by HRWF | Sep 7, 2022 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Women with hijab found to face bias in Egypt Women wearing hijabs (Muslim headscarves) are being discriminated against by businesses in Egypt, a BBC Arabic investigation has discovered. By Ahmed Elshamy BBC News (27.08.2022) – https://bbc.in/3QDYWiR...
by HRWF | Jan 6, 2021 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Supporters says charges against Zara Kay, who has had her passport confiscated, are ‘politically motivated’. By Daniel Hurst The Guardian (03.01.2021) – https://bit.ly/393rFK8 – An Australian ex-Muslim women’s rights activist faces...
by HRWF | Sep 29, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Reuters (24.09.2020) – https://reut.rs/3kS9afG – In Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar, rights activist Maryam Durani has found a fresh outlet for her decades of advocacy – a new fitness centre for women. Durani, 36, is a fierce...
by HRWF | Jul 14, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
The threat of violence against women is escalating amid coronavirus lockdowns around the globe. But one region that has lived through a military clampdown for nearly a year – Indian-administered Kashmir – could have foretold the surge. By Safina Nabi The...
by HRWF | Jun 25, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Statement for International Widows Day by Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. UN Women (23.06.2020) – https://bit.ly/31n2pfk – Over the past several months, we have seen the...
