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Status of pregnancies outside marriage still unclear in UAE after law change
Middle East

Status of pregnancies outside marriage still unclear in UAE after law change

Seven months after the UAE decriminalized premarital sex, the legal change is not always reflected in how pregnancies outside marriage…
Prominent female Saudi activist summoned in relation to case
Middle East

Prominent female Saudi activist summoned in relation to case

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s most prominent women’s rights activist was summoned by security officials on Sunday…
Rights report: State of Afghan women’s health care grim
Middle East

Rights report: State of Afghan women’s health care grim

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — After nearly 20 years since the ouster of the Taliban and billions of dollars spent on…
Gaza reporter says she was beaten for not wearing headscarf
Middle East

Gaza reporter says she was beaten for not wearing headscarf

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A female Palestinian reporter said Thursday that a member of the Hamas-run border patrol…
At Tehran garage, Iranian woman polishes cars and her dreams
Middle East

At Tehran garage, Iranian woman polishes cars and her dreams

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — It’s a men’s-only club in the tangle of auto repair shops on the traffic-clogged streets of…
Balcony death spotlights social pressure for single Egyptian women
Egypt

Balcony death spotlights social pressure for single Egyptian women

Nesma Nasr once stayed a week without water in her Cairo apartment, afraid to call a plumber because of the…
Young women, grown up without Taliban, dread their return
Middle East

Young women, grown up without Taliban, dread their return

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Inside Ms. Sadat’s Beauty Salon in Afghanistan’s capital, Sultana Karimi leans intently over a customer, meticulously…
China feminists face clampdown, closure of online accounts
World

China feminists face clampdown, closure of online accounts

China’s feminist movement has been facing another wave of crackdowns, with dozens of social media accounts run by feminist activists abruptly shut…
1st woman applies to run for Syria’s presidential elections
Middle East

1st woman applies to run for Syria’s presidential elections

BEIRUT (AP) — A woman from the capital Damascus has applied to run for Syria’s presidential elections, the parliament speaker…
Loujain Al-Hathloul wins Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize
Middle East

Loujain Al-Hathloul wins Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Monday awarded its human rights prize to Saudi Arabian activist Loujain…
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