women's rights

Thousands of women from different parts of the world have come out in support of the Iranian teenagers.

Women still lag far behind men in the economy and politics and surging inflation last year disproportionately hurt their financial health.

Women are being systematically targeted by the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.

Iran's deputy health minister, Younes Panahi, has confirmed reports that claimed schoolgirls in some of the cities were being poisoned.

The Taliban has said that it is merely "postponing" their education and not putting a permanent ban on it.

A 17-year-old girl was publicly attacked by 16 men in Iraq for dressing "immodestly" at a motorcycle race.

Iranian security forces opened fire on anti-hijab protesters and beat women in capital Tehran.

Human rights groups are mobilising against the death sentence by stoning of a woman in Sudan.

Women across the world have come out in support of women in Iran as they continue their protests against the country's morality police

Women who are part of these groups are more likely to be offered better jobs and secure promotions.

A 19-year-old woman was forced to execute her own mother under Iran's barbaric laws

Iran has now banned women from appearing in advertisements over an ice cream ad that went against "public decency."

The Taliban have put a fashion model, Ajmal Haqiqi, and his three colleagues in jail for allegedly insulting Islam and the Quran.

In a horrific incident reported from Pakistan, a woman was allegedly gangraped aboard a moving train by three men last week.

India's Supreme Court directed that police should neither interfere nor take criminal action against adult and consenting sex workers.

Male journalists in Afghanistan came out in support of their female colleagues who have been asked by the Taliban to cover their faces on-air.

Days after protesters stormed the Cannes Film Festival's red carpet against rapes in Ukraine, another set of protesters took center-stage to hold a demonstration against femicide in France.

It seems that the Taliban will only rest after ensuring that all Afghan women have been stripped off their rights and dignity. In their latest diktat, they have asked female TV presenters to cover their faces while on air.

Afghanistan's Taliban government has now dissolved the country's human rights commission along with four other key departments deeming them "unnecessary," as the country is facing a financial crisis.

Three taxpayers challenged the law in 2019, saying it amounted to sex discrimination in violation of the state's constitution.

Although three-quarters of Japanese firms have one or two female directors, only 5% have three or more, according to index data from MSCI.

The regressive Taliban government has now barred men and women from eating out at restaurants together in the western Afghan city of Herat. The rule even needs to be followed by married couple.

A woman in El Salvador has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for aggravated homicide after she suffered an obstetric emergency and lost her unborn baby.

The Afghan Taliban in its latest decree has yet again attacked women and their freedom to choose what they wish to wear in public places.

Amazon, Uber and even the bank Citigroup have all announced they will cover the additional costs that the Texas legislation might cause for their employees.

The Afghanistan Taliban have now banned TikTok and PUBG saying that the apps are "misleads the younger generation."

Japan's health ministry says 637 technical interns quit because of pregnancy or childbirth between 2017 and 2020

Sara Browne, of women's rights organisation IKWRO, said criminalising the organising of child marriages and increasing oversight are also key.

The Afghanistan Taliban in its latest diktat has asked all male government employees to wear a beard to office or risk being fired from the job.

Days after backtracking on its promise to allow re-opening of girls' school beyond sixth grade, the Taliban have now allegedly ordered that women in Afghanistan cannot board flights without a male chaperone.