This week, UN Women, the arm of the United Nations that focuses on women’s rights and gender equality, warned that more than one in five women and girls are at risk of living in extreme poverty by 2030. If current trends continue, the UN Women report estimated that more than 340 million females, around 8 … Read more
Women represent almost 50 per cent of the world’s migrant population, currently estimated to be a staggering 281 million people. While men make up more than half of those who have migrated overseas and children account for around 14 per cent, UN Women has named migrant women as “agents of change”. Women flee their home … Read more
Iranian women are refusing to comply with hijab rules in Iran, ABC News reported, as reporters recently conducted an investigation in Tehran. Not wearing a hijab is punishable by the Iranian morality police, who generally patrol the streets of Iran. “We Iranian girls are not afraid of anything anymore,” said Maedeh, a 26-year-old sports … Read more
The October 7 massacre, in which Hamas, the proscribed terrorist organisation that has governed the Gaza Strip since 2007, killed and kidnapped more than 1,400 Israelis, dominated news outlets last year. But as Israel continues its bombardment of the besieged enclave, sieging Khan Younis and vowing to move towards Rafah, Israeli women are feeling forgotten … Read more
This week, Kenya saw its biggest protest that called for a woman’s right to life and a crackdown on the soaring cases of femicide. The demonstration, which was felt throughout the country, rallied against the government’s failure to tackle a growing femicide epidemic throughout the East African nation. Data shows that in the seven years … Read more
Women and girls in Gaza are witnessing the most severe cases of period poverty. The limits on humanitarian and medical aid deliveries, which include tampons, sanitary towels, contraceptive pills that could delay or halt periods and other menstrual products, have left the females using tent scraps as a period product replacement. “Imagine having to manage … Read more
The Taliban’s supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, believes that his regime has done better for women in Afghanistan than any previous government. Akhunzada made the claims in a radio broadcast and listed the kinds of “rights” that have been given to women since the Taliban took over Afghanistan in 2021. He said that unlike previous governments, … Read more
The Taliban has been arresting women for not wearing a hijab “properly”, according to its Vice and Virtue Ministry. However, it is not yet clear how many women have been put behind bars for the same. They reportedly began arresting women soon after they took over Afghanistan in August 2021 for not following the strict … Read more
The decision was made among the villagers themselves, who concluded that Zhou’s case was not valid because she married someone from outside the village. The court stayed out of what it said was the village’s democratic decision. In rural China, there are thousands of other cases just like Zhou’s, usually referred to as “ married-out … Read more
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei took to social media this week to chastise the West over the treatment of women, a move which has attracted incredulity given Iran’s record on women’s rights. “In the West, #women’s dignity is being shattered more and more every day. All of the things that destroy the #family … Read more
