Women's Rights

‘Cut in secret’: Gambia anti-FGM activists fear babies targeted despite ban | Child Rights News

Banjul, The Gambia – On a rainy morning in early August, a newborn girl suffering severe vaginal wounds was rushed…

2 months ago

Forced back from Iran, Afghans face drought, poverty and repression | Refugees

At the transit camp in Islam Qala in western Afghanistan, Fatima steps out of the bus into the blazing heat…

3 months ago

Why is India’s Dharmasthala temple at the centre of a mass murder case? | Crime

NewsFeedA former cleaner claims he was forced to bury the bodies of hundreds of women and girls, on the orders…

3 months ago

African manhood is broken – and it’s costing women their lives | Women

On May 25, Olorato Mongale, a 30-year-old woman from South Africa, went on a date with a man she had…

5 months ago

UK votes to decriminalise abortion after prosecutions of some women | Women’s Rights News

The amendment comes after police investigated more than 100 women, including some who had natural miscarriages.British parliamentarians have voted to…

5 months ago

Guatemala jails ex-paramilitaries for 40 years over rapes during civil war | Crimes Against Humanity News

Lawyers for the six victims say ‘historic’ court decision recognises the plight of survivors who demanded justice for decades.A top…

5 months ago

French actor Gérard Depardieu guilty of sexual assault on film set in 2021

French actor Gérard Depardieu was found guilty on May 13 of sexually assaulting two women on a 2021 film set.…

6 months ago

Thousands of Islamists rally in Bangladesh against proposed changes to women’s rights

Thousands of activists of the Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam denounce proposed recommendations for equal rights for Muslim women, at a protest…

6 months ago

Women worldwide march to demand end to violence, inequality | Women News

Demonstrations from Buenos Aires to Lagos demand justice for victims of femicide and urge reforms to protect women.Demonstrators have taken…

8 months ago

‘My childhood just slipped away’: Pakistan’s ‘monsoon brides’ | Women

Khan Mohammad Mallah, Sindh, Pakistan – Asifa* was sitting on the cool earthen floor of her family’s home when her…

8 months ago