Tag: Women’s rights
London police under pressure over clashes at women’s protest
LONDON — London’s Metropolitan Police was under heavy pressure Sunday to explain its actions during a vigil for a woman whom one of the...
Memo banning Afghan girls singing prompts #IAmMySong protest
KABUL, Afghanistan — A memo from Afghanistan's education ministry banning girls 12 years old and older from singing at school functions has been causing...
Turkey detains 13 for ‘insulting’ Erdogan on Women’s Day
<p>ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish police have detained 13 people who participated in a Women’s Day march for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, officials...
Turkey detains 13 for ‘insulting’ Erdogan on Women’s Day
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish police have detained 13 people who participated in a Women’s Day march for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, officials...
UN rights office laments Swiss ban on Muslim face-coverings
<p>GENEVA — The U.N. human rights office expressed dismay on Tuesday that Switzerland is set to join a few other countries where “actively discriminating...
UN rights office laments Swiss ban on Muslim face-coverings
GENEVA — The U.N. human rights office expressed dismay on Tuesday that Switzerland is set to join a few other countries where “actively discriminating...
Flower protest in Paris for Iranian no-headscarf activist
PARIS — Activists laid flowers near the Iranian Embassy in Paris on Monday to show support for a women's rights campaigner sentenced to prison...
Flower protest in Paris for Iranian no-headscarf activist
<p>PARIS — Activists laid flowers near the Iranian Embassy in Paris on Monday to show support for a women's rights campaigner sentenced to prison...
Thousands of Ukrainian women march against domestic violence
KYIV, Ukraine — Thousands of women marched through the center of Ukraine's capital on International Women's Day to draw attention to domestic violence, which...
Thousands of Ukrainian women march against domestic violence
<p>KYIV, Ukraine — Thousands of women marched through the center of Ukraine's capital on International Women's Day to draw attention to domestic violence, which...