women’s rights

Illiterate, poor and concentrated in Egypt’s south — or Upper Egypt — they mostly work in small businesses or on…

"Fatma", a mother of twins with a demanding workload, was distraught to discover she was pregnant again.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a statement on Thursday, November 12, praising steps taken by the Tunisian government that will…

Nepal's proposed new constitution has sparked fury from women who say their citizenship, property and other rights are being curtailed…

Powerful religious leaders in Afghanistan are growing uneasy about the challenge to their authority posed by rare civil rights protests…

In the past 20 years the world's women and girls have made significant progress in health, education and legal rights…

Women in poor countries lose out on $9 trillion a year - more than the combined gross domestic products of…

 The Law Society of England and Wales's withdrawal of guidance on sharia (Islamic law) wills is a "great victory", but…

Esraa Ali, a 23-year-old Egyptian girl, was heading to downtown Cairo on Thursday 14 November when she became the victim…

On this day today, 12 November 1947, Huda Shaarawy died. She is considered the pioneer of women's renaissance and social activism in…