The Iranian Government has continued to ramp up efforts to restrict the rights of civilians, including young children and women, as part of a concerted effort to crush dissent, investigat ...
Female activists raised their voices at the United Nations on Friday as they marked International Women's Day amid a global trend of backsliding on hard-won rights.
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has condemned a new ban imposed by the Taliban in Afghanistan preventing women and girls from attending private medical institutions, warning that it wi ...
A new report released by UN Women and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Monday showed that in 2023, 140 women and girls died every day at the hands of their partner or a close r ...
An American woman will receive $5.6 million after she was sexually violated during a strip search when she visited a prison to meet her husband, media reports said.
A 19-year-old woman in China ended her life by jumping into the river after her family forced her to engage a man whom she met during a blind date.
A Hindu woman has filed her nomination papers for a general seat in the upcoming polls in Pakistan, making her the first Hindu woman in the country to take such a step.
Under Taliban rule in Afghanistan, women reporting gender-based violence to the authorities may end up in prison – allegedly for the victims’ own protection.
Women in Pakistan are in the pits, beaten at home, raped at home and outside, kept away from jobs and schools and remain one of the most oppressed segments of the country.
- Karachi's Erica Robin becomes first Miss Universe Pakistan, draws ire of conservatives
- Afghanistan: Taliban rulers ban women from entering Band-e-Amir National Park in Bamiyan
- Miss Universe cuts ties with Indonesian organization over sexual harassment allegations
- Haiti: ‘Unimaginable violence’ against women, children, reports UNICEF
- Singapore executes first woman convict in nearly two decades for drug trafficking
