My Burqa is a Reminder of the Freedom that Has Always Been Mine
My blue burqa carefully folded up in the corner of the room is a painful and clear reminder of the ...
Tag: women’s rights
Women’s Rights Backlash and Feminist Revival: Gender Equality in 2019
The present feminist revival goes hand in hand with a new worldwide rollback of women’s rights, involving a dangerous resurgence ...
High Cost of Silence: Khashoggi and Women’s Rights Activists in Saudi Arabia
Khashoggi's murder should cast a new light on women's rights activists imprisoned in Saudi Arabia under the tight control of ...
Egypt’s Sunni Authority Says All Sexual Harassment ‘Forbidden’
Egypt's highest Sunni Muslim authority has said there can be no justification for sexual harassment, in a country where many ...
Pakistan’s Government in Waiting Grapples With Charges of Misogyny
The party that won the July election in Pakistan, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), is struggling to address allegations of promoting misogynist ideology.
Unparalleled Violence Against Women Abetted by Indian Justice System
Horrifying sexual crimes against women and girls are an epidemic in India, which has quickly become known as "the rape ...
A 38% Pay Gap Devastates Black Working Women
Black women face alarming double-discrimination in the workplace everyday on the basis of both their gender and race.
Violence Against Women Carried Out With Impunity in Afghanistan [UN Report]
In Afghanistan, where women are often confined to the home and seen as subordinate to men, access to justice remains ...
Is Female-Friendly Iceland a Gender Equality Paradise?
Iceland has been known as a female-friendly country for decades, having topped the World Economic Forum’s report on gender equality ...
Morocco Adopts Law to Combat Violence Against Women
The Moroccan parliament on Wednesday, after months of heated debate, adopted a law first drafted five years ago to combat ...
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