Sentence examples for gender persecution from inspiring English sources

Nuria Bienert, who works for Amnesty, says: "A fact that proves a background of gender persecution is that in Spain there is a lot of sexual violence.

Representative Betty McCollum, Democrat of Minnesota, who recently drafted a Congressional resolution calling for Nigeria's government to intervene in Ms. Hussaini's case, praised the ruling, but called for stonings to be outlawed as "gender persecution".

"Today's ruling is a tremendous victory for women who seek our nation's protection to escape the brutal practice of female genital mutilation and the other forms of gender persecution that are associated with it," Ms. Reyes said in a statement.

Tahirih works towards this goal primarily by litigating in gender-based asylum, gender-based persecution, and domestic violence cases.

Lady Liberty is a symbol of freedom from suppression and subjugation and emotionally liberates those who have experienced gender bias, persecution and other forms of discrimination.

They want to live here because they need to escape from - and here a new term is introduced to accord with the language of bureaucratic indifference - "gender-based persecution".

Women for Refugee Women published a report last year showing that half of the women who seek asylum in the UK have been raped, and two thirds have experienced gender-related persecution in one way or another, such as trafficking for forced prostitution or female genital mutilation.

Still others have come in search of freedom from religious, ethnic, gender, and sexual persecution.

Just like how we see persecution of gender minorities and sexualities, they've actually become invisible, and I'm interested in that.

But immigration experts and LGBT advocates say the legislation ignores factors such as gay marriage and gay adoption bans in some states in the US, as well as the fact that many immigrants who flee persecution for their gender or sexuality in their home countries come to the US at a later age than the executive action protects and don't have family ties.

Tahirih employees have given presentations in universities and public forums throughout the United States on issues ranging from the equality of men and women in religious traditions to gender-based violence and persecution.