scholarly journals Status of Female Prisoners in Yemen

1970 ◽  
pp. 35-36
Author(s):  
Lebanese American University
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Women Prisoners ◽  
Female Prisoners ◽  
The Status ◽  
Judicial Assistance ◽  
Status Of Women

The present article is concerned with the status of women prisoners in Yemen. It presents the results of a field research undertaken by Shaza Nasser, a lawyer interested in human rights and the rights of women and children1. The study reflects the tragic conditionsunder which women live in Yemeni prisons. The article presents also short case studies on some of the women prisoners, and ends with a plea to provide judicial assistance to those women.

Part II Subsidiary Human Rights Organs, 7 The Commission on the Status of Women

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kabasakal Arat Zehra F
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Women's Rights ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
Women's Issues ◽  
The Status ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Status Of Women ◽  
Operational Structure

This chapter describes the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), which was the first international organ ever created to promote women’s rights and equality. The status of women has been on the agenda of the United Nations since its inception and typically addressed as an issue of discrimination in relation to human rights. As the UN’s work on human rights has evolved and expanded, so have its apparatuses and activities on the advancement of women’s rights and status. The CSW played a key role in drafting declarations and treaties that promote women’s rights, organizing world conferences on women, the development of other UN agencies that address women’s issues, and monitoring and evaluating the attention given to women by other agencies. The chapter examines and discusses the CSW’s operational structure, changing agenda, major accomplishments, the difficulties encountered by the Commission, and the controversies surrounding both its work and the UN approach to women’s issues.

scholarly journals LEGAL DIMENSION OF CHILD MARRIAGES IN TURKEY: COMPARED WITH THE EASTERN EUROPE AND MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 338-354
Author(s):  
Oğuz Polat ◽  
Zeynep Reva
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
Child Marriage ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
Middle East Countries ◽  
The Status ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Status Of Women

Child marriage is defined as a marriage before the age of 18. In many countries, a significant number of girls still marry before the age of 18. The country governments and international communities are increasingly aware of the negative impacts of child marriages, but the actions to end the practice is still limited. Child marriage threatens particularly girls’ lives and health, and it limits their future prospects. Early marriages are not considered as a "problem" by the majority of the society where as it is a phenomenon that has been existing for long years in our country. It is observed that one of the most important sources of legitimacy of marriage is public accord and these marriages are realized mostly in the framework of this accord. Patriarchal and traditional social structure have unfortunately normalized and legitimized early marriages. It is necessary to hold meetings to create and develop awareness for implementation of Turkish Civil Code, Turkish Penal Code and Law on Protection of Minors. It will be therefore possible to ensure that children, families and people understand what kind of problems and penal responsibilities that early marriage of children constitutes Child marriage is a problem that prevents the exercise of human rights, undermines the status of women and deprive child from their main rights including especially the education. Their marriages are a field that must be struggled with in Turkey targeting social gender equality.

scholarly journals The Emergence of a Mixed Type Dialect: The Example of the Dialect of the Bani ˁAbbād Tribe (Jordan)

Languages ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Antonella Torzullo
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Mixed Type ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Descriptive Linguistics ◽  
Gradual Loss ◽  
The Status ◽  
Typological Approach

The present article aims at questioning the status of the šāwi dialect of the Bani ʕAbbād tribe by providing a new analysis of the main distinctive phonological, morphological, and syntactical traits which may hint at dialect mixing. The data provided by the field research, based on a functional framework that relies on descriptive linguistics and a typological approach, show that this dialect is deeply affected by a koineizing tendency due to increasing contacts with the populations of the neighboring areas (especially ʕAmmān and Salṭ) which, in turn, leads to the gradual loss of its authentic features. Finally, this paper discusses whether the dialect of the Bani ʕAbbād should still be considered as belonging to the yigūl group (recently renamed Central Bedouin ygūlu) of the Syro-Mesopotamian sheep-raising tribes or if a new typology of mixed type dialects should eventually be adopted for the dialects displaying important markers of both Bedouin and sedentary types.

scholarly journals Violation of Women’s Rights in Places of Detention

1970 ◽  
pp. 37-41
Author(s):  
Human Rights Center for the Assistance of Prisoners
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Women Prisoners ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
General Picture ◽  
The Status ◽  
Women's Prison ◽  
Domestic Law ◽  
Status Of Women

This report presents a general picture of the conditions of women in prisons in Egypt, using the Kanater Women’s Prison, the main women’s prison in the country, as a case study. The report sheds light on the status of women prisoners in Egyptian legislation, and reviews the rights to which they are entitled, especially pregnant women or mothers of young children. The aim of this report is to urge for the implementation of the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners in Egyptian prisons. Moreover, it demands that the gap between the national Egyptian laws on prisons and the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners be filled, and that these Rules be integrated into domestic law. It also calls for the implementation of modern penal policies and the rejection of the idea that prisons are places for punishment.

scholarly journals PENEGAKAN HUKUM DAN KESADARAN HUKUM NARAPIDANA WANITA DI LAPAS PONOROGO

Kodifikasia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Dewi Iriani
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Women Prisoners ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Female Prisoners ◽  
Coaching Process ◽  
The Law

Lamanya Napi wanita untuk mengikuti persidangan sebanyak 15 kali / 4 bulan, dan pada umumnya Napi wanita tersebut banyak yang tidak paham hukum. Jenis penelitian ini merupakan penelitian lapangan (field research) sedangkan metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode kualitatif. Penelitian ini akan membahas bagaimana penegakan hukum dan kesadaran hukum narapidana wanita di Lapas Ponorogo dan bagaimana proses pembinaan dari petugas lapas terhadap narapidana wanita di Lapas Ponorogo. Hasil dari penelitian ini bahwa  hukuman yang diberikan Napi wanita berkisar 3 bulan – 9 bulan kurungan penjara, setelah dipotong masa tahanan menjadi 1-3 bulan masa tahanan. Putusan hukuman yang diberikan oleh hakim dan diterapkan di lapas Ponorogo akan sesuai apabila diterapkan sesuai kenyataan. Namun apabila penegak hukum yang terdiri dari hakim, polisi, jaksa, dan petugas lapas meminta sejumlah uang tertentu kepada narapidana wanita hal ini tidak diperbolehkan dan melanggar hukum. Setelah di penjara barulah napi wanita sadar akan kejahatannya. Proses pembinaan di lapas Ponorogo sudah berjalan secara baik, hanya saja proses pembinaan tersebut belum sampai pendampingan sampai keluarnya narapidana.  The length of time for female prisoners to take a part in the trial is 15 times / 4 months, and in general there are many female prisoners who do not understand the law. This type of research is a field research (field research), the method used in this study using a qualitative research approach. This study will discuss how law enforcement and legal awareness of female prisoners in Ponorogo prison and how the process of coaching from prison officers to female prisoners in Ponorogo prison. The results of this study that the sentences given by female prisoners ranged from 3 months to 9 months in prison, after being detained the prison period was 1-3 months in prison. The verdict given by the judge and applied to the Ponorogo prison will be appropriate if applied according to reality. However, if law enforcers consisting of judges, police, prosecutors, and prison officers request a certain amount of money to female prisoners this is not permitted and breaks the law. After being imprisoned, women prisoners are aware of their evil. The process of coaching in the Ponorogo prison has been going well, except that the coaching process has not reached assistance until the release of inmates.

Mainline Christianity and Gender in Zimbabwe

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-189
Author(s):  
Nisbert Taringa ◽  
Clifford Mushishi
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equity ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Patriarchal Culture ◽  
The Status ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Phenomenological Case Study ◽  
Status Of Women

This research aimed to find out the actual situation on the ground regarding what mainline Christianity is actually doing in confronting or conforming to biblical and cultural norms regarding the role and position of women in their denominations. It is based on six mainline churches. This field research reveals that it may not be enough to concentrate on gender in missionary religions such as Christianity, without paying attention to the base culture: African traditional religio-culture which informs most people who are now Christians. It also illuminates how the churches are actually acting to break free of the oppressive biblical traditions and bringing about changes regarding the status of women in their churches. In some cases women are now being given more active roles in the churches, but on the other hand are still bound at home by an oppressive traditional Shona patriarchal culture and customs. Through a hybrid qualitative research design combining phenomenology and case study, what we are referring to as phenomenological case study, we argue that Christianity is a stimulus to change, an impetus to revolution, and a grounding for dignity and justice that supports and fosters gender equity efforts.

Society, Law and Gender Justice in India

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr Archna Katoch
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Gender Disparities ◽  
Gender Justice ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Status ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Status Of Women

The purpose of this paper is to determine the social status of women and "focus on gender disparities in India. It examines the effectiveness of constitutional laws, enactments and policies to establish the human rights and gender justice. In order to draw the inferences, different types of surveys reports and research studies showing the conditions of women have been used. Study concludes that the conditions of women have undoubtedly improved but gender injustice is still a problem that is seen all over in the society. In India the most of the laws are not effective as they are ahead of public opinion and willingness of the people to change the society and give the women the status of equality. We are still unaware and in the grip of customs and traditions which covertly discriminate against women.

At the Beginning: the Status of Women in Neolithic and Shang China*

NAN Nü ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
David N. Keightley
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
The Political ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Burial Practices ◽  
Marriage Patterns ◽  
The Status ◽  
Secondary Burial ◽  
Initial Exploration ◽  
Status Of Women

AbstractDespite the local and frequently disparate nature of the evidence, both archaeological and inscriptional, and despite the difficulties involved in interpreting that evidence, the study of particular topics-such as secondary burial, following-in-death, sex ratios, marriage patterns, childbearing, Shang royal consorts, Shang ancestresses, and lineage terminology-permits the general conclusion that from at least the Late Neolithic until the Late Shang the political and economic status of most women in China, as represented in burial practices and recorded religious beliefs, was, despite some significant exceptions, inferior to that of most men. The present article provides an initial exploration of how such status distinctions emerged and how they functioned.

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