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  • Afghan female students not allowed to sit university entrance exam: Taliban

    Afghan female students not allowed to sit university entrance exam: Taliban

    The Taliban-run Ministry of Higher Education ordered private universities in Afghanistan not to allow female students to sit university entrance exams ...
    World News
  • Mannequins in Kabul dress shops hooded and masked under harsh Taliban rules 

    Mannequins in Kabul dress shops hooded and masked under harsh Taliban rules 

    The lines of mannequins with their heads cloaked in sacks in Kabul dress stores can be haunting
    World News
  • Iran police issue warnings on mandatory headscarf in cars

    Iran police issue warnings on mandatory headscarf in cars

    Iranian police have resumed warnings that women must wear mandatory headscarves even in cars, media reported Monday, as unrest continues following the ...
    Middle East
  • Saudi Railway celebrates training achievements of its first 32 female train drivers

    Saudi Railway celebrates training achievements of its first 32 female train drivers

    Saudi Railway (SAR) celebrated the training achievements of its first 32 female drivers in a video shared to its Twitter account, after the women ...
    Saudi Arabia
  • UAE condemns Taliban decision to ban women from working in NGOs across Afghanistan

    UAE condemns Taliban decision to ban women from working in NGOs across Afghanistan

    The UAE has condemned the Taliban’s decision to ban women from working in NGOs across Afghanistan, the country’s foreign ministry said on ...
    Gulf
  • Afghanistan’s Taliban threaten women at gunpoint after university ban order

    Afghanistan’s Taliban threaten women at gunpoint after university ban order

    Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government barred women from attending universities across the country and enforced the order at gunpoint in some places, ...
    World News
  • Iran likely to be ousted from UN women’s body, diplomats say

    Iran likely to be ousted from UN women’s body, diplomats say

    Iran appears set to be ousted from a UN women’s body on Wednesday for policies contrary to the rights of women and girls, but several countries are ...
    Middle East
  • New Zealand, Finland PMs Marin and Ardern shocked by sexist press question

    New Zealand, Finland PMs Marin and Ardern shocked by sexist press question

    It’s the first time a Finnish prime minister visited the prime minister of New Zealand, and the most viral moment of the trip has been their answers ...
    World News
  • More than 1 in 5 women, girls killed every hour in 2021, UN report on femicide finds

    More than 1 in 5 women, girls killed every hour in 2021, UN report on femicide finds

    More than one in five women were killed by a member of their own family every hour in 2021, a new United Nations study showed.The study by the UN ...
    World News
  • Taliban ban Afghan women from gyms, public baths

    Taliban ban Afghan women from gyms, public baths

    Gyms and public baths are now also off limits to Afghan women, the Taliban confirmed Sunday, days after banning them from parks and funfairs.Women are ...
    World News
  • Taliban ban women from Afghanistan’s parks and gyms

    Taliban ban women from Afghanistan’s parks and gyms

    The Taliban are banning women from using parks and gyms in Afghanistan, an official said Thursday, the religious group’s latest edict cracking down on ...
    World News
  • Afghan schoolgirl severely injured in Sep. 30 attack passes university entrance exams

    Afghan schoolgirl severely injured in Sep. 30 attack passes university entrance exams

    Afghan teenager Fatemeh Amiri, 17, who was severely injured in a suicide attack on her school in September has passed her university entrance exams, ...
    World News
  • China to revise law protecting women’s rights for first time in decades

    China to revise law protecting women’s rights for first time in decades

    Legislation aimed at giving women in China more protection against gender discrimination and sexual harassment at work was submitted to China’s ...
    World News
  • Indian girl dies after allegedly being gang-raped, set on fire

    Indian girl dies after allegedly being gang-raped, set on fire

    A 16-year-old Indian girl allegedly gang-raped and set on fire by two men has died in hospital, police told AFP Tuesday.The girl was a Dalit, the ...
    World News
  • Violence against women in Mexico rises to over 70 percent: Study

    Violence against women in Mexico rises to over 70 percent: Study

    Violence against women and girls in Mexico has increased over the last five years, the statistics office said in a survey that found seven in 10 of ...
    World News
  • Emirati Women’s Day 2022: Inspirational females in the UAE

    Emirati Women’s Day 2022: Inspirational females in the UAE

    The UAE celebrates Emirati Women’s Day annually on August 28. Here’s a closer look at some of the inspirational women from the Gulf country.For the ...
    Gulf
  • Visa and Al Rajhi Bank push to empower female entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia

    Visa and Al Rajhi Bank push to empower female entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia

    Digital payments giant Visa and Saudi Islamic bank Al Rajhi Bank are pushing to empower women in Saudi Arabia by offering financial support to female ...
    Banking & Finance
  • Surge in femicides highlights lack of accountability for violence against women: NGOs

    Surge in femicides highlights lack of accountability for violence against women: NGOs

    The Arab world saw a significant surge in highly publicized incidents of violence against women and femicides throughout the month of June, sparking ...
    Features
  • Metro ban for women without head coverings in Iran’s second city

    Metro ban for women without head coverings in Iran’s second city

    Women in Iran’s second-largest city will be banned from taking the Mashhad metro if they are not wearing a head covering, local media reported on ...
    Middle East
  • Ex-Afghan president urges immediate return of girls to school to help economic future

    Ex-Afghan president urges immediate return of girls to school to help economic future

    Afghan girls should return to school immediately, Afghanistan’s former President Hamid Karzai told Al Arabiya, stressing that education was needed to ...
    World News
  • Radwa Helmi, first female judge presides over hearing at top court in Egypt

    Radwa Helmi, first female judge presides over hearing at top court in Egypt

    Radwa Helmi made history on Saturday as the first woman judge to sit on the bench of Egypt’s State Council, a top court in the Arab country.Helmi, ...
    Middle East
  • Four Saudi women listed in Forbes top 50 most powerful businesswomen

    Four Saudi women listed in Forbes top 50 most powerful businesswomen

    Four Saudi women made it to this year’s Forbes list of top 50 most powerful businesswomen, which featured women from 19 countries and 17 sectors.For ...
    Gulf
  • Taliban fighters pepper spray women protesters calling for rights

    Taliban fighters pepper spray women protesters calling for rights

    Taliban forces on Sunday fired pepper spray at a group of women protesters in Afghanistan’s capital demanding rights to work and education, three ...
    World News
  •  Italian police identify young men in NYE assault on women

    Italian police identify young men in NYE assault on women

    Italian police said Tuesday they had identified over a dozen men and boys who sexually assaulted young women during New Year’s Eve festivities in ...
    World News
  • Saudi female weapons trainer breaks boundaries in male-dominated field

    Saudi female weapons trainer breaks boundaries in male-dominated field

    Mona Al-Khurais has loved guns ever since as a young girl her father took her on hunting trips in Saudi Arabia and taught her how to shoot.Five years ...
    Life
  • UAE tops ranking for women’s safety, Afghanistan lowest on list: Georgetown index

    UAE tops ranking for women’s safety, Afghanistan lowest on list: Georgetown index

    The United Arab Emirates topped the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Index 2021 for women’s safety in a report published by the Georgetown Institute ...
    Gulf
  • In first, three women to lead major Morocco cities

    In first, three women to lead major Morocco cities

    Morocco’s capital Rabat elected a woman as mayor for the first time on Friday, meaning three of the kingdom’s main cities are led by women following ...
    North Africa
  • Taliban to allow girls to return to school ‘soon’: Spokesperson

    Taliban to allow girls to return to school ‘soon’: Spokesperson

    Girls in Afghanistan will be allowed to return to school as soon as possible, the Taliban said Tuesday, after announcing the remaining positions in ...
    World News
  • Fear of beauty parlors spreads in Afghanistan as Taliban crackdown on women’s freedom

    Fear of beauty parlors spreads in Afghanistan as Taliban crackdown on women’s freedom

    Afghan makeup artist Fatema Aaraa said on Saturday that women clients no longer come to her beauty salon because they fear the Taliban.“Until two ...
    World News
  • Taliban tell hundreds of women in Afghanistan to stay home, not report to work

    Taliban tell hundreds of women in Afghanistan to stay home, not report to work

    The interim mayor of Afghanistan’s capital says many female city employees have been ordered to stay home by the country’s new Taliban ...
    World News
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