In December this year, Pakistan's Senate passed two women's rights bills aimed at providing punishments for specific crimes against women and violations of their rights, as well as the law of the Prevention of Anti-Women Practices Bill 2008 establishes jail terms and financial punishments for those found guilty of certain anti-women cultural practices such as depriving them of their inheritance, forcing them into marriage...

A recent study of 30 European countries including Britain, published by the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology found that depression amongst women in Europe has doubled over the last 40 years due to the burden of having to balance family and home responsibilities with the heavy pressures and demands of work. It reported that women aged 25 to 40 years are 3 to 4 times...

The Belgium nationwide ban of the face veil in all public places including government buildings, hospitals, and in the streets came into force on Saturday 23rd July, making dressing modestly a crime. Muslim women who fail to comply face a fine of 137.50 euros or imprisonment for up to 7 days. Belgium now alongside France shamefully joins the league of other autocratic states such as Uzbekistan, Syria, and Turkey who…

On Saturday 7th May, security forces of the Assad regime opened fire on an all-female demonstration on the main highway from Merqeb, a village on the outskirts of the coastal town of Baniyas that has become one of the main focus points for anti-regime demonstrations. They shot dead 4 women and wounded 5 others.