The proposed legislation defines unacceptable covering for women as “revealing or tight clothing, or clothing that shows parts of the body lower than the neck or above the ankles or above the forearms”, and for men, it...
The Taliban's history of restricting women's education has intensified since the withdrawal of US and NATO-led forces in Afghanistan.
The Gender Snapshot 2022 report urges and directs cooperation, partnerships and investments to pour in, since no country has achieved full gender parity across key dimensions of human development. Although progress...
This announcement follows Minister Mohammad Khalid Hanafi's recent visit to the Bamiyan province, during which he expressed dissatisfaction with women not following proper hijab guidelines.
Security forces responded with brute force, using fire hoses and stun guns to disperse the demonstrators, raising international concern over the plight of female entrepreneurs in Afghanistan.
Women are barred from public spaces, like parks and gyms, and education is limited to class six to girls in Taliban-run Afghanistan.
The women in Afghanistan have been barred from parks, gyms, universities, and jobs at nongovernmental groups and the UN– all in the space of a few months.
Revealing certain shocking data from a survey conducted by the United Nations Developmental Programme, they found that majority of people across the world still believe in biases against women.
The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on a draft resolution, put forward by the United Arab Emirates and Japan, calling on the Taliban to reverse...
US Vice President Kamala Harris joined President Joe Biden as his running mate for his 2024 reelection bid, urging Americans to come together to fight for...
The amendments from time to time addressed discrimination under respective Hindu and Christian laws, but the discrimination faced by the Muslim women remained...
Over the past few years, women in India and across the world have fought for their rights -- be it regarding the right over her body, their right to enter a...
Since then, for over three months, hundreds of young girls attending different schools in Iran became overpowered by what were believed to be noxious fumes...
This is for all the women who continue to fight for their rights over their own bodies and for equality across the world. It is a homage to those who died in...
Leila Soltani’s confession of what it feels like to be in limbo between Iran and the US
After months of violent protests, there is a lull on the streets. But it could be the calm before the storm
Hair is deeply personal, but it is also very public and the most politicised.
A homage to the Iranian women who risked their lives and careers in the fight for dignity
A conversation about Iranian culture and cinema with the world-renowned filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf
The imposition of Western morality and the North-South divide can be addressed only when the countries of the Global South come together in healing.
This resounding slogan has become the rallying cry of the largest women’s rights movement in Iran’s history
Mass protests may have discontinued in Iran, but women continue to resist silently in their own ways
Students of Delhi University's (DU) Indraprastha College for Women (IPCW) complained that unidentified men trespassed into the college, shouted slogans, and...
These midnight walks began after the brutal murder and gang rape of a 23-year-old physiology student in Delhi in December 2012 — known as the Nirbhaya case
Despite initial promises of a more moderate stance, the Taliban has banned girls' education beyond sixth grade and women from public spaces such as parks and...
