Women rights

Mawlawi Hebatullah Akhundzada, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Emirate, met with some Kabul clerics in Kandahar to discuss education and women’s rights in the context of Islamic law. Back in Kabul, some religious scholars said the leader of the Islamic Emirate had given them orders on a number ofRead More →

Afghan girls aged 5 to 12 in Nowzad, Afghanistan, attend a class June 8, 2010. They have only one teacher and only attend school regularly for 3 hours a day. In a report published last week, rights group Amnesty International said Afghan women and girls faced a “suffocating” crackdown byRead More →

A number of former and current US officials have denounced the Islamic Republic’s harassment of New York-based dissident journalist and women’s rights activist Masih Alinejad. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called Alinejad’s continued Iranian harassment “outrageous,” referring to the man armed with a loadedRead More →

It finally came home. The men couldn’t do it, but the women did. In front of a crowded 90,000 crowded Wembley Stadium and millions watching across the country, the Lionesses won Euro 2022. They beat Germany 2-1. It’s something truly worth celebrating – England’s first major footballing trophy since 1966,Read More →

New Delhi, July 30: This is the story of a trailblazer creating pathways for women. Muthulakshmi Reddy (July 30, 1886 – July 22, 1968) was the first female student at Maharaja’s School for Boys, Pudukkottai, the first female Indian surgeon at Madras Medical College, the first Indian member of theRead More →

House ” National ” Remembering Muthulakshmi Reddy, a pioneer in surgery and women’s rights, on her 136th birthday New Delhi, July 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) This is the story of a pioneer creator of courses for women. Muthulakshmi Reddy (July 30, 1886 – July 22, 1968) was the first female student atRead More →

A women’s rights activist has been visited by Wiltshire police officers – who have allegedly accused her of being ‘annoying with paedophiles’. Kellie-Jay Keen, who lives in Hilperton Road, Trowbridge, expressed her frustrations in a YouTube video about the force’s response to the hate crimes report on Sunday July 24.Read More →

A new group of local activists will hold a rally for women’s rights at 5 p.m. Saturday in front of Killeen City Hall, 101 N. College St. Bell County for Pro Choice is a new organization created by Killeen resident Zoe Bennett who is passionate about women’s rights. “I originallyRead More →

UN Women’s representative in Afghanistan said on Monday that the backsliding of women’s rights there is a “wake-up call” to the world that shows how decades of progress can be erased in a matter of months. “Across the world, walking outside your front door is part of everyday life,” saidRead More →

After dozens of Iranian women came out in public and sent their videos to anti-hijab activist Masih Alinejad in New York, Iran says sending her images could result in up to 10 years in prison . Ali Khan-Mohammadi, spokesman for Iran’s Headquarters for Enjoining Right and Prohibiting Evil, responsible forRead More →

The fight for equal rights for women has been a long one, marked by notable gains as well as tragic setbacks. A high point in this trajectory was the Seneca Falls Convention, July 19-20, 1848, the first gathering for women’s rights in the United States. Today I celebrate his 174thRead More →

PETALING JAYA: Pasir Salak MP Datuk Tajuddin Abdul Rahman’s use of profanity in Parliament and derogatory remarks against female MPs should not be tolerated or allowed in Parliament as they border on misogyny, say civil society groups and women’s rights advocates in the country. Tajuddin launched a tirade on womenRead More →

Florida’s Democratic gubernatorial candidate received a less than warm welcome from liberal protesters demonstrating against restrictive abortion laws on Saturday – who chased him away when he tried to show support. Pro-abortion protesters shouted over Rep. Charlie Crist’s attempts to speak to them outside an event in Tampa on Saturday,Read More →

Listen to the article Two years ago Justyna Wydrzyńska, a women’s rights activist, sent a pack of abortion pills to help a woman get an abortion. Now she faces up to three years in prison for breaking Poland’s strict abortion law. A law that only allows the termination of pregnancyRead More →

Listen to this article here After the Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade on June 24, a ruling that eliminated federal protections for women’s constitutional right to choose, women lost control of their own reproductive health decisions, which were insured for nearly 50 years. The ruling has reignited the AmericanRead More →

People attend a rally calling for abortion rights in Washington, DC on July 9, 2022. [Photo/Xinhua] WASHINGTON — The United States continued to feel the heat from the Supreme Court’s explosive decision to overturn Roe v. Wade two weeks ago, which ended constitutional protection of the right to abortion forRead More →

Iranian authorities are cracking down hard on “women wearing the wrong hijab” and will hold a “hijab rally” on Tuesday, but activists have their own plans to protest. President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday called the disregard for hijab rules an “organized promotion of [moral] Corruption in Islamic Society” and orderedRead More →

* Thousands of protesters came to Washington, DC, on Saturday to demand more action from the White House to protect abortion access, as the fight for abortion rights further divides America along lines ideological and partisan. * Without Roe c. Wade, states are allowed to impose their own medical procedureRead More →

Irondale, Brooklyn’s leading theatrical and artistically ambitious theater ensemble, along with three esteemed curators, has announced the lineup for the fifth annual On Women Festival, July 11-31, celebrating the lives and experiences of female artists. Committed to producing the works of emerging, progressive and dynamic playwrights, this year’s festival willRead More →

An abortion saved the life of U.S. Representative Jackie Speier, enabling a decades-long career advocating for women’s rights, but she will leave office in an America where women have fewer reproductive freedoms than when she arrived. She said she intended to continue fighting outside of political office. “I’m not goingRead More →

Geneva: The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) on Friday (July 8th) adopted a resolution condemning violations of the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan, urging the ruling Taliban to end restrictive practices described as making them “invisible” in society. The Taliban seized power for the second time inRead More →

by Maggie White On Thursday, June 30 at 4 p.m., Blue Hill resident Mary Richardson staged a peaceful protest in response to the WE Supreme Court’s June 24 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the constitutional right to abortion. The news compelled Richardson, who currently works at the Blue HillRead More →

A very first march for women’s rights is scheduled for July 24 in Wellsboro. Tioga County Women’s Rights Activists were formed in response to the June 24 Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. This action returned the decision to allow abortion to the states. As of this writing, 11Read More →

In a call on Wednesday, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris spoke with Cherelle Griner, the wife of WNBA star Brittney Griner who is jailed by Russian authorities and is currently on trial on charges suspected drugs. The White House said in a statement read from the president’sRead More →

Women’s rights activists across the Arab world plan to stage strikes today in response to recent feminicides in Egypt and Women’s rights activists across the Arab world plan to stage strikes today in response to recent femicides in Egypt and Jordan. Photo: Hossam el-Hamalawy/Flickr Women’s rights activists across the ArabRead More →

Lorna Slater, Green MSP It was a major step backwards and will see more people put at risk and some forced to risk their health rather than have safe access to abortion services. The decision follows years of progressive attacks on bodily autonomy and the right to choose. This willRead More →

WILLIMANTIC, Conn. (WTNH) – A chained masked woman, an “abortion Supreme Court” sign and a pregnant Statue of Liberty received loud cheers during the “Boom Box Parade” in Willimantic. “Women wear red, our faces are red,” said Bev York of “We the People,” a grassroots activist group. They marched inRead More →

Recently, there has been an increase in discussion of women’s rights, and with the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, they are now more prevalent than ever. The women discussed how to protect our rights in all their forms and how to act to help. This led to talk aboutRead More →

PARIS: The lawyer for the only surviving attacker of the November 2015 terror massacre in Paris has slammed his client’s murder conviction and sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole, saying on Thursday the verdict ‘raises serious questions’ .Olivia Ronen did not say whether Salah Abdeslam wouldRead More →

Aaccess to abortion is about to be severely reduced or cut off for millions of women in the United States following the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down established constitutional protections for termination of pregnancy by the historic Roe v Wade case 50 years ago. The decision allows state legislaturesRead More →

Roe v Wade isn’t just an American issue, nor can brands assume it doesn’t affect them. Now is the time to defend the rights of your workers and your consumers. I’m exhausted. I’m scared. I’m mostly furious. When women marched against Trump early in his presidency, we were told notRead More →

The Young Greens are the youth and student wing of the Green Party of England and Wales. This summer, Young Greens members will vote to elect a new executive. Bright Green offers each of the candidates the opportunity to present their vision. A lifelong feminist, I have followed politics fromRead More →

With the United States Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade – the landmark 1973 decision that enshrined abortion rights in the United States – the world map of abortion rights has been flipped. Whereas in the second half of the 20th century the global North was at theRead More →

JNow is not the time to despair over the loss of essential women’s rights eradicated last week by judicial campaigners at the Supreme Court. Residents of Colorado and all states must act quickly and decisively to convince voters to remove elected far-right extremists from positions of minority power they abuse,Read More →

Click to enlarge Travis J. Camp/Shutterstock Lake Superior has proven itself to be the Great Lake Superior. Lake Superior is the biggest lake ever, according to its Twitter account, and we’ll have to agree after the lake (or whoever runs the account) tweeted in support of women’s rights last week.Read More →

Zoe Nicholson is used to playing the long game when it comes to women’s rights. The writer and activist is interviewed throughout Always working from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.a new documentary about the fight for women’s rights 40 years after the hit 1980 film by Dolly Parton, Lily TomlinRead More →

WOMEN opposed to making it easier for trans people to legally change their gender have disrupted the GRA Bill’s latest evidence session at Holyrood, revealing T-shirts calling Nicola Sturgeon a ‘destroyer of human rights’ women”. As Social Security Secretary Shona Robison testified on Tuesday, anti-GRA activists were in public seatsRead More →

“While I welcome international attention on the impact of climate change on women and girls over the past decade, we also need to focus urgently on the serious problem of violence against them which was exacerbated by the climate crisisshe told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. Countries discussRead More →

Kendrick Lamar takes its performance very seriously, especially the visual aspect and what it conveys. At this weekend’s Glastonbury Festival in England, the Mr. Morale and the Great WalkthroughThe sa artist may have made his biggest statement yet, assuming the role of Jesus Christ by donning a diamond crown ofRead More →

Turkish women’s rights activists have criticized courts that have given reduced sentences to perpetrators of gender-based violence on the grounds that they were “provoked”, saying it has created a culture of impunity. Lawyer Selin Nakıpoğlu of the Women’s Platform for Equality (ESIK) said that by issuing sentence reductions based onRead More →

“It’s not about abortion. It’s about freedom. Why don’t I have the same right to reproductive freedom that a man enjoys every day,” said one pro-choice activist. The local backlash continued to come Friday after the landmark Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. The court’s 6-3 vote ends abortionRead More →

Almost as quickly as news arrived Friday morning of the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, so too have promises from local political leaders about what they intend to do about it. . “Abortion is safe and legal here in Massachusetts, thanks to the 2020 action by the LegislatureRead More →

Paxton Smith’s 2021 farewell speech at Lake Highlands High School in Dallas was not the same speech she previously shared with school administrators. She dropped the approved speech and advocated for women’s reproductive rights after lawmakers passed Texas’ “Heartbeat Bill.” His plea made news on NPR, YouTubeTV and in TheRead More →

Overturning the constitutional right to abortion in the United States is a “horrific step backwards for women’s rights” threatening real risk to lives, said Labor leader Ivana Bacik. “The effect of today’s Supreme Court decision will be devastating,” said Ms. Bacik. “It will not prevent abortions, but is likely toRead More →

Women’s rights advocates converge on downtown Dallas to protest Roe V. Wade decision On Friday, women’s rights advocates converged on downtown Dallas and other parts of North Texas to protest the Roe V. Wade ruling. DALLAS – On Friday, women’s rights advocates converged on downtown Dallas and other parts ofRead More →

The second Afghan Women Leaders Forum (AWLF), initiated and supported by the EU and the European External Action Service, was held on 19 and 20 May in Brussels. AWLF has brought together a wide variety of Afghan women, including civil society and political leaders, activists, lawyers, journalists and representatives ofRead More →

June 22, 2022 | 05:04 UTC Women’s rights activists will demonstrate in Ankara, Turkey, from 8:30 a.m. on June 23. Increased security, likely disruptions; possible clashes. transportation Security TUR Event Women’s rights activists plan to protest outside the State Council building in Ankara on June 23; activists will gather fromRead More →

Ukrainian MPs voted on June 20 to ratify the Istanbul Convention, which is widely recognized as the most far-reaching international treaty against violence against women and domestic violence. The ratification marks a new step in Ukraine’s European integration and underlines Ukraine’s determination to continue the country’s transformation despite the enormousRead More →

The senate of Bremen, a city in Germany, presented the 17th Bremen Solidarity Award to Garment Laborer Union President Rukmini VP in recognition of her activism and contribution to the women’s rights movement. The prize, which includes a grant of 10,000 euros and a sculpture by Bremen artist Bernd Altenstein,Read More →

Far from feminist utopia, progressive politics backed by radical gender activism has created a generation of women too afraid to speak out. In the world of competitive sports, women have been told to “step up” and “shut up” when it comes to biological men standing above them on the podiumRead More →

Feminists said balaclava-clad trans rights activists ‘silenced’ them today in Bristol as tensions between the two groups erupted again. The black-clad crowd were heard shouting ‘trans rights are human rights’ as women’s rights activists held a conference in honor of Father’s Day in College Green. During the clash, the anarchistsRead More →

“In this time of proliferating crises, the international community must pursue proven strategies for peace and stability. Protecting and promoting women’s rights is such a strategy,” he said during the debate, noting the positive role that regional organizations have played in protecting and promoting the key agenda. “A question ofRead More →

Mexico claims to pursue a “feminist” foreign policy. The full truth is that women’s rights cannot be taken for granted in the country itself. Mexico is notorious for its feminicides (see me and Sheila Mysorekar at www.dandc.eu). In 2020, 948 women were murdered, 2.7% more than in 2019. For severalRead More →

Phil Schofield discusses Sarah Everard’s vigil this morning The two sisters Mrs Henry and Mrs Smallman were stabbed to death in Fryent Country Park and their bodies were discovered by family members on June 7, 2020. The march was organized by the Women’s Equality Party who said: ‘Women are betrayedRead More →

KABUL: The list of Taliban violations of women’s and girls’ rights is long and growing, said Heather Barr, Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch (HRW), as she raised concerns growing concerns about the violation of rights in the country. When the Taliban announced last month that women and girlsRead More →

The list of violations of the rights of women and girls by the Taliban is long and growing, said Heather Barr, Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch (HRW), as she raised growing concerns regarding the violation of rights in the country. When the Taliban announced last month that womenRead More →

Representatives of women’s rights organizations and opposition politicians gathered outside the Council of State, Turkey’s highest administrative court, in Ankara on Tuesday morning for the upcoming hearing on the annulment of Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, Turkish media reported. The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violenceRead More →

The Polish government, where a near-total ban on abortion is in place, faces accusations of creating a “pregnancy registry” as the country increases the amount of digitally recorded medical data on patients. Women’s rights advocates and opposition politicians fear women will face unprecedented scrutiny given the conservative views of aRead More →

The automatic association of equality and democracy has led to the rise of “genderwashing” Elin Bjarnegård, Pär Zetterberg, foreign policy June 06, 2022, 12:10 p.m. Last modification: June 06, 2022, 12:12 p.m. Rwandan President Paul Kagame poses for a photo with members of the Rwandan Parliament. PHOTO: FLICKR ACCOUNT OFRead More →

WOMEN’S rights campaigners have slammed Johnny Depp’s victory in a multi-million pound libel case at a protest ahead of his rock concert in Glasgow. Activists unfurled a banner outside the city’s Royal Concert Hall reading: “The verdict was not ‘justice’, it was silence.” 3 Activists protest outside Depp’s concertCredit: SteveRead More →

“Being a gender champion is the same as being the champion of justice and human rights,” proclaimed the 2016 Gender Champion award winner during his acceptance speech. The country he leads has the highest share of lower house legislative seats held by women in the world at 61 percent. ButRead More →

Until her statue was unveiled in downtown Congleton, many people had not heard of the name Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy. Yet she can be counted among the pioneers of the women’s rights movement in the UK. Spending much of her life in the Cheshire town, she fought for better education forRead More →

Adell Ghadiya was in the country where she is now hiding because she was delivering equipment and materials for a women’s trade school when Kabul fell last summer, Behrens said. Since then, she has been trapped in limbo. Adell Ghadiya does not want the country where she is hiding toRead More →

The cost of sanitary clothing undermines women’s rights BY SHARON BUWERIMWEGENDER activists have expressed concern over the prohibitive cost of sanitary garments, saying they compromise women’s sexual and reproductive health rights. With galloping inflation, the prices of basic necessities and services exploding, hygiene clothing has not been spared. A packRead More →

In recent weeks, they have issued decrees requiring women to cover their faces except their eyes, including TV presenters, and banning girls from school after sixth grade. At the same time, Afghanistan has seen persistent shelling and other attacks on civilians, often targeting the predominantly Shia Muslim Hazara ethnic minority.Read More →

Peshawar – Representatives of a civil society organization have called for the protection of the rights of women workers in factories and business premises and stressed the need to strictly enforce all relevant laws and regulations in this regard. Speakers while expressing their views during an introductory session about WorkingRead More →

The United Nations Security Council has expressed “deep concern” over the Taliban’s order forcing women to cover their faces in public, including on television. The United Nations Security Council has called on the Taliban to “swiftly reverse” policies restricting the human rights and freedoms of Afghan women, in a unanimouslyRead More →

Life is getting harder and harder for Afghan women. Since the extremist group Taliban took power last August, they have mounted an all-out assault on women’s rights, imposing arcane restrictions on women’s movements, ability to work and dress. Despite promising to respect women’s rights, including the right to work andRead More →

Vice President Kamala Harris has sought to rally doctors, nurses and abortion rights advocates in the White House ahead of the overturning of the long-awaited Supreme Court opinion Roe vs. Wade. Although the Supreme Court has yet to issue its official decision, Harris asserted that the leaked draft, if madeRead More →

Attachments During the 2014 invasion of eastern Ukraine, violence against women and girls, especially domestic violence and sexual violence, increased rapidly. Since February 2022, the situation has deteriorated to alarming new levels. Pervasive and exacerbated violence against Ukrainian women and girls is a consequence of the war, with women andRead More →

Foreign Ministers from 15 countries expressed in a statement their “deep” concerns about the restrictions on girls’ access to education in Afghanistan and called on the “Taliban to respect the right to education and to respect their commitments to reopen schools for all female students. ” The statement was issuedRead More →

About ten years ago I attended a meeting of the Colorado Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice where the speaker chastised the members for continuing to advocate for abortion rights when he was not obviously no longer needed. The matter was settled, the speaker insisted to the crowd of clergy andRead More →

Dr. Huma Baqai May 15, 2022. 10:15 a.m. Afghanistan is a deeply patriarchal and conservative society. Women largely dress very conventionally, and even young girls wear the hijab. However, Afghan women under Taliban 2.0 again face repression and marginalization, aimed at reversing the visibility, freedom and empowerment that Afghan womenRead More →

Several hundred people filled the lawn in front of the Duval County Courthouse Saturday afternoon as they demonstrated in favor of abortion rights during the “People’s Rally Against Abortion.” Organized by the Jacksonville Women’s Marchan activist organization led by a woman in Jacksonville, the protest joined many more planned acrossRead More →

On May 14, local women’s rights organization We Trust Women staged a protest in response to the recently leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade if he was approved. “We are here to support abortion justice and reproductive rights for women around the world, especiallyRead More →

By Jamila Bey, Special at AFRO The first Monday in May became known as Met Gala Monday, and during and after the event, which carried what usually dominates social media and news. Normally, we could still talk about what Lizzo, Megan Thee Stallion and Alicia Keys wore. But who couldRead More →

Placeholder while loading article actions It is clear that the goal of the anti-abortion movement to overthrow Roe vs. Wade is about to succeed. But it’s not just about returning abortion regulation to the states. As soon as the court has rendered the decision in deer in 1973, anti-abortion lawmakersRead More →

Many businesses’ success depends on raising finance. To get business finance and capital, women-owned firms confront unique hurdles. Although women controlled over 40% of firms in the US by 2019, almost 99% of new venture money went to male founders in 2020. Women entrepreneurs face more challenges than males inRead More →

The recent convergence of Roe v. Wade and Mother’s Day inevitably connects with the feminist movement and Gloria Steinem. And thinking of this iconic woman is reminiscent of Dorothy Pitman Hughes and that classic photo of them, fists in the air, claiming victory for women of all walks of life.Read More →

On May 2, 2022, Americans learned that the United States Supreme Court was about to overturn Roe vs. Wade, the Supreme Court ruling that has protected an American woman’s right to abortion for more than forty years. Politico magazine published a leaked version of a draft majority opinion authored byRead More →

In February, a 15-year-old girl was charged with killing her newborn baby after giving birth alone at a home in Malaysia’s eastern state of Terengganu. The baby was found to have wounds on her body, including what appeared to be a stab wound. When the police arrested the girl, sheRead More →

What is politics and what is art can hardly be separated in the works of Sara Nabil. The Afghan artist – who now lives in Germany – processes her own experience of oppression, escape and search for identity in her work. Through photographs and performances, she describes how women inRead More →

The Taliban have ordered women in Afghanistan to cover themselves from head to toe and only go out in the company of male chaperones, intensifying the worst aspects of the misogynistic rule they first displayed in power and that they swore not to repeat this time. A decree issued onRead More →

LONDON (Reuters) – Pakistani Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai reacted on Monday to an order by the Afghan Taliban government to force women to cover their faces in public, saying the Taliban want to erase girls and women of all public life in Afghanistan. Malala, who is also an education activist,Read More →

Republicans are poised for a massive midterm red wave that could continue through the next presidential election. As the COVID panic subsides and the harsh economic reality of our response begins to sink in, 50% of respondents to a new CNN poll said “the economy” was their number one concern,Read More →

Former US President Donald Trump is being blamed after a years-long Republican offensive against women’s abortion rights appears to have gained traction in the US Supreme Court. A draft court memo, written by Judge Samuel Alito, makes it clear that the Conservative majority is set to overturn the landmark 1973Read More →

“This is what our current situation demands: that women stand up and fight, not only for their rights, but for the liberation of the nation to which they belong.” By AIRA MARIE SIGUENZA and SHARLYN VIVOBulatlat.com MANILA — Arlene Brosas, who currently serves as a lawmaker for the Gabriela Women’sRead More →

Abortion is more divisive in America than any culture war. The positions are deeply rooted, fueled by moral or religious convictions, and leave no room for compromise. The Supreme Court’s draft opinion leaked this week unsurprisingly enraged pro-choicers. Protesters gathered outside the Supreme Court; references to the dystopian novel byRead More →

With a leaked draft opinion suggesting the Supreme Court is set to overturn Roe v. Wade and the abortion protections she has guaranteed for half a century, women’s rights advocates have pledged to fight for freedom. “I hear people literally every hour,” Jesse Mermell said Wednesday. Mermell previously worked forRead More →

While the United States Supreme Court appears poised to overturn the landmark decision that gave women the constitutional right to access abortion, courts in many other parts of the world have taken the opposite direction. In February, Colombia’s Constitutional Court legalized abortion up to the 24th week of pregnancy, partRead More →

Women’s Rights Network Northern Ireland (WRN NI) have reported to the PSNI the defacement of the billboard, which has been erected between the M2 and M3 motorways in central Belfast. The WRNNI believes that women are defined by biology and opposes measures to allow men with genitalia but who identifyRead More →

Women’s Rights Network Northern Ireland (WRN NI) have reported to the PSNI the defacement of the billboard, which has been erected between the M2 and M3 motorways in central Belfast. The WRNNI believes that women are defined by biology and opposes measures to allow men with genitalia but who identifyRead More →

My daughter is likely to grow up – in America – with fewer rights than her mother. Let it sink in. Late Monday night, a draft opinion from the United States Supreme Court was leaked — a phenomenon that had never happened before — that showed the court was preparingRead More →

As the world turned to the fashion show that became the Met Gala red carpet, the United States Supreme Court was quietly hosting its own forum. According to documents acquired by Politico, the Court wrote an opinion to quash Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that sets the precedent toRead More →

NNA | Update: 03 May 2022 09:04 STI Kabul [Afghanistan]May 3 (ANI): The US special envoy said that “the Muslim world must defend the rights of Afghan women and girls”, local media reported.The remarks by Rina Amiri, the US special envoy for Afghan women, girls and human rights, came afterRead More →

As women’s rights suffer in Afghanistan, we should look to other countries in the region for inspiration. From the Taliban reneging on their promise to provide an education for girls, Iran elected to a four-year term on the UN Commission on the Status of Women, and International Women’s Day protestersRead More →

Since the Taliban took power, women have been deprived of their basic rights, including adequate food, the right to work and the opportunity to complete their education. Hezbollah reporter Khan captured footage of women trapped in cages and fighting for food in his home in Afghanistan. “Currently the Taliban areRead More →

On Saturday, a Cairo court found journalist and writer Rasha Azab not guilty on charges of insulting, defaming and willfully harming film director Islam Azazi. The case dates back to December 2020 when the online blog Daftar Hekayat released anonymous testimonies from six survivors who said Islam sexually assaulted them,Read More →

Photo: Twitter @morcativakfi Representatives of Turkish women’s rights organizations and lawyers will meet early on April 28 outside the Council of State, Turkey’s highest administrative court, in Ankara, before the court announces its decision on the appeal requesting the cancellation of Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, Turkey Minute reported,Read More →

Critical gender activist Mia Ashton has sent a letter to 3,000 school trustees across Canada expressing deep concern over policies allowing schools to hide a child’s transgender leanings from their parents. Ashton is an Ottawa-based spokesperson for the organization Canadian Women’s Sex-Based Rights (caWsbr), which aims to uphold women’s rightsRead More →

Two Minute Masterpiece: Remarkable Story of Women’s Rights Activist Mary Slessor Schedule An icon of a desktop calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across it. Caret A right-pointing solid arrow icon. E-mail An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of Facebook’s “f” mark.Read More →

IranSource April 21, 2022 Ableism exists online among Iranian women’s rights activists. It needs to be fixed. By Ahou Koutchesfahani Iranian women’s rights activism is very present and visible on social media with countless hashtags, images and videos circulating online and going viral to regularly draw attention to important causes,Read More →

Afghan women and girls take part in a protest outside the Ministry of Education in Kabul on March 26, 2022, demanding the reopening of high schools for girls. (Ahmad Sahel Arman/AFP via Getty Images) To subscribe to The nation Subscribe now for as low as $2 per month! Thank youRead More →

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Two inmates who become pregnant at a women’s prison in central Jersey are erasing the ‘trope’ that ‘transgender women are women’, a women’s rights activist said on ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ on Tuesday. Kara Dansky of the Women’s Human Rights Campaign was reactingRead More →

Gillian Philip’s contract was terminated in 2020 for supporting women’s rights. She files a complaint with the Labor Court that she should not have been discriminated against for holding and expressing gender-critical views. Please donate to support this important legal case and please share with others who may wish toRead More →

In the 19th century, Lucretia Mott made her mark on America as a pioneering abolitionist and suffragist – who demanded equal rights for all. National Portrait Gallery/Wikimedia CommonsLucretia Coffin Mott (1793 – 1880). Painting by Joseph Kyle. In Quaker religion, men and women are considered equal in the sight ofRead More →

A Lanarkshire councilor has become embroiled in a row with a women’s rights group over transgender issues. Gender critical group the Sole Sisters say they are “absolutely shocked” by comments from Janine Calikes, who is running to represent Rutherglen Central and North for the second time. SNP candidate Ms CalikesRead More →

Women demonstrate in Istanbul against Turkey’s decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, March 2021. Photo: EPA-EFE/ERDEM SAHIN The prosecutor’s office filed a complaint on Wednesday, seeking to shut down the We Will Stop Femicide platform, Turkey’s leading women’s NGO, for allegedly “acting against the law and against morals”. TheRead More →

When the non-governmental organization Global Rights recently staged a commissioned performance of the play “Beere” based on the historical account of the Egba women’s revolt, the historical drama resonates with the renewed call for quality and to women’s political participation in Nigeria. Yinka Olatunbosun reports In prelude to the dramaRead More →

Lorna Slater’s remarks, made as a jab at the BBC, have been described as ‘grossly offensive’ Scottish Minister Lorna Slater has sparked fury after she compared women’s rights activists to racists and anti-Semites. Ms Slater, one of Nicola Sturgeon’s coalition ministers and a member of the Scottish Green Party, madeRead More →