JIH Women’s Wing held an online protest on the issue of the ongoing Bulli Bai App case. Help India! Several speakers at an online protest organized by the Women’s Department of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) stressed the need for people from all communities and regions to speak out against the prevailingRead More →
Lee Na-young, chairman of the Korea Justice and Remembrance Council on Military Sexual Slavery Issues in Japan, center, holds up a petition submitted to the Korea National Human Rights Commission before the commission in the central Seoul on Wednesday, calling on the commission to prevent far-right groups from staging counter-ralliesRead More →
In the Afghan capital of Kabul on Tuesday, the Taliban opened fire on protesters near a building that housed the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, Gandhara News reported. One of the protesters said women took to the streets on Tuesday to demand work, food and freedom. The protesters further said theRead More →
A human rights organization has sounded the alarm over the worsening human rights situation in Saudi Arabia, claiming that a dozen prominent women’s rights activists have been arbitrarily arrested by regime forces of Riyadh throughout this year. AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): A human rights organization has sounded the alarm overRead More →
A human rights organization has sounded the alarm over the worsening human rights situation in Saudi Arabia, claiming that a dozen prominent women’s rights activists have been arbitrarily arrested by regime forces of Riyadh throughout this year. Human rights organization Sanad, which monitors and exposes human rights abuses in SaudiRead More →
Indian women activists have forged pioneering paths through dominant narratives this year, daring to speak out frankly despite the consequences they knew they would follow. Their moments of dissent were seen as acts of courage by some and acts of radicalism by others, but at the same time it hasRead More →
The Indian government has approved a proposal to raise the minimum age of marriage for women from 18 to 21, according to media reports, as women’s rights activists fear the move could lead to “real disaster.” The decision to raise the age was taken at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday,Read More →
ANI | Update: Dec 14 2021 20:44 STI Kabul [Afghanistan]Dec. 14 (ANI): Women activists have expressed concern at an upsurge in violence against women in the crisis-torn country as they gather in the capital Kabul, local media reported.Women activists gathered in Kabul to mark the end of a 16-day campaignRead More →
An Afghan woman wearing a burqa walks out of a small store in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, December 5, 2021. Women’s rights activists in the Afghan capital of Kabul insisted on Sunday that they would continue to fight for their rights. right to education, employment and participation in Afghan politicalRead More →
Turkish authorities are pursuing and silencing activists, politicians and opponents of the AKP regime led by Erdogan and anyone expressing his opinion. Charges are ready for anyone who opposes his conviction, advocates for and protests against him, and is punishable by arrest or imprisonment and the same argument of “dealingRead More →