a month agoWomen protest in Abyan Governorate demanding improved basic services.
2 months agoPresident Claudia Sheinbaum swears in the flag to more than 400 cadets of the Naval Education System; she is the first female leader to lead such a significant ceremony.
3 months ago Hundreds of women protest in Mexico City against gender violence and for their rights during 8M
3 months ago Turkish women marched in Istanbul to mark International Women’s Day despite a government-imposed ban. Police blockaded groups and reportedly detained numerous protesters
3 months ago Two demonstrations are taking place in the streets of Valencia. One of them has the slogan "Feminism is the voice of the revolution"
4 months agoAfghanistan's Taliban authorities raided well-known women's radio station Radio Begum, arresting two employees, the broadcaster said, with the information ministry saying the outlet's operations had been suspended
4 months agoA first notable appearance of Ahmad al-Sharaa's wife, on a pilgrimage to Mecca, as part of the official visit of the former head of HTS to Saudi Arabia. Latifa al-Daroubi had never been seen publicly in the company of her husband
5 months agoICC prosecuter seeks arrests warrants against Taliban leaders over crimes against humanity on gender grounds
5 months agoFrench FM: EU sanctions hindering Syria recovery could be lifted quickly if progress is made on women's rights, security
5 months agoYesterday evening. An air raid by warplanes on the Fata Borno camp for displaced persons in Kutum locality in North Darfur State resulted in the deaths of three sister women: - Tahani Omar Abkar - Mecca Omar Abkar - Madina Omar Abkar
6 months ago Hyderabad: Protest breaks out at private university over suspected video recording in girls' hostel washroom
6 months agoThe Taliban order all NGOs in Afghanistan to stop employing women or face closure
6 months ago Syrian rebels leader Ahmed Al-Sharaa (Al-Julani): Syria will not be Afghanistan and I believe in educating women
6 months ago HTS has prohibited its members from interfering in women’s outfits and looks “including asking them to cover up”. nhe statement also confirms that personal freedom is a guaranteed right
7 months agoThe women’s march against Georgia’s rigged elections is moving from Tbilisi’s Freedom Square to Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili’s business centre. Protesters are carrying suitcases labelled: ‘I won’t leave, you should,’ symbolising defiance against forced migration
7 months ago The U.N. Human Rights Office said on Friday nearly 70% of the fatalities it has verified in the Gaza war were women and children, and condemned what it called a systematic violation of the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law
7 months agoIran minister slams female student's public strip as 'immoral'
7 months agoIranian woman arrested after stripping in protest at Tehran university
9 months ago UNRWA: One million women in the Gaza Strip do not receive hygiene supplies
10 months ago Extreme misogyny could be treated as terrorism with Home Secretary Yvette Cooper working to “identify gaps in current legislation and examine emerging ideologies”
10 months agoIraqi Intelligence arrests key female ISIS member in Nineveh
10 months ago Demonstrations are set to be held across seven Iraqi provinces on Thursday, protesting the highly-controversial bill to amend the Personal Status Law, which effectively would legalize child marriage among other things
10 months ago The World Food Programme (WFP) has announced that due to budget shortages, it will be unable to support 600,000 pregnant women in Afghanistan this summer. WFP says that last year it was able to provide services to 1.6 million pregnant and breastfeeding women to prevent malnutrition
a year agoIran’s judiciary informed Sepideh Rashno, a civil rights activist opposing the mandatory hijab, that she must report to Evin Prison to serve a sentence of 3 years and 7 months. Rashno was arrested in July 2022 after a viral video showed her altercation with a woman who verbally assaulted her for not wearing a hijab on public transport. She was forced into a televised confession, appearing visibly bruised and showing signs of torture. After roughly 40 days in Evin prison, she was released on bail, reportedly set at $27,000
a year agoAn arrestee for alleged rape in Malaga of a young foreigner in the doorway of her house
a year agoMedical sources for Al Jazeera: 50 dead, half of them children and women, in Israeli raids on the central and southern Gaza Strip since dawn today.
a year agoMexico gets its first female president, with former energy scientist Claudia Sheinbaum elected by landslide, official projections show
a year ago Kent police arrest man suspected of raping two women
a year ago The Palestinian Prisoners' Affairs Authority and the Palestinian Prisoners' Club: 28 female prisoners are deprived of their children by the Israelis
a year ago UN report: Most of the victims of Israel's war in Gaza are "women and children"
