The Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) phenomenon is one of the defining aspects of the Philippines’ economic landscape. Over the past decades, millions of Filipinos have left their homeland in search of better opportunities abroad, providing critical financial support to their families and significantly contributing to the national economy. These sacrifices are not just personal but national, as OFWs’ remittances make …

On 8 March 2022, the European Commission presented its proposal for an EU Directive to fight violence against women, based on the wording of the Istanbul Convention. The scope of such a Directive is to set a common approach on the topic, which would later bring to the harmonization of European national legislations. The Directive would comprehend the criminalization of …

There is a growing number of women that are arriving to the European Union through various immigration channels, whether legal or not, to be sexually exploited. It is appropriate, from the outset, to make a clarification: by “legal immigration channel” it is meant arriving in the EU with a visa (for example, for tourist purposes) that will be promptly made …

Before deepening current and prospective international legislation aimed at fighting human trafficking, it is fundamental to understand what the human trafficking phenomenon is and who can be designated as a human trafficking victim. As a matter of fact, according to UNODC, human trafficking can be classified as a “global crime that trades in people and exploits them for profit” (1). …

Rape is one of the most severe human rights violations. This crime has devastating consequences for its victims; in fact, it causes long-term, often life-long psychological suffering and distress to those who suffer it. Unfortunately, reality shows how this horrendous act is often used as a weapon of war. Today’s conflicts, in fact, most often target civilians, causing them the …

For many years, the depiction of migration as a phenomenon was based on a male approach, as it was assumed that males migrate more than women, primarily because of financial reasons, while the woman remained in their homelands or they followed men as family dependents. That is why women’s migration is poorly documented and not adequately addressed. In the last …

On the 16th of September 2022, Mahsa Amini, a 22 years old woman, was pronounced dead after being in a coma for a few days in a hospital in Teheran following her detention by Iran’s so-called morality police. Mahsa Amini was arrested for breaking the country’s hijab rules after revealing too much of her hair beneath her hijab. Witness and …

Official reports estimate that globally 736 million women, since the age of 15, have experienced physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. The situation is even more alarming if we consider that it is almost one in three women worldwide. Most violence against women is intimate partner violence, ranging from 27 percent of women aged 15 and …

On the 19th of January 2022, the new European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) replacing the EASO started its work under the new pact on migration and asylum. Its main purpose will be to strive for uniformity within the EU of the reception standards and enhance a fairer and faster decision making by the member states in the asylum’s applications. …

Poland has been the topic of interest in recent times regarding the implementation of stricter abortion law in October 2020. Due to the recent death of a 30-year-old Polish woman following a septic shock related to the doctors’ refusal to undertake necessary measures, the tensions revolving around human rights and women’s lives have risen.             The abortion law in Poland …