Despite the risk of prison, a surprising number of women in Iran are ditching their headscarves on Facebook.
After a widow was gang-raped for having an extramarital affair on April 30, Shariah law requires that she be caned publicly for her offense.
Arizona pastor Dean Samuel, who is notorious for having said women deserve to be raped, defended his stand on May 5.
Fears for the fate of 223 Nigerian girls turned even more nightmarish after the leader of the Islamist militant group that abducted them announced plans to sell them.
Virginia state delegate Bob Marshall stood by his claim that disabled children are god’s punishment to women for undergoing abortion.
Brandeis University withdraws degree offered to Ali after pressure from religious groups.
In an interview given to UNICEF, Laila, who was married at 13 years of age, speaks out against the horror of child marriage.
The Jane Phillips Medical Center has directed doctors not to prescribe contraceptives for birth control.
Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Yemen fared the worst in a study on women's rights that reported high rates of female genital mutilation