Tired of burkas that cover the face, urban women under the Taliban’s ‘gender apartheid’ have adopted the abaya robe favoured ...

Many prefer a flowing abaya robe, worn with a hijab headscarf and often a face covering as well – sometimes a medical mask, ...

Mehdi Yarahi was flogged on Wednesday, his lawyer ... her hijab to the liking of the authorities. The protests that followed Amini’s death started first with the chant “Women, Life, Freedom.” ...

Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a ...

The law allows female heads of households to serve their sentences outside of prison in exchange for unpaid community service. It is considered the first criminal policy with a gender focus in ...

Women’s employment in legal occupations in the final quarter of 2024 was the strongest that it has been in two years, although Q4’s overall employment for US workers in all legal occupations fell ...

An indiscriminate shooting by security forces in Tehran resulted in the death of a young man, according to a human rights group. The Human Rights Activists in Iran said the man, who was allegedly ...

Human rights lawyer and barrister Jennifer Robinson and actress Asher Keddie were among more than 100 guests who attended a marie claire International Women’s Day (IWD) event presented by Are ...

(Beirut) – After months of legal and political wrangling, an amendment to Iraq’s Personal Status Law that entered into force on February 17, 2025, violates women’s and girls’ rights to ...

Passed by Congress on June 4, 1919 and made into law in August 1920, the amendment gave women political power over 130 years after the nation’s founding. It was the culmination of a century of ...