The Magna Charta of international refugee law…did not purposely leave out persecution on gender…it wasn’t even considered.” Judith Kumin, commenting on the fact that gender is not enumerated among the grounds of persecution in the 1951 Refugee Convention, cited on UNHCR’s webpage
Men’s violence against women is a universal issue affecting health, human rights and gender-equality. In pregnancy, violence is a risk for both the mother and her unborn child.The overall aims were: to determine the prevalence of such violence in a Swedish pregnant
As of late, women, racial and ethnic minorities, gays and lesbians, and other similarly situated groups have begun to make right-claims that once again test liberal notions of neutrality and raise significant questions concerning whether or not full equality and autonomy is