World All female TV presenters must cover their faces under Taliban’s new order The Taliban issued an order last week, mandating that every female face be obscured. Every station has since must complied.
Politics 48 hours later… the ‘women’s network’ logo has been taken down The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet revealed its new “Women’s Network” logo, and then the controversial emblem was taken down.
News & Views Ad offering 30 female train driver positions receives 28,000 applications in Saudi Arabia A job advertisement in Saudi Arabia offering 30 roles for female train drivers received 28,000 applicants.
News & Views Taliban shuts down women’s ministry, replacing it with ministry of virtue and vice 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.
News & Views Beheshta Arghand made headlines when she interviewed the Taliban. Now, she’s fled due to safety fears Journalist Behesta Arghand who interviewed a Taliban spokesperson on television days after the fall of Kabul, has since fled Afghanistan.
News & Views Why the Religious Discrimination Bill will reverse women’s rights The Religious Discrimination Bill would allow so-called “statements of belief” to override all workplace codes of conduct.
News & Views Annabel Crabb sheds light on the political women history forgot in ABC’s Ms Represented Annabel Crabb hosts a four-part tv series looking at the trajectory of women in politics since women started campaigning for their rights.
News & Views Note to the PM: Women want more than respect – we want equality In an interview on A Current Affair last week, the Prime Minister said the word ‘respect’ 14 times and didn’t mention ‘equality’ once.
News & Views ‘Why we’re marching’: Women protesters share their thoughts on change and progress Why we march: tens of thousands of women take over Sydney’s CBD to march for women’s rights and address violence against women
News & Views Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul released from prison Hathloul, a leading campaigner for women’s right to drive in Saudi Arabia, was arrested in May 2018 in a crackdown on dissent.
News & Views Kuwait’s women launch “I will not be silent” campaign Kuwait’s women launch “I will not be silent” campaign, sparked by a video posted by influencer Ascia Al Faraj
News & Views Coogee Ladies Baths under fire for banning some transgender women This week, controversy over who is allowed into the Coogee Ladies Baths has sparked a debate over trans-rights.