Tag: women's rights
Photos: Activists mark International Women’s Day in Manila with protest march
Women activists marched in the streets of the Philippine capital Manila to mark International Working Women’s Day on March 8, 2022
Photos: Filipino women rising
Women’s rights activists danced in parks and held unity rides in the Philippines to celebrate the One Billion Rising PH campaign
Women decry ‘misogynistic’ school exam question
A Catholic nun called on the media and other institutions in India “to expose the rotten mindset and cry foul”
Cases of gender-based violence up during pandemic, says new report
The report also shows that not enough countries have acted with sufficient seriousness to tackle the “gender-based violence pandemic”
It’s time to undo the covid disruption to girls’ rights in...
The pandemic has disrupted efforts to end child marriage and caused widespread damage to the financial prospects of girls
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
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
Radical Hindu group threatens Catholic activist, Christian NGO in Bangladesh
Angela Gomes, a recipient of the Magsaysay Award, has been in the forefront of the campaign for equal opportunities for women
Malaysian authorities ignore rise in domestic abuse amid pandemic
Civil groups in Malaysia report massive jumps in case numbers, while the govt hopes it will all go away
Watch: Women and girls in Indonesia pressured to wear the jilbab...
Over the past two decades, they have faced unprecedented legal and social demands to wear clothing deemed Islamic
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