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Iranian Lawmakers Seek To Impose Stricter Hijab Penalties: Report
Iranian lawmakers have asked to amend a bill that would impose tougher penalties on women who refuse to wear the mandatory hijab, local media reported on Wednesday.
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Iraq To Afghanistan: How Women's Basic Rights Are Being Eroded Across World
From Iraq to Afghanistan to the US, basic freedoms for women are being eroded as governments start rolling back existing laws.
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"She Was Ill": Iran Woman Who Stripped In Public Released Without Charges
Iran's judiciary said Tuesday it has not issued an indictment against a student who stripped off to her underwear at a university in Tehran.
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Iran Plans To Send Women Revolting Against Hijab Mandate To Psychiatric Facilities
The Iranian state is planning to open a treatment clinic for women who flout the mandatory hijab laws that require them to cover their heads in public.
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Telegram CEO Offers Free IVF Treatment To Women Willing To Use His Sperm
Pavel Durov, the CEO of Telegram, has launched an unusual initiative extending beyond the world of tech and messaging.
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With Little Water, Displaced Lebanese Women Worry About Periods
For Rabab al-Hajj Youssef, every trip to the bathroom to change her sanitary pad is a painful experience. After Israeli strikes displaced her family from their home in Lebanon to a shelter, she shares limited water with hundreds of people.
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70% Of Fatalities In Gaza War Women And Children, Says UN Office
The UN Human Rights Office said on Friday nearly 70% of the fatalities it has verified in the Gaza war were women and children, and condemned what it called a systematic violation of the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law.
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Whoopi Goldberg Speaks About The "Beauty Of America" Post Donald Trump's Presidential Win
Whoopi Goldberg also revealed that she has launched the first global women's sports channel called AWSN in Asia, the Middle East, and India
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Blog | Women-Led Businesses To Social Events, The Surprise That Is New Saudi
The Saudi Arabia with strict gender segregation, tough Islamic laws, and dress codes, no longer exists. The country's women are now truly in the drivers seat.
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Stranded In Lebanon, Sierra Leone Women Shelter From War In Warehouse
Scores of migrants from Sierra Leone travel to Lebanon every year for work, intending to support families back home.
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Most Victims Of Israeli Air Strike In Lebanon Were Women And Children: UN
The UN human rights office said on Tuesday it had received reports that most of the 22 victims of an Israeli air strike on a building in northern Lebanon were women and children.
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28 Killed In Israeli Strike On Gaza School
An Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced people in central Gaza killed at least 28 people including women and children on Thursday, while three hospitals in the north were told to evacuate, putting patients' lives at risk, medics said.
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Indonesian Women Trapped In Temporary 'Pleasure Marriages' With Tourists For Money
Young women from poor backgrounds in Indonesia are entering into short-term marriages with male tourists, primarily from the Middle East, in exchange for money.
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Family, Bride, Domestic Help: The Toll Of Israeli Strikes On Lebanon
Israel says Monday's strikes targeted Hezbollah weapons. Lebanon's health ministry said the attacks left more than 550 people dead, including at least 50 children and 98 women, in Lebanon's bloodiest day since the end of the 1975-90 Civil War.
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Iran's New President Vows To Ensure Morality Police Don't "Bother" Women
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian vowed Monday to ensure the morality police will no longer "bother" women, in remarks to the media on the second anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death in custody.
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Iranian Lawmakers Seek To Impose Stricter Hijab Penalties: Report
Iranian lawmakers have asked to amend a bill that would impose tougher penalties on women who refuse to wear the mandatory hijab, local media reported on Wednesday.
-
Iraq To Afghanistan: How Women's Basic Rights Are Being Eroded Across World
From Iraq to Afghanistan to the US, basic freedoms for women are being eroded as governments start rolling back existing laws.
-
"She Was Ill": Iran Woman Who Stripped In Public Released Without Charges
Iran's judiciary said Tuesday it has not issued an indictment against a student who stripped off to her underwear at a university in Tehran.
-
Iran Plans To Send Women Revolting Against Hijab Mandate To Psychiatric Facilities
The Iranian state is planning to open a treatment clinic for women who flout the mandatory hijab laws that require them to cover their heads in public.
-
Telegram CEO Offers Free IVF Treatment To Women Willing To Use His Sperm
Pavel Durov, the CEO of Telegram, has launched an unusual initiative extending beyond the world of tech and messaging.
-
With Little Water, Displaced Lebanese Women Worry About Periods
For Rabab al-Hajj Youssef, every trip to the bathroom to change her sanitary pad is a painful experience. After Israeli strikes displaced her family from their home in Lebanon to a shelter, she shares limited water with hundreds of people.
-
70% Of Fatalities In Gaza War Women And Children, Says UN Office
The UN Human Rights Office said on Friday nearly 70% of the fatalities it has verified in the Gaza war were women and children, and condemned what it called a systematic violation of the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law.
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Whoopi Goldberg Speaks About The "Beauty Of America" Post Donald Trump's Presidential Win
Whoopi Goldberg also revealed that she has launched the first global women's sports channel called AWSN in Asia, the Middle East, and India
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Blog | Women-Led Businesses To Social Events, The Surprise That Is New Saudi
The Saudi Arabia with strict gender segregation, tough Islamic laws, and dress codes, no longer exists. The country's women are now truly in the drivers seat.
-
Stranded In Lebanon, Sierra Leone Women Shelter From War In Warehouse
Scores of migrants from Sierra Leone travel to Lebanon every year for work, intending to support families back home.
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Most Victims Of Israeli Air Strike In Lebanon Were Women And Children: UN
The UN human rights office said on Tuesday it had received reports that most of the 22 victims of an Israeli air strike on a building in northern Lebanon were women and children.
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28 Killed In Israeli Strike On Gaza School
An Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced people in central Gaza killed at least 28 people including women and children on Thursday, while three hospitals in the north were told to evacuate, putting patients' lives at risk, medics said.
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Indonesian Women Trapped In Temporary 'Pleasure Marriages' With Tourists For Money
Young women from poor backgrounds in Indonesia are entering into short-term marriages with male tourists, primarily from the Middle East, in exchange for money.
-
Family, Bride, Domestic Help: The Toll Of Israeli Strikes On Lebanon
Israel says Monday's strikes targeted Hezbollah weapons. Lebanon's health ministry said the attacks left more than 550 people dead, including at least 50 children and 98 women, in Lebanon's bloodiest day since the end of the 1975-90 Civil War.
-
Iran's New President Vows To Ensure Morality Police Don't "Bother" Women
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian vowed Monday to ensure the morality police will no longer "bother" women, in remarks to the media on the second anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death in custody.
