Hunger, health & famine Child marriage and sexual violence rates surge in Africa as hunger crisis spreads Across eight countries in Africa, food shortages are leading to a soaring rate of violence against girls and women.
News & Views Female NGO staff return to work in Afghanistan despite Taliban’s ban Female workers in NGOs have returned to work after the Taliban issued an assurance that they may work in health.
News & Views 32yo former Afghan lawmaker murdered in her Kabul home 32-year old former female Afghan lawmaker, Mursal Nabizada has been shot dead in her home in Kabul on Saturday night
News & Views At 26, Iranian footballer sentenced to death for protesting for women’s rights Iranian professional footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani has been sentence to death for supporting women’s rights in Iran.
News & Views Women are angrier today than 10 years ago. Here’s why New data has revealed that women across the globe have been angrier by the year over the last decade. Let’s consider why.
News & Views Indonesia has just criminalised sex before marriage along with partners living together outside of marriage Sex outside marriage is set to become illegal in Indonesia, after a new criminal code was unanimously passed in the country’s parliament.
News & Views Has Iran’s morality police really been abolished? Iran’s morality police have been abolished, according to the Attorney General Mohammad Javad Montazeri.
News & Views ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: Anne Hathaway calls for women to be prioritised in worldwide economic growth and recovery Hathaway’s powerful call to action for global gender equality came via video message at the Business 20 (B20), held in Bali this year.
News & Views Wimbledon plans to scrap all-white dress code for female players Wimbledon’s all-white dress code might be about to change for women, with the announcement of plans to scrape the rule.
News & Views Polish leader blames young women drinking for low birth rate Polish politician Jaroslaw Kaczynski has blamed young women and their drinking for the country’s low birth rate.
News & Views Jacinda Ardern announces NZ’s indefinite suspension of human rights dialogue with Iran Jacinda Ardern has announced she will suspend indefinitely New Zealand’s human rights dialogue with Iran, as protests continue.
World China’s attempts to tackle gender inequality in workplace with latest legal amendments China’s top legislative body passed an amendment to the Women’s Rights and Interests Protection Law in an effort to improve gender equality.