Tag Archives: Women

The US Supreme Court has preserved access to a commonly used abortion pill, ruling the drug can remain available while a legal case continues.

Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill banning most abortions after six weeks, paving the way for drastic changes in access to the procedure across the state.

The latest instance is in India, where in early March the Supreme Court announced that it would set up a three-judge bench to hear a case challenging a hijab ban in educational institutions in the state of Karnataka. In October 2022, the top court had delivered a split verdict on the ban, which the Karnataka High Court had previously upheld.

En cette journée internationale des droits des femmes, une multitude de rassemblements est prévue dans les grandes villes du monde, dont Madrid qui est habituellement le théâtre d'une gigantesque marée violette.

Dans les campagnes chinoises, les droits économiques sont reconnus aux familles, représentées le plus fréquemment par des hommes. Les droits des femmes sont souvent contournés par les assemblées rurales, promptes à les déposséder dès qu’elles ne sont plus la fille ou la femme d’un homme du village.

Saad Lamjarred, a star Moroccan singer, has been found guilty of raping a young woman in France and sentenced to six years in prison.

She's one of hundreds of women in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam who married under the age of 18 - and are now stuck in limbo after their husbands were arrested in a crackdown on child marriage.

Iran drew international condemnation on Saturday after it executed two men for killing a paramilitary force member in November during protests sparked by the death in custody of a young woman.

The Taliban have banned women from visiting all parks in Kabul, excluding them still further from public life in Afghanistan.

Acclaimed Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga has been convicted of inciting violence by carrying a placard calling for political reform.