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Latest backlashes

Find more about the latest contestations of gender equality in countries across the Euro-Mediterranean region below.

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Sweden
16 Aug 2024
LGBTIQ+ asylum applications rejected on unlawful grounds
Political homophobia Anti-gender State Institutions/Bodies Judiciary Court's ruling
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Jordan
21 Jun 2024
Jordan: Hiba Abu Taha, woman journalist sentenced to one year under cybercrime law
Freedom of expression, thought, conscience and religion Court's ruling Occupation/settler colonialism Law Enforcement Authorities
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Italy
31 Jan 2024
Italy: Prosecutors contestation of children born to same-sex parents’ birth certificates
Heads of State/Government Officials State Institutions/Bodies Judiciary Political homophobia Conservatism Court's ruling Sexual and reproductive health and rights Family life, marriage/divorce and child protection
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Egypt
14 Feb 2023
Female Tiktok influencer’s 6-year prison sentence upheld
Conservatism Illiberalism Freedom of expression, thought, conscience and religion Access to justice and right to a fair trial Court's ruling
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Egypt
30 Nov 2022
Filmmaker Salma el-Tarzi fined for solidarity with survivors of sexual violence in court ruling
Anti-feminism Freedom from violence Access to justice and right to a fair trial Judiciary Court's ruling
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Turkey
20 Jul 2022
Court upholds withdrawal from Istanbul Convention
Freedom from violence Highest attainable standard of physical and mental health Court's ruling State Institutions/Bodies
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Morocco/Western Sahara
1 Sep 2021
Three-month prison sentence for youtuber reportedly denouncing authorities’ protection of sex tourism
Judiciary Court's ruling Judicial harassment (incl. Arbitrary Arrests, Bans, and Detentions) Illiberalism Freedom of expression, thought, conscience and religion
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Morocco/Western Sahara
9 Jul 2021
Sexual assault charges used to shut down freedoms, according to rights groups
Judiciary Court's ruling Judicial harassment (incl. Arbitrary Arrests, Bans, and Detentions) Illiberalism Authoritarian feminism Freedom of expression, thought, conscience and religion Access to justice and right to a fair trial
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Egypt
22 Jun 2021
Student studying women’s sexual and reproductive rights, Ahmed Samir Santawy, sentenced to four years in prison
Judiciary Court's ruling Judicial harassment (incl. Arbitrary Arrests, Bans, and Detentions) Illiberalism Anti-gender Freedom of expression, thought, conscience and religion Access to justice and right to a fair trial Sexual and reproductive health and rights
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Egypt
20 Jun 2021
Female Tiktok influencers sentenced to 10 and 6 years in prison
Judiciary Court's ruling Judicial harassment (incl. Arbitrary Arrests, Bans, and Detentions) Conservatism Illiberalism Freedom of expression, thought, conscience and religion Access to justice and right to a fair trial
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Egypt
11 May 2021
Suspension of investigation into Fairmont gang rape case
Judiciary Court's ruling Conservatism Access to justice and right to a fair trial Freedom from violence Highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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Morocco/Western Sahara
17 Apr 2021
Right to paternal filiation to children born out of wedlock rejected by court
Judiciary Court's ruling Anti-feminism Conservatism Family life, marriage/divorce and child protection
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