Women and girls
UN adopts post-Assad Syria resolution recognizing women searching for missing family
Syria’s representative to the UN, told the General Assembly ahead of the resolution’s adoption that Syrian women faced what he described as “the worst missing persons crisis in modern history."
Five years after Taliban takeover, Afghan women remain trapped in deepening rights crisis
European Parliament demands Pakistan free 13-year-old Christian girl in forced marriage, conversion
The Israeli-Bedouin women’s rights activist bringing women to the negotiation table - interview
Lebanese women find work, if they can get it, 'senseless' due to economic conditions
Rising unemployment rates are affecting both men and women, but the latter are being hit much harder. Women are losing jobs and being forced into dependency.
Condoms and tikkun olam: An Orthodox woman strives to aid sex workers in Prague
L’Chaim is an organization dedicated to helping sex workers in the Czech Republic.
In the ancient world, women played more powerful role than previously thought - study
In the ancient Mongolian Xiongnu tribe, women were held in high regard and were the reason for their people's success.
Jewish women's org. celebrates eight women who changed Israeli history
The campaign will be integrated into existing Momentum programs like the Momentum Fellowship and the Momentum Yearlong Journey.
Girls’ college in northern Pakistan reopens 15 years after closure
Even after the fall of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan in the region, which banned girls and women from attending school, girls in northern Pakistan face significant barriers to getting an education
Iranian girls arrested for dancing without hijabs on TikTok
In Iran, it is forbidden for women to dance in public, and they have to wear hijabs in public.
Iran president blames foreign enemies for wave of schoolgirl poisonings
The so-far unexplained poison attacks at more than 30 schools in at least four cities started in November in Iran's Shi'ite Muslim holy city of Qom.
Women in Lebanon find ways to tackle their own period poverty
In Lebanon, where 76% of its women and girls have difficulty accessing menstrual products, Rima, Mariam and Doua work to help other women.
Iranian girls are being poisoned to stop them from attending school
Iran's deputy health minister confirmed that "some people" were poisoning girls but didn't elaborate on who or how.
Iranians stand firm in fight for freedom, wonder ‘where is the West?’
Iranians inside and outside of Iran about their determination to stay the course, support from members of the armed forces, and the Islamist regime’s secret fears of losing control
