News & Views Taliban orders all beauty parlours to close in Afghanistan In Afghanistan, women’s beauty parlours have now been given one month to shut their doors. No reason has been given.
Leadership Human rights advocate and actor Nazanin Boniadi awarded 2023 Sydney Peace Prize Iranian-born human rights advocate and actor Nazanin Boniadi has been awarded the 2023 Sydney Peace Prize.
News & Views Gender inequality has not improved in a decade, new UN report reveals The UN research shows we are unlikely to meet the UN’s goal of gender parity by 2030 without increased investment into women’s rights.
News & Views Queensland is about to decriminalise sex work Queensland government is set to sign off on new legislation today to decriminalise sex work, twelve months after the Queensland Law Reform Commission was released.
Soapbox When they say ‘gender equality has gone too far’: Victorian Commissioner for Gender Equality in the Public Sector Dr Niki Vincent responds The key to reaching people who say “gender equality has gone too far”? Dr Niki Vincent says we need to understand why they think this way.
Leadership The 12 unstoppable activists who made TIME’s Women of the Year list Twelve influential women are being recognised by TIME magazine for using their voices to fight for a more equal world.
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 How many more women will be silenced by the law? Two human rights lawyers take on this question in new book How many more women will continue to be failed by the legal system? Keina Yoshida and Jennifer Robinson explore this in their new book.
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 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.
News & Views Protests in Iran turn violent as another young woman is killed by security forces Another woman defying Iran’s mandatory hijab-wearing laws has reportedly been killed by the Islamic Republic’s security forces.