Tag: Women
Taliban to allow women at universities, but mixed classes banned
Women's rights in Afghanistan were sharply curtailed under the Taliban's 1996-2001 rule
With Assam silk and trees, Indians fight climate change and trafficking
Families across Assam are weaving and restoring forests to boost their incomes in a region hit by frequent floods and low farm yields
Remembering the ‘comfort women’ and their continuing call for justice
Eight decades since the war ended on Aug. 15, 1945, the Japanese government still refuses to recognize its accountability
COVID-19 drives new surge in trafficking of women from Laos to...
Economic hardship in Lao villages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is driving a new surge in the trafficking to China of Lao women and girls
Church program helps Christian women in Pakistan facing discrimination
Aid to the Church in Need supports a program aimed at empowering young Christian women living in extremely difficult circumstances
Women are being squeezed by the pandemic. Here’s how to fix...
To those attending the historic Paris gender forum we have a simple message: close the gender gap to build a better post-pandemic future
10 years on, domestic workers still fight for protection of rights
The COVID-19 pandemic affected more than 60 million domestic workers in the informal economy
Watchdog says ‘pervasive’ digital sex crime affecting life for South Korean...
South Korea has become the global epicenter of spycam — the use of tiny, hidden cameras to film victims naked, urinating or having sex
Women’s lives in peril as world faces shortage of midwives
The report said the acute shortage of midwives is "exacting a terrible global toll in the form of preventable deaths"
Watch: Teenager details brutal treatment of women held by Myanmar soldiers
Account given by 17-year-old female detainee about what she saw and experienced
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