Women's rights
Female Afghan Christian convert flees Taliban, only to risk deportation in Qatar
Since retaking power, the Taliban has largely excluded women from public life. Girls are barred from secondary schools and universities, while women have faced sweeping restrictions.
Islamic Regime instructed universities on how to suppress 2023 staff, student protests - report
Iranian women, girls die by suicide, honor killing after Telegram sextortion channel
Women’s OIC conference in Pakistan sees Syrian delegation after 14 years
There is a lack of women in Israeli ministry leadership - opinion
This trend of removing the few women in the senior public ranks is compounded by the fact that the 37th government removed all female directors-general serving in government ministries.
Iran's Khamenei suggests West destroys women’s dignity in social media post
The Iranian Supreme Leader took to X this week to chastise the West over its treatment of women.
Human rights groups’ hypocrisy on Hamas rape - opinion
Respect has been forfeited from self-described human rights advocates when they failed to defend the human right of Jewish women to not be raped.
UK home secretary makes jokes about spiking his wife's drink
James Cleverly is facing calls to resign after making jokes at a Downing Street reception about date rape drugs.
Afghan women struggle for rights under increasing Taliban repression
Since it took over in 2021, the Taliban has claimed that it is merely aligning Afghan society to Islamic values, but women and girls are being left with ever-fewer options.
Why don't women's orgs call to free Israeli women held hostage in Gaza? - opinion
Why aren’t they calling from the rooftops for the release of their Israeli sisters from the jaws of the terrorist group Hamas?
Israeli and Jewish activists take campaign for greater concern about Oct. 7 sex crimes to UN
The Israeli UN mission calling for investigations into reported sexual violence by Hamas on October 7th during a conference at the UN on Monday
A surge in femicide cases in Egypt raises alarm
Egyptian women’s rights activist to TML: “Recently, any woman’s refusal to comply could result in her murder.”
Israel's Druze sector threatens to cut ties with IDF after young woman drafted
Sheikh Muwafaq Tarif warned that "if the State of Israel wishes to maintain its alliance with the Druze community - it must set the record straight."
Iran Guards detain dual national for 'organizing unrest and sabotage'
The Revolutionary Guards detained a dual national suspected of "trying to organize unrest and sabotage," on the anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death.
