From the Equality now newsletter

Woman's Rights in the News

• 22 Aug - Cambodia looking to end child sex trade: “The announcement comes as more reports have been published in recent months highlighting the growing child sex industry aimed at tourists in the Southeast Asian country.”
• 14 Aug - Thousands rally in Tunisia for women's rights: “Activists are not happy with a stipulation in a draft of the constitution that considers women to be 'complementary to men' and want a pioneering 1956 law that grant women full equality with men to remain in place.”
• 10 Aug - President Obama issues Executive Order on Preventing and Responding to Violence Against Women and Girls Globally: “The Executive Order will ensure that agencies prioritize this issue in their implementation of U.S. foreign policy, and that work in this area is evaluated.”
• 23 Jul - Hidden world of female genital mutilation in the UK: BBC Newsnight two part special