Gulf Country Introduces Traffic Fine for Niqabi Drivers
The Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior has announced that women wearing a niqab or burqa while driving will face fines ranging ...
Afghans in Pakistan face 'intensified abusive tactics,' report says, as deportation deadline looms
A new report says that Afghan refugees are facing "intensified abusive tactics" in Pakistan amid ongoing pressure for ...
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New generation of Afghan women shift from burqa to abaya
Young women in Afghanistan are rejecting the traditional burqa for more comfortable abayas and hijabs, challenging ...
Six Women Were Elected. So Why Were Their Husbands Sworn In?
In rural India, guarantees of equal representation on village councils are easily thwarted. But some women are pushing back ...
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These Iranian Women Sang In Public. They Were Arrested, Questioned, Or Banned Online
Iranian authorities are cracking down on female vocalists who have defied the country's restrictions on women singing in ...
Why Maids Keep Dying in Saudi Arabia
East African leaders and Saudi royals are among those profiting off a lucrative, deadly trade in domestic workers.
Iran is using drones and apps to catch women who aren’t wearing hijabs, says UN report
The report highlights Iran’s escalating reliance on technology to monitor and punish women defying the mandatory dress code.
Iran electronically surveilling women to find headscarf violations, U.N. report says
Iran increasingly relies on electronic surveillance and the public to inform on women refusing to wear the country's mandatory headscarf in public, U.N. report says.
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Soldiers Abduct Two Palestinians, Continue Offensive In Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers abducted two young men and assaulted others in the Thannaba neighborhood, east of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank’s northwestern part, o ...