Council leaders in Asara village have reportedly barred women under 40 from shopping alone and from using mobile phones outside.… Read the rest

Hanifa Safi died after a bomb attached to her car exploded as she left her home in Laghman province. Her husband and daughter were injured.… Read the rest

The protest on July 11 follows the public execution murder of a young married Afghan woman in Parwan Province who was accused of adultery.… Read the rest

Threatening women with rape, making light of rape, and suggesting that women who speak up be raped is not edgy or controversial. It’s the norm.… Read the rest

Islamists destroyed two more tombs in northern Mali this week. “This is an assault not just on Mali but on the heritage of all Africans,” said US State Department.… Read the rest

The giant Jesus statue didn’t stem the tide after all.… Read the rest

In a society that values women more for their bodies than their brains, female underrepresentation in the smarty-pants professions is the entirely predictable result.… Read the rest

Two prominent educationists, who are also human rights activists and feminists, came under attack when they returned to Pakistan from the US.… Read the rest

Sharia family law has been described as “wholly incompatible” with human rights and democratic principles by the House of Lords.… Read the rest

“I want a woman MP who understands my multiple marginalisations as a woman in the Pakistani society.”… Read the rest

Farida Afridi broke all barriers and relentlessly worked for women’s development. So naturally guys on motorcycles shot her.… Read the rest

The women who take virginity pledges and go to purity balls are promising that their bodies aren’t their own, but instead belong to their fathers and future husbands.… Read the rest

And everyone has a good laugh.… Read the rest

“They have secular views on human rights, which of course will always be different from ours,” said Indonesian Council of Ulema deputy chairman.… Read the rest

The religious right doesn’t ignore Bible passages about slavery altogether; it uses them to support anti-worker, anti-union policies.… Read the rest

The live kitten, trapped up to the shoulders in concrete, was found on the property of Isaac Wyler; it died shortly after being rescued. Warning: picture.… Read the rest

The religion bit is easy. It is far harder to teach children that everyone is equal when all that they see around them is a very unjust world.… Read the rest

“We’ve spent more money in one year on bailing out the banks than we’ve spent on science in Britain since Jesus.”… Read the rest

The daughter of King Saud doesn’t want to live in Saudi Arabia.… Read the rest

The video shows the woman being riddled with bullets at close range, in front of a cheering crowd of men. Cheering.… Read the rest