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Women's Rights (583)
Jan 7 2020 11:10am
Outcome: Bill restricting abortion rights rejected
The Slovak Parliament rejected a bill aimed at obstructing access to s...
Dec 17 2019 4:39pm
Iran: Activist sentenced to 24 years in prison
Iranian women’s rights defender Saba Kordafshari, 21, has been sentenc...
Dec 5 2019 5:04pm
Women activists face prison sentences
11 Saudi women activists on trial before the Criminal Court in Riyadh ...
Nov 29 2019 12:01am
Governments failing to protect women activists from increasing attacks – new report
Women activists subjected to sexual violence, smear campaigns and thre...
Nov 12 2019 5:49pm
Saudi Arabia: labelling of feminism, atheism and homosexuality as extremist is 'outrageous'
Move is further example of ‘bogus reformist image’ cultivated by Crown...
Oct 23 2019 1:07pm
Jordan: women jailed for 'absence' from home, and sex or pregnancy outside marriage - new report
Dozens of women jailed for months at a time, with male guardians and h...
Oct 17 2019 1:58pm
Urgent Action: One year in prison for unlawful abortion
Moroccan journalist, Hajar Raissouni, and her fiancé, Amin Rifaat, wer...
Oct 17 2019 12:30pm
Morocco: journalist pardoned after abortion jailing should have sentence quashed
Hajar Raissouni, her fiancé and three medical staff should have senten...
Oct 9 2019 4:12pm
Iran: 3,500 women's tickets for World Cup football match is 'cynical publicity stunt'
Only 3,500 places in 78,000-seater stadium available to women for Iran...
Sep 30 2019 8:48pm
Morocco: jailing of journalist for allegedly having abortion is 'devastating blow' for women's rights
Hajar Raissouni jailed for a year, along with her fiancé, while medica...