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Thuzar Wint Lwin, in dress of besieged Chin minority, highlights brutal repression since coup in Myanmar In the months leading up to the Miss Universe pageant, most contestants were busy making promotional films and rehearsing for their moment in the l…
Read MoreHazara community in mourning but defiant after more than 60 people killed in school bomb blastsLatifa and Hosnia had been sharing a wooden bench in their classroom at Kabul’s Sayed Al-Shuhada school for the past three years.When Latifa transferred to S…
Read MoreA growing nationalistic fervour is fuelling a torrent of vitriol against anyone speaking out against the state, especially women’s rights activists Late last month, an “unknown hill in the Chinese desert” was blanketed in scores of large red and white …
Read MoreThe mobile library services are an education lifeline for students in Balochistan, where schools have closed during the pandemic Sharatoon had wanted to continue her studies, but she had to leave school and her beloved books when she got married aged 1…
Read MoreUnscientific ‘morality’ examination linked to low conviction rates and violates women’s rights, says Equality NowPhysical vaginal tests are still used to determine whether women and girls have been raped in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka, according to a ne…
Read MoreRise in cases feared as murders halt campaigns and leave many women too afraid to workGul Meena Hotak was on her regular rounds, going door-to-door giving polio vaccinations in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, when she heard gunshots.The 22-year-o…
Read MoreCoverage on recent struggles for human rights and freedoms, from Cardiff Bay to Thailand Continue reading…
Read MoreMio Sugita earns notoriety for accusations that women lie about sexual violence and LGBT community are ‘unproductive’Of all the candidates for Japan’s most sexist comment of the year, there seemed to be only one possible winner – Yoshiro Mori, the form…
Read MoreLargest such study finds domestic violence experienced by one-in-four teenage girls with worst levels faced by women in their 30s One in four women and girls around the world have been physically or sexually assaulted by a husband or male partner, acco…
Read MoreA wide range of issues affecting women, from abortion rights to femicide, were highlighted at rallies and events for International Women’s Day on 8 March Continue reading…
Read MoreGovernment blamed for not ensuring safety as broadcaster’s female staff told to stay home after attacks by IsisA radio and television broadcaster in eastern Afghanistan that has had four of its female employees murdered since December has said it will …
Read MoreMultiple women at Natchi Apparels have reported abuse weeks after 21-year-old worker was allegedly killed by her supervisorWomen in India making children’s clothes for H&M have spoken out about widespread sexual violence they claim to have faced at…
Read MoreHealthcare is focus of event to mark International Women’s Day, as organisers say pandemic has led to setbacks in rightsA march during the time of Covid is a difficult thing to plan safely. For Pakistan’s women, determined to have their “Aurat March” t…
Read MorePriya Ramani cleared of defamation over sexual assault accusation against Mobashar Jawed AkbarA court in Delhi has acquitted a journalist of defamation after she accused a former government minister of sexual assault, in a landmark ruling for India’s #…
Read MoreActivists warn new anti-trafficking law requiring permission from families to travel is evidence of ‘deep-rooted patriarchal mindset’A proposed law in Nepal that would ban women from travelling abroad without permission from their families and local go…
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