A Japanese woman whose campaign against mandatory high heels in the workplace won broad public support has stepped up her fight against strict ...
A Bangladeshi who forcibly shaved his wife’s head after finding a hair in his breakfast has been arrested, police said Tuesday, as rights groups ...
A video circulated on Twitter of a Turkish woman screaming “I don’t want to die” as she fought to stop her neck from bleeding while ...
British sprinter Dina Asher-Smith, a triple European gold medalist, would like to raise the profile of female athletes and believes the best way of ...
Over the last few weeks, with ISIS losing more ground in Iraq and Syria, many captured members, who were sent to camps controlled by the Syrian ...
Eighteen years ago, at the height of the Taliban’s power in Afghanistan, Roshan Mashal secretly taught her daughters to read and write alongside ...
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health clarified on Wednesday expecting mothers’ rights when it comes to childbirth procedures and medical ...
A third of United Nations employees have reported experiencing sexual harassment at the world body over the last two years, according to the findings ...
Ali Motahari, the deputy speaker of Iran’s parliament, called for a nationwide referendum about the compulsory wearing of the hijab (headscarf) ...
A Saudi female fitness instructor has introduced women in her community to a new, fun way to keep fit by teaching them Nia dance cardio classes. In ...
Afghanistan has appointed its first woman to a senior post at the Interior Ministry, naming Hosna Jalil as deputy for policy and strategic ...
Global soccer body FIFA has been urged by its own human rights advisory panel to give Iran a deadline for allowing women to watch soccer matches. In ...
Indian police arrested 68 people taking part in protests around a controversial Hindu temple ahead of a Supreme Court ruling Monday on whether it ...
Authorities in eastern India have ordered for complete demolition of a three-storey building where at least 34 girls were gang-raped during their stay ...
Nine women activists were summoned for questioning at Tehran’s infamous Evin Prison, the primary site for the housing of Iran’s political ...
Iran’s Chief Prosecutor Mohammad Jafar Montazeri threatening officials who allow women to enter football stadiums has caused an uproar among ...
In his recent interview to Bloomberg News, Prince Mohammed bin Salman said: “The rules of guardianship were held in 1979, and we’re ...
A lawyer for a Nevada woman alleging that soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo raped her in 2009 calls her client “emotionally fragile” and says ...
The Time’s Up movement set up by Hollywood actresses to counter sexual harassment in the workplace announced Tuesday that it has appointed its ...
A Sudan court Tuesday commuted the death sentence of a teenager for killing her husband who she said had raped her, instead imposing a five-year jail ...
Saudi oil giant Aramco held its eighth annual award ceremony where the star of the night was Abeer Olayan, a petroleum scientist at the EXPEC Advanced ...
Sudanese police lashed a woman 75 times on Tuesday after a court found her guilty of marrying a man without her father’s consent, her lawyer and ...
The female member of Iran’s morality police who violently assaulted an Iranian woman for violating the country’s dress code was identified ...
Social media went abuzz following Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s statement during his interview with CBS’s 60 Minutes saying ...
United Nations messenger of Peace and Academy Award winner Charlize Theron spoke at the Global Education and Skills Forum in Dubai on Saturday, and ...
In light of the recent protests that swept Iran at the beginning of the year, calling for the removal of the country’s theocratic regime lead by ...
Saudi’s General Security division announced that soldier rank positions will be available for Saudi women in different regions including Riyadh, ...
Ummiye Kocak had to drop out of formal education after primary school due to her family’s limited financial resources
Young women between 18 and 24 fared worse than other age groups, with two-thirds experiencing workplace sexual harassment
Discrimination and violence against women and girls continues to be a topic of global concern. On Nov. 25 the world celebrated the commemoration of ...
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