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Womens Rights: Central & South Asia

Afghan protest against women's rights legislation

Hardline students protested in Afghanistan's capital, demanding the repeal of a presidential decree for women's rights that they say is un-Islamic. It was the…

Taliban and taboos bar millions of women from voting in Pakistan

Next month’s elections in Pakistan should mark the first democratic transition of power in Pakistan, but Taliban threats, social taboos and poor organisation…

Most Women at Kabul Prison Accused of Moral Crimes

At Badam Bagh women's prison in Kabul, six inmates live in cells originally intended to house four. Mariam has spent the past three months in one of them,…

Women's Day: Kabul Girls' Boxing Team Refused Entry to UK

Margaret Pope, founder of Women in Sport,which raised funds to for the women’s visit to the UK said, “I am extremely disappointed. We are made to believe that…

Afghan Women Call for Solidarity - Women's Day 2013

This was perhaps the first time in the last ten years that women leaders evaluated their work... Afghan women are talking to each other and they have important…

103 women sterilised in a day at West Bengal hospital; probe ordered

A government hospital in West Bengal's Malda district is facing an inquiry for conducting mass sterilisation of women in shockingly appalling conditions. Two…

India dramatically tightens laws on sexual assault & trafficking

India dramatically tightened its laws on sexual assault and trafficking Sunday, with a far-reaching package of measures rushed through to satisfy public…

Afghan singer's star is rising, as are the threats

With a scarf loosely covering a fancy television hairstyle, Latifa Azizi raised her arms in victory after surviving another elimination round on the hit talent…

Rape sparks patriarchal backlash in India

Standing outside the arts faculty of Delhi University, young men and women drink tea and ready themselves for protest action. They are from the Akhil Bharatiya…

Another bus gang-rape shocks India

Six men have been arrested over the rape of a passenger on a coach in India, police said Sunday, weeks after the gang-rape and murder of a student on a bus in…

Pakistan: Women turn to once-taboo divorce to escape abuse

Pakistani women are slowly turning to divorce to escape abusive and loveless marriages, once taboo and still a dangerous option in this strict Muslim nation…

The stigma and blame attached to rape survivors in India

In a few weeks, the European Union and India will hold a human rights dialogue. The death of a 23-year-old student who was gang-raped and beaten last month in…

Forcible Sterilisation Continues in Uzbekistan

As a maternal and child health programme enters its second phase in Uzbekistan, questions are being asked about its effectiveness since the government…

India gang rape: Delhi to appoint more policewomen

Women will be recruited for every police station in Delhi, Indian officials say, after an outcry over the December rape and murder of a student.