Hafed Al-Ghwell: Libya’s war on women
Libya’s woes are often described in terms of armed factions, oil, kleptocracy, and the collapse of governance. Yet one of...
Women’s rights
South African women stage silent protest ahead of G20 summit
Hundreds of South African women participated in a lie-down protest against gender-based violence on November 21st, organised by Women for...
Morocco: Child marriage requests have dropped, Minister reports
Moroccan Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahbi announced in Parliament on December 1 that child marriage requests had reduced by at least...
South African women arm themselves due to gender violence crisis
A growing number of women in South Africa are learning how to use guns to protect themselves due to the...
FIFA president hails Iranian female fans return to stadiums
FIFA President Gianni Infantino has commended the presence of females at a Hazfi Cup football match in Iran’s city of...
Morocco: Woman almost killed by her ex husband
A young woman in Morocco almost dies from domestic violence and rights organisations call for policy reforms. As seen in...
Taliban says reports of internet ban in Afghanistan are untrue
The Taliban government on October 1st denied claims of a national internet ban in Afghanistan, attributing the widespread disruptions to...
Morocco’s silent crisis: Woman almost killed from domestic violence
In a horrific domestic violence case, a young woman almost loses her life, highlighting the hidden struggles many women face...
Woman, Life, Freedom: The women imprisoned by Iran
Hasti Amiri, a women’s rights activist has been sentenced to three years in prison by a Tehran court, Iran International...
Controversial Moroccan feminist receives prison sentence
The controversial trial surrounding the Moroccan feminist activist Ibtissame Lachgar has ended after Lachgar was sentenced to 30 months in...
Algerian commitment to women’s rights sparks controversy
Algeria has reached a human rights milestone, officially retracting long-standing state reservations over parts of the UN women’s rights convention,...
Tunisia is erasing the women’s rights it once championed
Once hailed for its progressive gender policies, Tunisia is now slipping back into the shadows, quietly erasing the very women’s...
Cycling and women’s rights in Rwanda: a path to freedom
The 2025 UCI Road World Championships in Rwanda will debut a stand-alone women’s U-23 race, with countries allowed up to...
Belly dancer’s arrest in Egypt raises women’s rights concerns
An Italian-Egyptian belly dancer has been sentenced to a year of hard labour in Egypt, in a case highlighting the...
ICC pursues Taliban over gender-based persecution in Afghanistan
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for two top Taliban figures, accusing them of persecuting against Afghan...
