O Dia Internacional da Mulher é festejado esta quinta-feira em todo o mundo, com várias iniciativas que visam chamar a atenção para situações que continuam a preocupar o sexo feminino. Em Portugal o destaque vai para os alertas sobre a multiplicação de casos de violação dos seus direitos."La participación de las mujeres en la política es una rueda de progreso hacia una sociedad más justa y equitativa". Con esta afirmación inauguró ayer en Madrid la vicepresidenta del Gobierno, María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, el mayor encuentro entre mujeres de África y España. Más de medio millar de ellas participan en esta reunión que se clausura hoy, coincidiendo con el Día Internacional de la Mujer Trabajadora. Representantes del mundo de la política, la justicia, la cultura y la educación explican a EL PAÍS la situación en sus regiones africanas y sus experiencias para llegar a puestos de poder. Además, el Senado
In the days before International Women's Day, 33 women were arrested in Tehran for peacefully protesting outside a court building. Thirty of them were subsequently released, but warned not to mark the day with protests. Those detained include many of the big names of Iran's women's movement, who are calling for an end to discriminatory laws against women.
It is not hard to find women who have been caused great suffering by the law as it stands. "This is my son just after he was born," say Forugh, looking through old photo albums in the tiny apartment where she lives alone.
Ali Reza is now seven and Forugh has not been able to see him for many months. When she separated from her husband the judge gave him custody of their child.
"From the moment he came home my husband used to start shouting until he left again," she remembers. "So many times it ended in a physical beating".
She says Ali Reza would come to her defence: "'Don't do anything to my mum,' he'd say. But he would beat the child and throw him aside".
In the days before International Women's Day, 33 women were arrested in Tehran for peacefully protesting outside a court building. Thirty of them were subsequently released, but warned not to mark the day with protests. Those detained include many of the big names of Iran's women's movement, who are calling for an end to discriminatory laws against women.
It is not hard to find women who have been caused great suffering by the law as it stands. "This is my son just after he was born," say Forugh, looking through old photo albums in the tiny apartment where she lives alone.
Ali Reza is now seven and Forugh has not been able to see him for many months. When she separated from her husband the judge gave him custody of their child.
"From the moment he came home my husband used to start shouting until he left again," she remembers. "So many times it ended in a physical beating".
She says Ali Reza would come to her defence: "'Don't do anything to my mum,' he'd say. But he would beat the child and throw him aside".
