Saturday’s general election in Pakistan will see an almost 130 per cent rise in the number of women candidates compared to the previous elections in 2008.
Women in Uganda could be jailed or fined for wearing mini-skirts, under the terms of a new bill. The so-called Anti-Pornography Bill would criminialise what it describes as abetting pornography.
Unlike most of Iraq, the Kurdistan Region is safe, prosperous and modernizing rapidly. But when it comes to women's rights, there's still much room for improvement.
Eritrean Air Force pilot, Rahwa Gebrekristos, has defected and claimed asylum in Saudi Arabia. She was part of a delegation sent to the western city of Jizan in Saudi Arabia last week to ...
