What to expect from the third United Nations meeting on Afghanistan held in Taliban's Qatar | Taliban news
Delegations from Afghanistan and about 30 other countries arrived in Doha to begin a third round of United Nations-sponsored talks…
Women rights
UN warns that 'clandestine' cross-border female genital mutilation undermines bans | News about female genital mutilation
The report highlights so-called “holiday cutting” among Western families who take girls to countries of origin to perform female genital…
Indian elections 2024: Did Modi's outreach to women voters work? | India Election 2024 News
EXPLAINER The tone was clear: the results were mixed for Modi's BJP. And India will see a drop in the…
'We weren't allowed to serve food to our parents when we were on our period' | Women rights
“When I was young, a girl who had her first period was scared and scared,” Burkinabé grandmother Marie, 73, tells…
America's war on reproductive rights should worry women around the world | Women rights
In the United States, women's reproductive rights, gained over half a century of feminist struggle, are rapidly being replaced by…
Iran condemns UN experts' report on protest repression as “false” and “biased” | Human rights news
The UN fact-finding mission report says Iran's brutal crackdown on the 2022 protests amounted to crimes against humanity. Iran has…
Varadkar admits his defeat in the Irish referendum on the family and the role of women | Women's rights news
The Irish Prime Minister had described the referendum as an opportunity to end “very outdated and very sexist language about…
Ireland votes in referendums on “women in the home” and “family composition” | Women's rights news
Prime Minister Leo Varadkar says the proposed constitutional amendments offer an opportunity to remove “very outdated and very sexist language…
India's 'drone sisters' drive social and agricultural change | women's news
Sharmila Yadav, once a housewife in rural India, always wanted to be a pilot. She is now living a little…
UN experts say there is reason to believe a violation occurred in Hamas attack on Israel | Israel's war against Gaza News
The Palestinian group has repeatedly denied allegations that its fighters committed sexual violence during the Oct. 7 attack. A team…