Members of the European Parliament who sit on the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality voted in favour of a resolution condemning the use of sexual and gender-based violence as a weapon of war. MEPs expressed their deep concern about the growing number of reports of women and children fleeing Ukraine becoming victims of … Continued
Lawyer Veronique Dalli has played down calls by the Women’s Rights Foundation for Malta to introduce specific legislation against “femicide”, arguing that crimes for homicide are already strict enough. “Laws for homicide, which in this case is a femicide, already exist and I don’t think there can be stricter penalty than life imprisonment,” Dalli told … Continued
Malta’s Inclusion Minister has called on the police to investigate a controversial priest after he compared being possessed by demons or having schizophrenia to being gay. “Where’s the Curia? This type of hateful narrative against the gay community is unacceptable… And to make matters worse, this attack comes from a priest,” Julia Farrugia Portelli said … Continued