Beauty salons in Afghanistan are closing – on Taliban orders | Women’s Rights
The Taliban announced on Tuesday that all beauty salons in Afghanistan must now close as a one-month deadline ended, despite rare public opposition to the…
What will be the fallout of ethnic violence in India’s Manipur? | Women’s Rights
Video of two tribal women being assaulted has caused outrage with questions for the governing BJP. It happened more than two months ago, but video only…
Desiree Ellis: How a trailblazing coach lifted S African football | Women’s World Cup
Nearly 30 years after she played in South Africa’s first-ever women’s international football match, Desiree Ellis coached her nation to their first title when they…
US Republicans pass defence bill with anti-abortion, LGBT add-ons | Business and Economy News
Republicans in the United States House of Representatives have passed an annual defence funding bill that highlights the party’s conservative priorities – and sticking points…
FDA approves first over-the-counter contraceptive pill in US | Health News
Regulator’s green light for nonprescription sales of a daily birth control pill comes as abortion restrictions tighten across the United States. Regulators in the United…
Senator stalls US military promotions in anti-abortion standoff | Military News
One senator’s anti-abortion protest has resulted in the United States Marine Corps — one of the country’s most elite military units — being without a…
Report finds racism, sexism and elitism rife in English cricket | Cricket News
Independent commission finds racism ‘entrenched’ in English cricket, women treated as ‘second-class citizens’ and cricket a rare option in state schools. A damning independent report…
Casting menstruation as a taboo is dangerous | Women’s Rights
Late last month, we marked Menstrual Hygiene Awareness Day, an important date around the world for advocates like myself who have spent years working to…
I See Beauty: Senegal’s makeup artist | Women
Fredde Tchibinda uses artistic makeup to enhance and celebrate women who are making a difference in Senegal. In Senegal, Fredde Tchibinda uses creative makeup as…
Afghan women being provided ‘comfortable’ lives: Taliban chief | Women’s Rights News
Taliban’s supreme leader says the status of Afghanistan’s women as ‘free and dignified human beings’ has been restored. The supreme leader of the Taliban has…
Minnesota abortion clinics embrace support in year since Roe fell | Women’s Rights News
Minneapolis, Minnesota – It’s been one year since the United States Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion across the country, and Paulina Briggs…
How abortion became an ‘Achilles heel’ for US Republicans | Politics News
Washington, DC – Be careful what you wish for, the old adage goes. One year after conservatives in the United States fulfilled their decades-long goal of…
Biden unveils new order to protect access to contraception | Women’s Rights News
US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that aims to strengthen access to contraception in the United States, as the country nears the…
‘Not afraid’: The Texas pilot flying patients to abortions | Human Rights
It was summer, midday and hot when the girl arrived at the tiny regional airport. She appeared to be 14 or 15, although she could…
German woman jailed for nine years for enslaving Yazidi woman | ISIL/ISIS News
Woman, known only as Nadine K, was also jailed for aiding and abetting war crimes as a member of ISIL. A German court has jailed…
Afghan women ban makes Taliban recognition near ‘impossible’: UN | Education News
Afghanistan’s UN envoy Roza Otunbayeva tells security council meeting that Taliban rulers seek UN recognition but reject the world body’s key values. It will be…
TV show unleashes wave of MeToo allegations in Taiwan | Women’s Rights News
Taipei, Taiwan – More than 30 people, mainly women, have come forward in Taiwan over the past month to share stories of sexual harassment and…
In limbo in Indonesia, Afghan women find they ‘can be a boss’ | Refugees News
Cisarua, Indonesia – Since returning to power in Afghanistan, the Taliban has tried to silence women but thousands of kilometres away in Indonesia – where…
Planting Azolla empowers Jordan’s women farmers | Climate
Al-Mafraq, Jordan – Inside a greenhouse in al-Makeefta village in northern Jordan, Iman al-Athemat stood holding a spaghetti strainer she uses to harvest Azolla growing on…
US Southern Baptists reject two churches over women pastors | Religion News
The denomination’s annual convention affirms stance maintaining the role of pastor is exclusively for men. The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) in the United States has…