women’s rights

Egyptian prosecutors released on Saturday evening seven suspects in a mob sexual harassment case of two young women in Egypt’s…

Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court said on Sunday that “Urfi” (unregistered) marriages of minors represent a violation of children’s rights and…

Daqahliya authorities have arrested 17 people over their involvement in an incident of mass sexual harassment in Egypt, after a…

HINDU NAGAR, India (Reuters) — When the young woman limped toward shopkeeper Ravindra Prakash, pleading for help on a dark…

More than a thousand women have taken the feminist anthem “A Rapist In Your Way” into the streets of Chile’s…

Finland granted Egyptian-Finnish women’s rights activist Soraya Bahgat the “Hän Honor” Special Recognition Award for her devoted efforts to promoting gender…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A female tattoo artist, a rarity in Afghanistan, is taking a big risk with every customer…

MAZAIKEWALE, Pakistan (AP) — Sold by her family as a bride to a Chinese man, Samiya David spent only two…

Egypt’s Ministry of Social Solidarity opened on Tuesday a new center hosting and mentoring battered women in Giza. The center…

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Women in Saudi Arabia will no longer need to use separate entrances from men or…