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CAIRO, January 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When 83-year-old Farida El Choubachy ran for parliament in Egypt last year, she…

LONDON (AP) — The Irish government is poised to make a formal apology for abuses in church-run homes for unmarried…

Like most girls her age, 19-year-old Nour* was blinded by love for her boyfriend. For six months, Nour felt she…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — One of Saudi Arabia’s most prominent women’s rights activists was sentenced Monday to nearly…

Iranian women are expected to wear veils in public — and also in ads. A recent clip featuring a woman…

Humanitarian reasons have been cited for flying home several ‘IS’ brides and children from internment in Syria. At the height…

Women in Turkey are sharing their experiences of sexual assault online after a Twitter user accused a prominent writer of…

Egypt’s Public Prosecution has ordered seven suspects to be held in pretrial detention for sexually harassing a woman in the…

JALALABAD, Afghanistan/KABUL (Reuters) – Islamic State claimed responsibility for the shooting death of a female TV presenter and women’s rights…

The Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) has expressed its readiness to exclude the film “Anha” (About Her) from its international…