Soapbox Why these humanitarian crises matter to Australians in 2023 Along with Ukraine, there are five growing humanitarian hotspots elsewhere that show Australia needs to increase its own refugee intake.
Soapbox ‘I am one of them’: Dr Parisa Glass on escaping Iran and the pain and hope she shares for Iranian women and girls Dr Parisa Glass wants to be a voice for Iranian women and girls so that they can be free from tyranny once and for all.
News & Views Iran’s lost another chess star as Sara Khadem arrives in Spain after playing without hijab An Iranian chess player has become a powerful symbol and reminder of just what Iran looses in its continued oppression and war against women and girls.
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 Iran has arrested thousands over protests with six on death row Iran is arresting steadily more people for their role in the protests, charging them with crimes punishable by death.
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.
News & Views World’s female foreign ministers to discuss women’s rights in Iran in virtual meeting Fifteen female foreign ministers from across the globe will meet on Thursday to discuss the urgency of women’s rights in Iran/
News & Views Not ‘powerless victims’: how young Iranian women have long led a quiet revolution Young Iranian women have always been at the forefront of breaking down social boundaries and taboos, writes Nasim Salehi.
News & Views Swedish politician cuts off hair in solidarity with women in Iran during EU parliament speech Abir Al-Sahlani has shown her solidarity with women protesting in Iran, using a speech to the European parliament to cut off her hair.
News & Views ‘Women. Life. Freedom’: Schoolgirls of Iran take to the streets protesting Schoolgirls in Iran have taken to the streets, removing their headscarves and chanting “death to the dictator”
News & Views UN experts demand stay of execution for two women activists sentenced to death in Iran Two women LGBT activists, Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani and Elham Choubdar, have been sentenced to death by Iranian judicial authorities.
News & Views ‘We join our voices’: Protests reach Syria as Canada sanctions Iran Demonstrations protesting the deaths of women defying Islamic law in Iran have reached Syria, while Canada places sanctions on Iran.