Tag: Women
Women take on Japan’s political gender gap for ‘true democracy’
"We had assumed that women didn't want to be politicians, but in fact, there just wasn't enough support"
Family planning in India: A woman’s burden
India is set to become the world's most populous nation by mid-year, according to UN figures
Michelle Yeoh urges women to resist being ‘put in a box’
The Malaysian star returned to themes that had been staples of her awards season interviews
Women groups call for end to attacks on women human rights...
“Governments are targeting human rights defenders for speaking about the issues that people face"
Women as first witnesses
They even stood at the foot of the cross at the time when all the rest of men went running away
Bangladeshi Muslim cleric among four held for stoning woman over affair
Decades ago, village councils in rural Bangladesh commonly used sharia to punish Muslim women accused of adultery
‘Don’t blame women’: Japan birth drive sparks online debate
Policy changes such as expanding daycare provision can help boost birth rates, but the increase is often "temporary"
Accurate historical inclusion while the comfort women’s voices can still be...
From the more than 200 documented survivors in the late 1990s, less than 40 Filipino comfort women are still alive
Banned from school, Afghan girls turn to madrassas
The number of Islamic schools has grown across Afghanistan since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021
Women’s march for equality and justice
What is needed is not only belief in the rights of women and children but action for a change of mind and heart among men and women
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