In the first 10 months of 2023, more than 600 people have been sentenced to death and executed in Iran.
While humanitarian support is huge, researchers have found that one-fifth of one per cent of the aid funds was spent on reducing gender-based violence.
As part of its policy that sets out to "sinicise" religious minorities, the Chinese government has ordered the destruction of thousands of mosques.
The Kurdish-focused rights group Hengaw has claimed that the teenager remains in a critical condition.
The Taliban barred girls from attending secondary schools on September 18, 2021, a month after it took over Afghanistan.
The Taliban have banned women from visiting one of Afghanistan's most famous national parks.
Gordon Brown has called the Taliban's attack on women's rights and lives a "crime against humanity."
In another massive blow to women's rights, the Taliban has banned little girls from getting an education.
The religious police in Afghanistan burnt down dozens of musical instruments claiming that music could "corrupt" people.
Singapore executed a woman convicted of drug trafficking in 2018 despite pleas by human rights organisations to stop the hanging.
It's no secret that Russian President Vladimir Putin is not a supporter of the LGBTQ community.
Project bids that protect freedom of expression and human rights in Iraq are being welcomed by the British Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq.
Last week, a group of masked individuals attacked Elena Milashina and Alexander Nemov. NGOs are calling on the Russian government to hold to account the perpetrators.
The Taliban government in Afghanistan has now decided to shut down women's beauty salons in the country as it gradually puts more restrictions on women.
Government officials in Russia have proposed a new bill that forbids transexual people from receiving gender-affirming healthcare services.
Women in Afghanistan cannot even attend schools and colleges, but the Taliban believes that they are living "free and dignified" lives.
The social and cultural biases against women have not shown any sign of progress in the last 10 years, according to the latest report by the United Nations.
The proposed legislation includes provisions such as increased penalties for those found to be facilitating illegal migration and reforms to the asylum system.
The "women, life, freedom" protests continue throughout the country, women continue to refuse the hijab and dancing is a new symbol of protest.
A new report released by UNICEF, the children's agency of the UN, says that South Asian countries have the highest number of child brides in the world.,
The government's newly-proposed Illegal Migration Bill may be "incompatible" with The European Convention on Human Rights, according to an immigration expert.
Thousands of women from different parts of the world have come out in support of the Iranian teenagers.