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.
News & Views Saudi Arabia to have its first professional boxing match for women Saudi Arabia’s first women’s professional boxing match is set to take place on August 20th between Ramla Ali and Crystal Nova.
News & Views Saudi activist Salma al-Shehab sentenced to 34 years in prison over tweets Salma al-Shehab has been sentenced to 34 years in prison, the longest known sentence given to a women’s rights defender in Saudi Arabia.
News & Views The Taliban shifts tactics in its determination to control and oppress women Research into new Taliban policies to control women shows the group might be using different tactics, but it still poses grave dangers.
Soapbox Just 5 per cent of Australia’s aid budget goes to adolescent girls It’s International Youth Day, but an entire generation of young women, girls and gender-diverse people are about to have their future erased.
News & Views Plenary Council of Australia amends rules to better reflect the experience of women in Catholic Church Plenary Council of Australia have passed a motion to revise a version of the section on the equal dignity of women in the Catholic Church.
News & Views Land of the free where guns have more rights than women In the USA, women’s bodies are now more regulated than guns thanks to a decision by the Supreme Court that has ended the constitutional right to abortion.
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.
