Violence in Iraq has escalated refugee crises, which is also creating instability in the province. The dislodged women, children and youth are becoming more susceptible to exploitation and abuse.
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for...
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Some Muslim group has urged the government to prevent the formation of women’s cricket league in Bangladesh. They tagged it as an ‘anti-Islamic’ move. In a statement, the Islamic Constitution Movement, which has no representation in parliament, said...
Three women’s right activists from Iran were detained as they were about to leave the country for partaking in an educational workshop in India.
Mansureh Shojai, Talat Taghinia and Farnaz Seifi were arrested at Teheran’s Imam Khomeini airport on...
Turkish women have created a landmark victory in the arena of business and politics.
Arzuhan Doğan Yalçındağ, the first female to do so in the organization’s 36-year history, has occupied the top position at Turkish Industrialists and...
Throughout the world, women are victims of violence on a daily basis whether in the context of peace or in conflict. Perpetrators may be officials of the state, armed opposition groups or individuals – including family members.
Here, in Afghanistan,...
A Muslim woman police officer refused to greet Britain’s most senior police chief with a handshake just because he is a man and she a woman. And that her religion prohibits her to do so.
The incident occurred when Sir Ian Blair was inspecting a...
Is Islam really changing?
Is it giving space to the women folk?
Tucson’s largest mosque, which was completed in 1990, for the first time, has allowed women folk to pray in view of imam and other leaders.
The Tucson mosque, with about 1,000...
Afghan women are getting into business, an arena long dominated by men. Kamila Kabuli is rocking the streets of Mazar-i-Sharif by selling cosmetics products.
The provincial women’s department was instrumental in setting up stall for Kabuli. It has...
Zangabad region of Afghanistan is experiencing a ray of hope, especially in the arena of the natives’ health and well-being.
Lately Canadian military has set up a clinic, Civil Military Co-operation Centre for people of the region. At first, the...
Debate that prompted sparks over the issue of wearing headscarves at schools has finally resolved. Lately, a highest court in southern Germany has overruled the ban against wearing headscarves in school. Now, the teachers can perform their duty without...
They are pushed aside by their in-laws, shunned by neighbors, exploited by employers and harassed by security officers. They are Kashmir's ‘half-widows’, 2,000 women whose husbands never returned home after security forces took them away for questioning...
Government in Arabia is looking forward towards the emancipation of native women especially in the field of education. Therefore, about 27 women have been allotted top positions in the department of higher education.
Before these 27 women, some five...
The custody battle for the Scottish girl, Misbah Rana, has got another twist in the story. The custodial battle had become high-profile case in Pakistan as well as in Scotland too.
Misbah had moved to Pakistan and decided to be her Pakistani...
Are women in Islamic culture a property than a mere human being?
A married woman can leave her husband only in a coffin- is a famous epitaph in most of the chauvinistic driven Islamic countries.
The tornado of self-destruction in form of...
Zahoor Ahmed and his wife Naseem were burnt alive in Pakistan.
The incident happened in Chak Saboo village on Tuesday and their children were present at the place.
The couple was charged of honor killing as Ahmed had allegedly kidnapped...
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Sharon Chadha has written for various publications, including RUSI Journal, the publication of the Royal United Services Institute, the world’s oldest security and defense think tank in London.
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