What does a child bride bring to a marriage — a dowry, social status, domestic labor, business connections? What is her value to two families, the one she leaves and the one she joins? And what is the cost to the girl?
Tuesday, 5 May , 2020U.N.Secretary-General lashed out at men who abuse power and declared before Sunday’s observances of International Women’s Day that the fight for gender equality is “the biggest human rights challenge we face.”
Monday, 9 March , 2020Speaking to faculty and students at The New School, a university in New York City, the UN chief declared himself a proud feminist and called for men everywhere to support women’s rights.
Sunday, 1 March , 2020Tens of thousands cases of violence against women in Afghanistan in 2019-2020 sent to judicial courts for more considerations, Ministry of Women’s Affairs reported.
Monday, 3 February , 2020In Afghanistan poor families the violence against Afghanistan women and children has been intensifies, stated by an official.
Sunday, 19 January , 2020World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has been accused of helping Saudi Arabia “sportswash” its “dire human rights record” by promoting what it says is the first-ever women’s match on Saudi Arabian soil on Thursday.
Sunday, 3 November , 2019An international charity working with the poorest women and girls in the world – conducted a survey of 200 garment factory workers in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka in a bid to investigate how women are treated in the workplace.
Saturday, 24 August , 2019Norway and six EU countries voted at the United Nations in favor of two resolutions that singled out Israel for criticism as a violator of women’s and human rights.
Monday, 29 July , 2019Saudi Arabia’s mobile app Absher is used to prevent Saudi women from leaving their country without a male relative’s permission.
Monday, 6 May , 2019For many women in Afghanistan, peace talks between the United States and the Taliban are evoking the darkest days of their lives, when the group stripped women of their most basic rights.
Wednesday, 17 April , 2019The Saudi activist will drive across the US to bring awareness to Americans of the strict guardianship laws in her country – ‘I’m turning 40 today, and my son is still my guardian’
Saturday, 13 April , 2019Those detained, seven men and one woman, are not frontline activists but have expressed support for women’s rights and other reforms.
Sunday, 7 April , 2019Brushing back pressure from Washington, Mohammed bin Salman escalated his crackdown on even the mildest forms of dissent with the arrests this week of at least nine intellectuals, journalists, activists and their family members, according to rights groups and a Saudi associate of the detainees.
Saturday, 6 April , 2019Hala Al-Dosari, an activist, scholar and writer from Saudi Arabia. He focused mostly on reforms, participatory politics and the pervasive abuse of power in Saudi Arabia.
Sunday, 17 March , 2019One of the Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal daughters who fled to Canada for family-related issues is now sought refugee in UN.
Sunday, 10 February , 2019The Saudi regime locks up and tortures campaigners who advocate reforms it agrees with. This needs to stop.
Saturday, 5 January , 2019Most cities have not been designed with women’s safety in mind but, from Egypt to Rwanda, new technology, design and education are reducing the threat of violence on the street.
Saturday, 15 December , 2018A Thousand Girls like Me highlights the need to make the ‘unknown’ cases known.
Monday, 26 November , 2018Conquering Afghanistan’s highest peak was once unthinkable for Hanifa Yousoufi. Then she joined a climbing group, braving frostbite and the Taliban to strike a blow for gender equality.
Monday, 12 November , 2018