I used to dress in drag for Amar just as something we would do behind closed doors, and he had shown her a picture of what I looked like. Vida Movahedi was among several prisoners granted a pardon by Iran’s Supreme Leader to mark the 40 th anniversary of the 1979 revolution in February 2019, but prison authorities have refused to release her. People turned their heads away as Cook squirmed uncomfortably in a wheelchair, amniotic fluid gushing between her legs.

Some of these pregnancies are caused by a lack of sexual education, access to contraception, or mistake, but many of them, especially among young girls, are caused by sexual violence, often perpetrated by relatives or acquaintances. Daughters are frequently seen as burdens or commodities because of pervasive gender inequality,” says the United Nations Population Fund. Forced and coerced sterilizations are grave violations of medical ethics and can be described as acts of torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment. In the last few years, a growing movement against forced veiling laws has emerged inside Iran, with women and girls performing courageous acts of defiance.

After scouring the internet to learn about PPROM – preterm premature rupture of the membranes – she was sure she was going to die: complications from PPROM can include serious infection and hemorrhage.

During the pageant, the men are expected to dance for the women, including having to “vibrate [their] throat, lips and mouth, roll [their] eyes to show how white they are, flash those pearly teeth, while stretching on tiptoes into the air like a bird. In some states, it is not even a judge but a county clerk who has the authority to approve the licence for a child marriage.

The most frequently used strategies include coercion, taking advantage of men’s intoxication, and the use of force and threats of physical harm. Child protective services did come to her house once and Johnson says she told them that she had been raped, but they also failed to intercede and protect her. I had seen how unmarried women were treated and was afraid of what would happen if I didn’t get married.

Whether it’s standing up for women’s right to own land, building girls’ toilets at schools or protecting boys from being recruited as child soldiers, NRC takes into account people’s needs with regard to gender and age. When abortion is illegal or inaccessible, often young girls’ lives are at risk through clandestine abortions or having to give birth. There was intense pressure to get married – and to stay married – and as time went on, life for Reiss and her children grew more dangerous. Reiss was concerned for her daughters and says she did not want them to be exposed to any more of this trauma.

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is the leading United Nations entity in the field of human rights, with a unique mandate to promote and protect all human rights for all people. NRC’s global provider of expertise, NORCAP, employs highly qualified experts, including in the areas of protection, gender and gender equality. This Novellete was well written and gave the problems and pleasures of male tricked into habitating a female body. The UN Secretary-General’s report ( A/73/257) presented at the GA’s 73rd session further analyzes the progress and achievements made towards the elimination of the practice of child early and forced marriage. They each performed in a different sport: football, netball, rowing, korfball and sailing, showing how widespread the problem is.