women’s rights

Turkey’s parliament has lifted a ban on women lawmakers wearing trousers in the assembly, in a further liberalization of dress…

Egypt is the worst country for women in the Arab world, closely followed by Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Yemen,…

The trial of four adult suspects accused of the fatal gang-rape of a student on a New Delhi bus in…

An event to celebrate National Kissing Day in Egypt on 30 August was posted by Facebook users on Tuesday. The…

Mervat al-Tellawy, head of the National Council for Women (NCW), announced the formation of a watchdog committee to monitor women's…

In coordination with other women’s rights organisations, the Egyptian Center for Women's Rights on Monday submitted a proposal to the…

The Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Ahmed Al-Tayyeb is facing pressure to halt issuing a document of women's rights from an…

Four sixth-graders at a primary school in Bulaq al-Dakrur, Giza Governorate, were allegedly beaten by their religion teacher for not…

Palestinian rights organisations operating in Gaza criticised a law issued by the Hamas-led government that would prevent mixing between the…

The National Council for Women has petitioned state authorities to ban the marriage of Egyptian men to Syrian refugees.