Kishida’s public support is flagging amid concerns about sluggish wage growth and the rising cost of living JAPAN/ Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has appointed five women to his cabinet, the…
A coalition of Palestinian resistance factions has strongly condemned the use of attack dogs by female Israeli soldiers to force Palestinian women to strip naked, calling for a revolution in response to…
For Nina*, dal (stewed lentils) tastes like defeat, preparing it feels like a lost cause. “Sometimes, there is ‘too much salt’, sometimes there is ‘no salt’, so much so that…
The Secretary of Human Rights Headquarters of the Islamic Republic of Iran said: During the unrest, the intelligence services of 20 foreign countries were involved in fomenting the unrest. Terrorists…
CHINA/A county in eastern China is offering couples a “reward” of 1,000 yuan ($210) if the bride is aged 25 or younger, the latest measure to incentivise young people to…
JAKARTA, Indonesia/ The Miss Universe Organization has cut its ties with its Indonesian franchisee and will cancel an upcoming pageant in Malaysia after contestants complained to police, accusing local organizers…
ANKARA/Hundreds of people demonstrated on Saturday in several Turkish cities including Istanbul and Ankara against a move to close one of the country’s most respected women’s rights groups. “It is…
The head of the UN agency that champions gender equality on Tuesday urged the international community to continue pressing for change in Afghanistan, accusing the Taliban of imposing “the most…
INDONISIA/ Doctors on the Indonesian island of Central Sulawesi are putting into practice training they have received from the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) to identify and act upon cases of…
MOROCCO/ Earlier this month, Morocco’s national women’s football team, the Atlas Lionesses, made history by qualifying for the last 16 of the FIFA World Cup, after beating Colombia and knocking…
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