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Iran allows women to attend Asian Champions League final
Middle East
November 12, 2018
Iran allows women to attend Asian Champions League final
Hundreds of female fans cheered for local champions Persepolis as they sought to claim their first continental crown. The…
Pressure on girls for perfect body ‘worse than ever’, says Orbach
Health & Fitness
November 11, 2018
Pressure on girls for perfect body ‘worse than ever’, says Orbach
Girls and young women are under more pressure than ever to achieve the perfect body in an oppressive social…
Islamophobia Observatory praises election of two female Muslims to US Congress
Egypt
November 8, 2018
Islamophobia Observatory praises election of two female Muslims to US Congress
The Islamophobia Observatory has praised the election of two Muslim women to the US House of Representatives. The Islamophobia Observatory…
Minnesota, Michigan send first Muslim women to US Congress
World
November 7, 2018
Minnesota, Michigan send first Muslim women to US Congress
Voters in Minnesota and Michigan on Tuesday elected the first two Muslim women to serve in the US Congress,…
Political leadership seeks to empower women: first lady
Egypt
November 7, 2018
Political leadership seeks to empower women: first lady
There must be political, economic and social action to support gender equality, Egypt’s first lady Entessar al-Sisi said on Tuesday,…
N. Korean women face rampant sexual abuse by officials: HRW
World
November 1, 2018
N. Korean women face rampant sexual abuse by officials: HRW
North Korean police and other officials prey on women with near-total impunity, a rights group said Thursday, in a rare…
First Egyptian female bodybuilder wishes to return home despite success abroad
Health & Fitness
October 31, 2018
First Egyptian female bodybuilder wishes to return home despite success abroad
“You have muscles like a boy’s” was a usual sentence received by Egyptian champion bodybuilder Dina Abdel-Maksoud, the 20-year-old engineering…
Women wrestlers take on rivals and tradition in south Iraq
Life & Style
October 30, 2018
Women wrestlers take on rivals and tradition in south Iraq
Sports teacher Nehaya Dhaher was living a quiet life looking after her elderly mother in Iraq’s tribal south when…
Tradition, and mobs, keep women out of Indian temple
World
October 19, 2018
Tradition, and mobs, keep women out of Indian temple
At the Indian temple that is the focus of a battle over gender equality, Hindu hardliners are in festive…
Clashes as Indian temple prepares to accept women
World
October 17, 2018
Clashes as Indian temple prepares to accept women
Clashes erupted in India on Wednesday as traditionalists tried to stop women visiting one of Hinduism’s most sacred temples,…