Body of teenager lay untouched until police informant passed by, raising fresh concerns about women’s safety The killing of a 16-year-old girl in Delhi who was stabbed and bludgeoned to death in an alley as pedestrians walked on has sparked outrage ove…
続きを読むIndia’s small group of female skateboarders are smashing stereotypes and forming strong communities. We hear some of their storiesGrowing up in Delhi, India, I was always fascinated by the stories of women who challenged societal norms and broke barrie…
続きを読むVictim alleges in viral social media post that assault 11 years ago resulted in her becoming pregnant and having an abortionFollowers of China’s struggling #MeToo movement have been gripped by a series of recent allegations, including against a profess…
続きを読むXu Zaozao’s case is widely followed in a country where women’s rights have become increasingly prominentA single Chinese woman has begun an appeal in her legal battle for the right to freeze her eggs, a procedure only available in China to married coup…
続きを読むUN children’s agency welcomes drop in number of underage brides, but warns 12 million girls still getting married each yearThe number of child marriages is declining worldwide, but at too slow a pace for any hope of eliminating the practice this centur…
続きを読むDespite the pain of the condition, diagnoses take seven years on average globally. In India, where 42 million women have the disease, cultural stigmas can make the delay even longer‘Hell-on-earth excruciating pain,” is how Ruhi Singh* describes her exp…
続きを読むHealth ministry gives green light for two-step treatment to end pregnancies up to nine weeksThe abortion pill is to become available in Japan for the first time after the health ministry approved a drug used to terminate early-stage pregnancies.Abortio…
続きを読むOfficials say it will leave in May if Taliban cannot be persuaded to let local women work for organisationThe UN is ready to take the “heartbreaking” decision to pull out of Afghanistan in May if it cannot persuade the Taliban to let local women work f…
続きを読むMy new independence has been met with everything from curiosity to awkward laughter. But this is about me, not themWhen Lost Migrations, an animated film series I’d been waiting to see for months, finally premiered in Karachi earlier this year, I immed…
続きを読むDespite the WHO declaring it eliminated in 1998, thousands of tea pickers have caught the diseaseAloka Gonju didn’t take much notice of the discoloured patch of skin on her left hand until her fingers began to stiffen and hurt. It became a struggle to …
続きを読むFemale candidates in the local elections across the country this weekend face one of the world’s toughest glass ceilingsAi Ishimori was teaching Japanese cookery classes in France when she was gripped by an urge to return to her home country.“Shinzo Ab…
続きを読むAll staff in Afghanistan ordered to stay home for 48 hours to give officials time to negotiate with TalibanUnited Nations staff in Afghanistan have been ordered to stay at home for 48 hours to give UN officials time to persuade the Taliban not to go ah…
続きを読むIn 1971, the Pakistan army began a brutal crackdown against Bengalis in which hundreds of thousands of women were detained and repeatedly brutalised. Only now are their stories beginning to be told• Warning: graphic information in this report may upse…
続きを読むFrom Bogotá to Dhaka, women are likely to shoulder the bulk of chores and childcare. Six women talk about their duties and the challenge of shifting the burden now and for the next generationSome days, Abha Kujur, 39, feels like the family “servant”. T…
続きを読むSadai Banowan violated ‘laws and regulations of the Islamic emirate’, says local Taliban officialA female-run radio station in Afghanistan’s north-east has been shut down for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan, a Taliban official said.Sadai…
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