women’s rights

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s president urged his Cabinet on Wednesday to speed up harsher laws in so-called honor killings,…

In countries that practice Islamic law, legal reforms to advance the status of women tend to fail due to hard-liners…

CAIRO (AP) — Samera al-Huri’s fellow activists were disappearing, one by one. When she asked their families, each gave the…

Like thousands of Saudi women, Rouaa al-Mousa entered the workforce as reforms sweep the ultra-conservative kingdom and is certain that…

(Reuters) — The first women’s professional golf event to be staged in Saudi Arabia has been rescheduled for October 8-11…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Calling himself “a proud feminist,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres lashed out at men who abuse power…

Time magazine listed Egyptian feminist and novelist Nawal al-Saadawi on its list of “100 Women of the Year”, as part of…

Sudanese women were at the forefront of the protests that toppled autocrat Omar al-Bashir but 11 months on, activists are…

He calls himself “Pakistan’s biggest feminist”, but soap-opera writer Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar sparked a national row this week after he hurled…

For a generation, Roya Sadat has been a voice for Afghan women in one of the world’s worst places to…