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21 Rohingya women recount rape by Myanmar armed forces
World
December 11, 2017
21 Rohingya women recount rape by Myanmar armed forces
The use of rape by Myanmar’s armed forces has been sweeping and methodical, The Associated Press found in interviews with…
Saudi Arabia to introduce physical education for schoolgirls
Life & Style
July 11, 2017
Saudi Arabia to introduce physical education for schoolgirls
Saudi public schools will begin offering physical education for girls in the coming academic year, the kingdom’s education ministry announced…
Afghan students denied US visa to attend robot competition
Middle East
July 10, 2017
Afghan students denied US visa to attend robot competition
Six female students from war-torn Afghanistan who had hoped to participate in an international robotics competition in the US this…
US doctor charged with genital mutilation on girls
World
April 14, 2017
US doctor charged with genital mutilation on girls
A US doctor in Detroit has been arrested and charged with carrying out female genital mutilation on girls aged six…
Justice Ministry’s foreign marriage amendments cause outcry
Egypt
December 9, 2015
Justice Ministry’s foreign marriage amendments cause outcry
Amendments by the Justice Ministry to notarization rules for marriages between foreign men and Egyptian women have triggered an outcry…
Revealed: Life of girl, 9, forced to marry man 69 years her senior
Life & Style
October 12, 2015
Revealed: Life of girl, 9, forced to marry man 69 years her senior
Singing and dancing as she performs in a school assembly, Younis looks for all the world like a typical Kenyan…
Girls campaigns to ride scooters on the rise
Egypt
April 1, 2015
Girls campaigns to ride scooters on the rise
Women riding bikes used to be common place in Egypt.
President says believes kidnapped girls still in Nigeria
World
May 9, 2014
President says believes kidnapped girls still in Nigeria
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said on Friday he believed 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militants last month in an attack…
Bicycles keep girls in school in poor Indian state, giving hope for better literacy
Egypt
May 21, 2012
Bicycles keep girls in school in poor Indian state, giving hope for better literacy
RAMPUR SINGHARA, India — The daily trip to high school was expensive, long and eventually too much for Indian teenager…
Saudi considers letting girls play school sport, report says
World
April 3, 2012
Saudi considers letting girls play school sport, report says
Saudi Arabia is considering letting girls play sports at school, a senior education official was quoted as saying on Monday,…