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Mongolia - High Rate of Violence Against Women

A Mongolian woman walks along a road on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar. WANG ZHAO/GETTY IMAGES Mongolia has some of the worst rates of sexual violence in Asia—and old attitudes are proving hard to change. BY JULIA DUIN - FEBRUARY 14, 2020 Wearing a sleeveless black dress and with her brown hair gracefully swept into a chignon, Solongo sipped some... Learn More

Mongolia - High Rate of Violence Against Women
Asia-Pacific Countries Adopt Declaration to Advance Gender Equality & Women's Empowerment

December 2, 2019 - Bangkok, Thailand — Ministers and high-level officials from 45 countries in the Asia-Pacific region have committed to intensify priority actions towards realizing women’s rights and fundamental freedoms for an equal future. The Asia-Pacific Declaration on Advancing Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: Beijing+25 Review was adopted after intense negotiations at a three-day Ministerial Conference,... Learn More

Asia-Pacific Countries Adopt Declaration to Advance Gender Equality & Women's Empowerment
Afghanistan - The Woman Who has the Courage to Run a Feminist Women's Radio Station in Afghanistan

The northern Afghan city of Kunduz is not the kind of place you'd expect to find a radio station run by women, promoting women's rights. But this is precisely what Radio Roshani is, and it's broadcasting today despite several attempts by the Taliban to kill its founder and editor, Sediqa Sherzai. By Mike Thomson BBC News... Learn More

Afghanistan - The Woman Who has the Courage to Run a Feminist Women's Radio Station in Afghanistan
UK - Court of Appeal Rules that Sharia Islamic Marriages Are Not Valid under English Law

The Court of Appeal, the second-highest court in England and Wales after the Supreme Court, has ruled that the Islamic marriage contract, known as nikah in Arabic, is not valid under English law. Pictured: The Royal Courts of Justice in London, seat of the Court of Appeal. (Image source: Anthony M/Wikimedia Commons) By Soeren Kern - February 19, 2020 The... Learn More

UK - Court of Appeal Rules that Sharia Islamic Marriages Are Not Valid under English Law

Mongolia – High Rate of Violence Against Women
A Mongolian woman walks along a road on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar. WANG ZHAO/GETTY IMAGES Mongolia has some of the Learn More
Asia-Pacific Countries Adopt Declaration to Advance Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment
December 2, 2019 – Bangkok, Thailand — Ministers and high-level officials from 45 countries in the Asia-Pacific region have committed to intensify Learn More
Afghanistan – The Woman Who has the Courage to Run a Feminist Women’s Radio Station in Afghanistan
The northern Afghan city of Kunduz is not the kind of place you’d expect to find a radio station run Learn More

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Mongolia - High Rate of Violence Against Women

Mongolia - High Rate of Violence Against Women

Asia-Pacific Countries Adopt Declaration to Advance Gender Equality & Women's Empowerment

Asia-Pacific Countries Adopt Declaration to Advance Gender Equality & Women's Empowerment

Afghanistan - The Woman Who has the Courage to Run a Feminist Women's Radio Station in Afghanistan

Afghanistan - The Woman Who has the Courage to Run a Feminist Women's Radio Station in Afghanistan

UK - Court of Appeal Rules that Sharia Islamic Marriages Are Not Valid under English Law

UK - Court of Appeal Rules that Sharia Islamic Marriages Are Not Valid under English Law

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