Women's Rights

Tajikistan's War on Islam

After Tajikistan banned the use of hijab last June, with the country’s president calling it an “alien garment,” the Muslim-majority, Central Asian nation is set to tighten its rules on Islam, with the ex-Soviet republic forbidding Tajik women from wearing “black clothes” and Tajik men from sporting long or bushy beards.

Taliban’s Hidden Carnage: Hundreds Dead in Femicide Wave

A shocking new research on the prevalence of violence against women in Afghanistan reveals that the cases of more than 300 women being killed by men since the Taliban took over in 2021 following the withdrawal of the US-led military coalition from the country are just the “the tip of the iceberg” when it comes to the true scale of gender-based violence in Afghanistan.

Iraq Pushes to Legalize Child Marriage as Young as 9 Years Old

The Iraqi parliament is proposing changes to the country’s family and marriage laws, which would reportedly give more power to Muslim clerics on family and marriage matters and would even open the doors to legalize marriage for children as young as nine years old, with women’s right activists and organizations saying the proposals would “legalize child rape.

The Islamic Republic Silenced Her Song: Hijab-less Female Singer Jailed

A young female artist in Iran was arrested for singing in public spaces without a hijab, which violates both the Islamic Republic’s mandatory hijab law and bans on singing in public.

Forced Marriage In Australia Leads to Daughter's Murder

For the first time in Australia’s history, a mother was jailed under the country’s forced marriage law after she allegedly coerced her daughter into a marriage that led to her murder.

Why Uzbekistan’s Ban On Cousin-Marriages Matters

Uzbekistan is planning to outlaw cousin marriages, blaming the phenomenon for rising birth defects among newborns in the Central Asian nation of 35 million people.

The Surprising Story of Europe’s Hijab-Only Beach

A beach in Montenegro made history after announcing plans to open a beach exclusively for women who wear hijabs and burkinis. This would make it the first beach in the Adriatic Sea to cater exclusively to Muslim women. 

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