, will be set free but under constant surveillance, so that both the agents charged with protecting the victims and the victims themselves will know where the offender is at any time.

Papua New Guinea PM says 'sorry' for violence against women

Agence France-PresseMay 15, 2013 07:30
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill on Wednesday apologised for violence against women in his country as he vowed to toughen penalties for offenders after a spate of horrific crimes. The impoverished Pacific nation has proposed death by firing squad as part of stringent new measures to combat rampant violent crime which O'Neill has said is destroying the country.

Sexual violence widespread in India: U.N. human rights official

Kyodo News InternationalMay 1, 2013 12:00
Sexual violence and harassment is widespread in India and perpetuated in public places, in the family and in the workplace, a U.N. human rights official said Wednesday after undertaking a U.N.-commissioned study on violence against women in India. Rashida Manjoo, the U.N. special rapporteur on violence against women, said the Indian government's "inability and/or unwillingness" to acknowledge and address the core structural causes of violence against women is the main reason for the failure to prevent such incidents.

Putin laughs off topless protest, defends NGO moves

April 8, 2013 10:15
By Alexei Anishchuk and Andreas Rinke HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin laughed off a protest against him by topless women in Germany on Monday, joking that he liked what he had seen while sharply rebuffing German criticism of his human rights record. Three members of the women's rights group Femen, which has staged protests against Russia's detention of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot around Europe, disrupted his visit to a trade fair in the German city of Hanover focusing on Russian business.

Kremlin urges Germany to punish topless protest against Putin

April 8, 2013 05:30
HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) - Russia urged Germany to punish a group of women who staged a bare-breasted protest against President Vladimir Putin on Monday during a visit to a trade fair in Hanover with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Three members of the women's rights group Femen, which has staged protests against Russia's detention of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot around Europe, disrupted a visit by Putin and Merkel to an industry fair focusing on Russian business.

Topless protesters disrupt Putin visit to Germany

April 8, 2013 05:00
Topless female demonstrators shouted at Russian President Vladimir Putin as he toured an industrial fair with German Chancellor Angela Merkel Monday, media reported. Putin and Merkel were taking in a presentation of a new car model at the Volkswagen stand by the company's chief executive, Martin Winterkorn, when the four bare-breasted women started chanting "fuck dictator". At least one of the women seen on rolling news channel NTV had the same words painted in black ink across her torso.

Women remain 'slaves' despite UN accord: Egypt politician

March 16, 2013 11:45
Women are "the slaves of this age," according to an Egyptian politician who took a stand against the country's Muslim Brotherhood to back a UN declaration on violence against women. Mervat Tallawy, who headed the Egyptian delegation at a United Nations conference that ended late Friday, said that despite the hard-fought declaration, secured after two weeks of tense negotiations, more help must be given to women in the Middle East.
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