Parliament took a landmark step to deter violence targeting women and health care workers and cleared a package of reforms for laws in force, including harsher prison terms and fully criminalizing stalking
Iran has once again denied women entry to a football stadium to watch an international match, leaving hundreds of ticketed fans locked out, Iranian media said. The World Cup qualifier against Lebanon on Tuesday night, won 2-0 by Iran, …
It was a historic day for Saudi Arabia as the women's national football team played, and won, its first official international match on Sunday. The Saudis traveled to the Maldives to beat the Seychelles 2-0 in a friendly which comes …
Israel’s cabinet approved the appointment of Gali Baharav-Miara as the government’s next attorney general, making her the first woman to ever hold the post. Baharav-Miara will be taking over from Avichai …
The Taliban government has named doctor Malalai Faizi as the director of a maternity hospital in Kabul in the first ever appointment of a woman as the head of an Afghan public institution under the Islamist administration. Faizi …
Supporters of the Iran national team were finally allowed back into stadiums to watch their team play on Thursday, with women admitted to watch for only a second time in over 40 years. A ban put in place by the Islamic republic was in …
Taliban militants pepper spray women protesting for the right to work, education Taliban (movement banned in Russia) forces on Sunday fired pepper spray at a group of women protesters in Afghanistan's capital demanding rights to …
The Taliban (the movement banned in Russia) have said Afghan women seeking to travel long distances by road should be offered transport only if accompanied by a male relative. The latest directive, issued by the Taliban's Ministry …
Dozens of Afghan women took to the streets in Kabul on Wednesday morning to protest the continued hold on Afghan bank assets by the United States amid an economic crisis in Afghanistan. One banner carried by the women reads: “Our …
Turkey gave the country’s women the right to vote and to be elected on this day in 1934, well before many European countries, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a video message on Sunday. On the …
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed a resolute struggle Thursday to end violence against women. Violence against women is a global human rights problem, Erdogan said on Twitter for International Day for the Elimination of …
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated that Turkey is determined to fight violence against women within the framework prepared earlier this year. Erdogan made the remarks while meeting women from different backgrounds during …
A group of about 20 women marched from near the ministry of education to the ministry of finance in the Afghan capital. Wearing colourful headscarves they chanted slogans including: "Don't politicise education", as traffic …
The European Union pledged 1 billion euros ($1.15 billion) in support for the Afghan people, and the Group of 20 countries vowed to accelerate aid Tuesday amid concerns that an already precarious humanitarian and financial situation will grow …
The Afghan government will include women in the future, the Taliban movement (outlawed in Russia) spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said. On Tuesday, the Taliban announced the interim government of Afghanistan that includes no …
Afghan women, including the country’s women’s cricket team, will be banned from playing sport under the new Taliban government, according to an official in the group. In an interview with the Australian broadcaster …
A group of women held a protest in Balkh province on Monday calling to preserve the achievements of the past 20 years and demanding women's representation in the future government in Afghanistan. The protestors expressed that Afghan …
Women attending private Afghan universities must wear an abaya robe and niqab covering most of the face, the Taliban (the movement banned in Russia) has ordered, and classes must be segregated by sex - or at least divided by a …
A small group of Afghan women protested near the presidential palace in Kabul on Friday, demanding equal rights from the the Taliban movement (banned in Russia) as Afghanistan’s new rulers work on forming a government and seeking …
While mixed classes will be banned, Afghan women will reportedly be permitted to study at university under Taliban (the movement banned in Russia) rule, according to a statement made by the group's higher education minister Abdul Baqi …
