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...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Taliban order Afghan women to wear burqa in public The militants took back control of the country in August last year, promising a softer rule than their previous stint in power between 1996 and 2001, which was marked by human rights abuses. Times Now...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
“Beauty Ban”: Severe restrictions on women’s appearance, ability to travel By Farangis Najibullah RFE/RL (04.05.2022) – https://bit.ly/3P16a0x – In Turkmenistan, women are no longer allowed to wear “tight-fitting” clothes, dye...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Taliban religious police issue posters ordering women to cover up France24 (07.01.2022) – https://bit.ly/3q9yzHg – The Taliban’s religious police have put up posters around the capital Kabul ordering Afghan women to cover up, an official said...
