fact checking time?
A sobering report released by UN Women and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Monday reveals that in 2023, 140 women and girls died every day at the hands of their partner or a close relative, which means one woman killed every 10 minutes.
news.un.org
tl;dr - this is globally, not in the USA.
in the USA in 2021, approximately 4.6 women
per day were killed by an intimate partner (
https://bjs.ojp.gov/female-murder-victims-and-victim-offender-relationship-2021). while this is still horrible, it is misleading to judge a country's 'level' of women's rights through a global standard.
the gender pay gap in Australia is closer to 22% than 28%. further, the graph below shows how equal rights is a
process, not a single action. the gender pay gap has been trending down for decades. a measure of 'success' in any field cannot just depict a specific time frame that suits the argument. the whole picture must be taken into account.
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"The WGEA total remuneration average gender pay gap is 21.8%. For every $1 on average a man makes, women earn 78c. Over the course of a year, that difference adds up to $28,425."
www.wgea.gov.au
I'm not exactly sure what you are referring to, but here are a few points:
1. It is true that in France, there is a law banning "the wearing of symbols or garb which show religious affiliation in public primary and secondary schools", however this includes Christian, Sikh, Jewish
and Muslim symbols of religious affiliation. The aim of this move is to broadly secularise public French schooling, upholding their fundamental law on the separation of church and state. However, it has been notes that this law disproportionately affects Muslim adherents, as Christians rarely wear symbols of affiliation, Sikhs in France have succeeded in arguing for the wearing of undergarments, and Jewish families have private non-government Jewish schools they have the option to attend.
2. Further, France, in 2010/2011, banned the wearing of face-covering clothing, "including masks, helmets, balaclavas, niqābs and other veils covering the face, and full body costumes and zentais (skin-tight garments covering entire body) in public places, except under specified circumstances". The cause listed was that it prevents the clear identification of an individual, potentially posing security risks. This is not specifically targeted at Muslim women, and, hijabs are permitted, as they do not cover the face.
so, while there are laws preventing the religious expression of muslim women in france, it is not directed for gender-based reasons. further, many of these bans only apply in French public schools (the abaya is banned at schools for the same reason), where arguably the separation between religion and state should be enforced. It is not a law based on gender, rather on religion, thus it is mildly misleading for it to be used in a statement showing the lack of women's rights in a country.
-- I tried to hold a neutral stance when checking these claims, but of course there is bias present everywhere. please take these with a grain of salt and check out the data for yourself.
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