Tag: Women’s rights
UN Women urges world to press gender equality post-pandemic
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N.’s premiere global body fighting for gender equality should be tackling the yawning gap between men and women when it...
Acclaimed Egyptian feminist Nawal Saadawi dies at age 89
CAIRO — Nawal Saadawi, a renowned Egyptian feminist, psychiatrist and novelist, whose writings have stirred controversy for decades in an overwhelming conservative society, died...
Turkey withdraws from European treaty protecting women
ISTANBUL — Turkey has withdrawn from a landmark European treaty protecting women from violence that it was the first to sign 10 years ago...
House expected to pass two bills aimed at bolstering women
WASHINGTON — With a nod to Women’s History Month, the Democratic-led House is expected to pass two measures Wednesday, one designed to protect women...
Kenyan court refuses to allow female genital mutiliation
NAKURU, Kenya — A Kenyan court Wednesday refused to allow female circumcision for consenting adults, saying that unlike the male cut it does not...
Police protest response stokes outrage ahead of crime bill
LONDON — The British government is under pressure to do more to protect women and ensure the right to protest as Parliament prepares to...
London police under pressure over clashes at women’s protest
LONDON — London’s Metropolitan Police was under heavy pressure Sunday to explain its actions during a vigil for a woman whom one of the...
Memo banning Afghan girls singing prompts #IAmMySong protest
KABUL, Afghanistan — A memo from Afghanistan's education ministry banning girls 12 years old and older from singing at school functions has been causing...
Turkey detains 13 for ‘insulting’ Erdogan on Women’s Day
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish police have detained 13 people who participated in a Women’s Day march for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, officials...
UN rights office laments Swiss ban on Muslim face-coverings
GENEVA — The U.N. human rights office expressed dismay on Tuesday that Switzerland is set to join a few other countries where “actively discriminating...
