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The militant Islamist regime has introduced a series of oppressive laws restricting rights for women and girls.
What grants influential women visibility and diplomatic status? Women in Diplomacy day on June 24 is an opportunity to consider how female-led efforts are recognised, valued and remembered.
Marjane Satrapi will be remembered for her eye-opening film Persepolis which transformed not only Westerners but also exiled Iranians’ understanding of Iran in a simple yet powerful way.
By December 2022, all universities in Afghanistan had closed their doors to women.
The anti-discrimination expert explains what the case was about, why it’s set for an appeal – and the broader implications if the decision stands.
These groundbreaking films by Iranian women directors explain the deep-rooted origins of the Iranian feminist movement.
What’s happening in Afghanistan is not simply gender discrimination; rather, it’s pushing an entire gender out of public systems altogether in a policy of gender apartheid by the ruling Taliban.
Having a woman president has not translated into improved women’s representation.
Tia Billinger’s viral stunt shows us the price women pay for power and influence.
Iranian authorities brutally suppressed the Woman, Life, Freedom protests, but women in Iran and the diaspora are continuing the fight in small but meaningful ways.
In Saudi Arabia, smartphones offer women new avenues of empowerment, even as they remain tools of surveillance in a society where gender inequality persists.
Jessie Murph wants you to love her ‘like its 1965’ – but 1965 was a pretty terrible time to be a woman.
Syria now stands at a crossroads. Will it ensure women’s meaningful participation and follow a path to peace? Or will things head in the other direction?
The US president promised to ‘protect women’ – whether they like it or not.
A gender studies expert explains why the Trump administration’s claim that everyone is male or female defies science and ignores the complexity of human sexuality.
The Iranian state seemingly perceives dissenting women not merely as disobedient citizens but as bodies that have escaped control and refused their assigned status of possession.
Increased access to education and healthcare has shattered the notion of women as passive, opening up a world of new opportunities.
Though it often addresses men, the Quran has much to say about women: from marriage and divorce to property rights.
The new leadership appears to have ultra-conservative ideas about women’s role in society.
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