Tag: women's rights
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
Thousands of women rally in Pakistan despite legal hurdles
Videos posted on social media showed several police officers baton charging participants as they tried to join the demonstration
Rights, women’s groups ‘stand in solidarity’ with all women victims of...
Hundreds of women, women workers, and advocates of women's rights marched in the streets of the capital Manila to raise their demands
Chinese tattoo artist tells women’s stories through ink
In a country where spaces for female self-expression have shrunk in recent years, getting a tattoo can feel like an empowering act
The Japanese ex-soldier who declared war on sexual abuse
Her story has inspired dozens more people to report sexual and other abuse in the military
Photos: Filipino women ‘rise for freedom’
The event is one of thousands of global activities that are taking place in over 90 countries around the world this month
UN presses Taliban for ‘clarity’ on women’s role in aid delivery
Since returning to power in August 2021, the Taliban government has rapidly squeezed women out of public life
India’s top court broadens abortion rights for unmarried women
Indian law has permitted abortion in the case of sexual assault since 1971
Rights group decries Indonesian decrees that violate rights of women, girls
Human Rights Watch noted that authorities have issued "discriminatory decrees" that compel millions of girls and women to wear headdresses