Women's Rights
Progress on paper, challenges in practice: the state of women's rights
Legal gains are overshadowed by persistent cultural barriers.
09 Mar, 12:30 AM
Breaking the silence: a Maldivian survivor's story of female genital mutilation
13 percent of Maldivian women have undergone FGM/C.
08 Mar, 4:30 PM
Witness to history: Fathimath Moosa's journey to market matriarch
A conversation with the guardian of golhi number 62.
08 Mar, 4:00 PM
The Nazaha precedent: battered woman's conviction stands but changes legal history
Victim's son advocates for his stepmother's pardon.
03 Mar, 8:00 PM
Victim blaming and misogyny in Maldives
The reaction on social media platforms to a gang rape in Hulhumalé earlier this month exposed misogynistic views and blaming-the-victim attitudes among Maldivians.
13 Mar 2017, 9:00 AM
Human rights watchdog slams “unacceptable” misogynistic behaviour from MPs
Misogynistic remarks and behaviour from MPs that were derogatory towards women at recent sittings of the People’s Majlis are “unacceptable,” the human rights watchdog has said, urging lawmakers not to undermine national efforts for women’s empowerment.
17 Mar 2016, 9:00 AM
Survey reveals barriers for women’s political participation
A majority of Maldivians believe that men make better leaders than women and only 39 percent agree that a woman could serve as president, a nationwide survey conducted by Transparency Maldives has revealed. Nine out of ten Maldivians also believe that “a good wife will always obey her husband, even if she disagrees with him.”
21 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Hope for Women launch workshops for woman councilors and Island Women’s Development Committees.
16 Sep 2014, 7:31 PM
HRCM raises concern over growing religious conservatism in Universal Period Review
16 Sep 2014, 4:10 PM
“Social stigma, religious and social culture” hinder women’s sexual health, says Hope for Women
26 May 2014, 7:06 PM
Parliament passes sexual harassment and sexual offences bills
28 Apr 2014, 6:04 PM
Majlis accepts bill to amend disparities in divorce settlements
23 Oct 2013, 6:23 PM
Stay-home mothers deserve pensions: Nasheed
04 Sep 2013, 5:30 PM
“Appalling state of women’s rights” threatens Maldives’ reputation as honeymoon destination: Independent
07 Jul 2013, 2:01 PM
Women’s rights group protest against impunity of Civil Service Commission President following sexual harassment allegations
30 Mar 2013, 1:29 PM
Human Rights Ministry sends orphans to mental disability centre without psychiatric evaluation
13 Mar 2013, 6:54 PM
Flogging for fornication “inhumane and degrading violence against women”: Navi Pillay tells Majlis
24 Nov 2011, 5:16 PM
SALAAM School founder and women’s rights campaigner dies from injuries
09 Jul 2011, 12:15 PM
Forty percent of women between the age of 15-25 are unemployed, says HRCM
10 Mar 2011, 2:35 PM
Comment: Real democracy is when barriers to women’s participation come down
01 Sep 2010, 3:27 PM
