women's rights

Women's representation in the workplace has improved over the years worldwide but still remains weak in certain areas, especially for Asian female employees.

Thousands of women from different parts of the world have come out in support of the Iranian teenagers.

Women are being systematically targeted by the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.

Iran's deputy health minister, Younes Panahi, has confirmed reports that claimed schoolgirls in some of the cities were being poisoned.

The Taliban has said that it is merely "postponing" their education and not putting a permanent ban on it.

A 17-year-old girl was publicly attacked by 16 men in Iraq for dressing "immodestly" at a motorcycle race.

Iranian security forces opened fire on anti-hijab protesters and beat women in capital Tehran.

Human rights groups are mobilising against the death sentence by stoning of a woman in Sudan.

Women across the world have come out in support of women in Iran as they continue their protests against the country's morality police

A 19-year-old woman was forced to execute her own mother under Iran's barbaric laws

Iran has now banned women from appearing in advertisements over an ice cream ad that went against "public decency."

The Taliban have put a fashion model, Ajmal Haqiqi, and his three colleagues in jail for allegedly insulting Islam and the Quran.

India's Supreme Court directed that police should neither interfere nor take criminal action against adult and consenting sex workers.

Male journalists in Afghanistan came out in support of their female colleagues who have been asked by the Taliban to cover their faces on-air.

Days after protesters stormed the Cannes Film Festival's red carpet against rapes in Ukraine, another set of protesters took center-stage to hold a demonstration against femicide in France.

It seems that the Taliban will only rest after ensuring that all Afghan women have been stripped off their rights and dignity. In their latest diktat, they have asked female TV presenters to cover their faces while on air.

Afghanistan's Taliban government has now dissolved the country's human rights commission along with four other key departments deeming them "unnecessary," as the country is facing a financial crisis.

The regressive Taliban government has now barred men and women from eating out at restaurants together in the western Afghan city of Herat. The rule even needs to be followed by married couple.

A woman in El Salvador has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for aggravated homicide after she suffered an obstetric emergency and lost her unborn baby.

The Afghan Taliban in its latest decree has yet again attacked women and their freedom to choose what they wish to wear in public places.

The Afghanistan Taliban have now banned TikTok and PUBG saying that the apps are "misleads the younger generation."

The Afghanistan Taliban in its latest diktat has asked all male government employees to wear a beard to office or risk being fired from the job.

Days after backtracking on its promise to allow re-opening of girls' school beyond sixth grade, the Taliban have now allegedly ordered that women in Afghanistan cannot board flights without a male chaperone.

The Taliban backtracked on its decision to open schools for girls beyond 6th grade, just hours before the schools were to open for the first time since August last year.

After the takeover of Afghanistan in August last year, the Taliban had promised they would respect the rights of women "within the limits of Islam," but things on the ground say otherwise.

Cambodian women took to social media to protest the pending law by posting photos of themselves wearing "inappropriate" clothing with the hashtag #mybodymychoice.

The devastated family is distraught that the culprit is still at large even after months since the attack.

Selina Soule filed a complaint with the US Department of Education Office for Civil Rights regarding the matter

FIFA officials will be visiting Iran before a World Cup Qualifier match to discuss preparations as well as the attendance of female football fans.

Sahar Khodayari took her own life by setting herself on fire after she was arrested and taken to court for trying to attend a football match in Iran.