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With the German election scheduled for Sunday, Angela Merkel is preparing to leave office after serving for 16 years as German Chancellor.

The seizure of the women’s ministry is the latest sign that the Taliban is clamping down on women’s rights, one month after its takeover of Kabul.

Seiko Noda will run for the leadership race of the Liberal Democratic Party, making the last minute announcement just one day before the campaign begins.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde believes there is certainly disparity between men and women.

Afghan women around the world hit back at strict dress code in by posting colourful images of themselves in colour dresses.

Women in Afghanistan will still be allowed to study in universities, however classrooms will be split between the genders.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has slammed Texas governor Greg Abbott’s “deep ignorance”, after he defended the state’s extreme abortion law.

The Taliban has ruled women will “not be permitted to play sports as it will expose their bodies or expose them to the media.”

The court unanimously ruled that criminalising abortion is unconstitutional, paving the way for the legalisation of abortion across Mexico.

A court in Belarus has found Maria Kolesnikova guilty of conspiring to seize power and sentencing her to 11 years in prison. 

Hollywood legend Bette Midler took to Twitter to tell women to ‘refuse to have sex with men’ in retaliation. 

Journalist Behesta Arghand who interviewed a Taliban spokesperson on television days after the fall of Kabul, has since fled Afghanistan.