women’s rights

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…

Officially, rape hardly happens in Myanmar and domestic abuse is non-existent. The reality? Violence against women is so pervasive it…

Egypt’s National Council for Women said on Monday that it is in the process of studying the article related to…

Abandoned by her sons, shunned by her neighbors and branded a witch. Mosammat Rashida’s crime? Her husband was killed by…

BAGHDAD (AP) — Hundreds of Iraqi women took to the streets of central Baghdad and southern Iraq on Thursday in…

Egypt’s Ministry of Planning and Economic Development honored 50 women, many of them leaders in the finance and banking sectors,…

“Taht El Mazla” (Under The Shade), a collection of short stories authored by legendary Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz, is set…