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This photograph shows veiled mannequins dressed in women’s attire, at a shop in Kabul, on July 22, 2024. (AFP)

Taliban leader bans windows overlooking women’s areas

  • “Seeing women working in kitchens, in courtyards or collecting water from wells can lead to obscene acts,” according to decree posted by Taliban spokesman
By AFP ·
Iran executes man for attacks on dozens of women

Iran executes man for attacks on dozens of women

By AFP ·
An average of 140 women and girls were killed by a partner or relative per day in 2023, the UN says

An average of 140 women and girls were killed by a partner or relative per day in 2023, the UN says

By AP ·
War affects over 600 million women and girls, UN says

War affects over 600 million women and girls, UN says

By AP ·
Proportion of women killed in conflict doubled in 2023: UN

Proportion of women killed in conflict doubled in 2023: UN

By AFP ·
Special Female entrepreneurs carve out a niche for women’s empowerment in Afghanistan

Female entrepreneurs carve out a niche for women’s empowerment in Afghanistan

By MODASER ISLAMI ·
Body of missing student found as Turkiye grapples with femicides

Body of missing student found as Turkiye grapples with femicides

By AFP ·
Talal Foundation and Saudi Human Rights Commission have signed a memorandum of cooperation.

Talal Foundation, Saudi rights body unite to support women, children

By Arab News ·
Jailed Iranian Nobel laureate urges action against ‘oppression’ of women

Jailed Iranian Nobel laureate urges action against ‘oppression’ of women

By Reuters ·
Taliban security personnel stand guard as an Afghan burqa-clad woman walks along a street at a market.

Afghanistan’s Taliban government says morality law will be ‘gently’ enforced

By AFP ·
Saudi Minister of Islamic Affairs attends the 35th International Conference of the Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs in Cairo

Minister hails women’s rights progress in Saudi Arabia

By Arab News ·
Female trainee doctors from Afghanistan are greeted on arrival in Scotland by Lorna Norgrove. (@UKGovScotland)

Afghan women arrive to study medicine in Scotland after 3-year campaign

By Arab News ·
Women in Najran region are mastering the crafting of wicker products as part of a program.

Women in Saudi Arabia’s Najran region master the production of wicker goods

By Arab News ·

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