HUMAN RIGHTS

UN Women have warned that more than one in five women and girls are at risk of living in extreme poverty by 2030.

"Does #MeToo not include Jewish or Israeli women?", asks Beverly, an Israeli woman who spoke to International Business Times UK about how her faith in modern-day feminism is fading and what Hamas really did on October 7.

Three Police Officers have been shamed for making misogynistic and sexual comments while watching body-cam footage of a woman having a seizure.

The Taliban claims women are doing better under their regime as opposed to their situation under previous governments.

Any criticism of the royal family is considered taboo as well as illegal in Thailand.

Several images and videos of women being picked up by Taliban fighters have made it to social media platforms.

The Taliban regime has also shut down women's shelters in the country.

In the first 10 months of 2023, more than 600 people have been sentenced to death and executed in Iran.

While humanitarian support is huge, researchers have found that one-fifth of one per cent of the aid funds was spent on reducing gender-based violence.

As part of its policy that sets out to "sinicise" religious minorities, the Chinese government has ordered the destruction of thousands of mosques.

The Kurdish-focused rights group Hengaw has claimed that the teenager remains in a critical condition.

The Taliban barred girls from attending secondary schools on September 18, 2021, a month after it took over Afghanistan.

The Taliban have banned women from visiting one of Afghanistan's most famous national parks.

Gordon Brown has called the Taliban's attack on women's rights and lives a "crime against humanity."

In another massive blow to women's rights, the Taliban has banned little girls from getting an education.

The religious police in Afghanistan burnt down dozens of musical instruments claiming that music could "corrupt" people.

Singapore executed a woman convicted of drug trafficking in 2018 despite pleas by human rights organisations to stop the hanging.

It's no secret that Russian President Vladimir Putin is not a supporter of the LGBTQ community.

Project bids that protect freedom of expression and human rights in Iraq are being welcomed by the British Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq.

Last week, a group of masked individuals attacked Elena Milashina and Alexander Nemov. NGOs are calling on the Russian government to hold to account the perpetrators.

The Taliban government in Afghanistan has now decided to shut down women's beauty salons in the country as it gradually puts more restrictions on women.