Women's rights
UN rights chief says Taliban decree expands executions, deepens repression
The Taliban has restricted women's movements and barred girls from education beyond primary school since coming to power in 2021, via a series of morality laws limiting expression and employment.
Two years after October 7, Israeli women still battle for equality - from the editor
Visible everywhere, powerful nowhere: The paradox facing Israeli women in 2026 - analysis
Knesset panel advances bill to expand rabbinical courts’ power over civil matters
Israeli women's rights activists march on ultra-Orthodox Bnei Brak
In an unusual move, the police have sanctioned the protest to take place in the ultra-Orthodox town of Bnei Brak.
Israeli becomes first woman in Bedouin town to drive an ambulance
Lina Ezberga, an emergency medic who grew up in Kuseife, received her ambulance license after she started volunteering at MDA six years ago.
2 years into Taliban’s rule: Afghan women barred from working, study in the shadows
Removing half of the population from the workforce has worsened the already deteriorating economic situation
UN envoy urges world court to prosecute Afghan gender discrimination
The Taliban have stopped most Afghan female staff from working, closed beauty salons, barred women from parks, and curtailed travel for women in the absence of a male guardian.
Women to march in Bnei Brak in protest of mistreatment on buses
"Whoever thinks he will be able to exclude women - will welcome us in the streets," one leader of the march exclaimed.
Afghan women take protests online as Taliban crush dissent
Afghan women have pushed back, taking to the streets to oppose the Taliban, and moving their protests indoors and online amid arrests and violent crackdowns.
Over 1 million women went missing in India from 2019 to 2021 - report
Causes cited in regard to the tremendous number of missing women were trafficking for forced marriage, domestic work, sexual exploitation, and child labor.
15 years of regional cooperation: The Union for the Mediterranean's common commitment - opinion
The UfM organization needs continued commitment from its members to achieve its goal of creating a socially, economically, and ecologically resilient Mediterranean region.
What do MENA Muslims think about the role of women in society? – study
The researchers surveyed respondents from Algeria, Egypt, Pakistan, Tunisia, Turkey, and the Palestinian Territories on their perception of women's chastity and marital patriarchy.
Knesset bill to dismantle authority responsible for gender equality passes preliminary reading
The bill was introduced by MK Limor Son Har-Melech (Otzma Yehudit), who is confident that the bill "will allow equal opportunities for all women in Israel."
