A caste panchayat in Rajasthan’s Jalore restricts women's smartphone use, sparking debate on control and empowerment.

Dr Nooreyezdan, one of India’s best plastic surgeons, is working to restore dignity to patients disfigured by severe ...

Resources / Statements / Afghanistan: People’s Tribunal for Women in Afghanistan issues historic judgement. On the 11th of December 2025, the People’s Tribunal for Women in Afghanistan issued an ...

Women have been barred from most public spaces. Afghan citizens are being deported by nearby countries. And marginalized ethnic groups face persecution and violence. These are their stories. On May 8, ...

Ireland is one of only two countries providing formalised routes to safety for people who face persecution in Afghanistan ...

From being targeted over 'dress codes' to resistance to women's work, Bangladesh's political reset has opened the door to ...

Imagine being arrested for showing your hair or facing prison time because your jeans are the wrong shade of blue. For ...

Shazia is a beekeeper who lives in Khowaja Dawood village in Baghlan province, north of Kabul. It started as a small venture, with 26 bee boxes, earning just 7,000 Afghanis ($100) a month, and Shazia ...

A woman who was once a child bride in Afghanistan escaped, along with her infant son, and found her way years later to winning third place at a bodybuilding competition, representing Norway. NBC News’ ...

A few years ago, I discovered that several of the books I used while tutoring children at a local housing nonprofit had been soaked by a spilled water bottle in my car. One of them, John Klassen’s “I ...

“I really just don’t want to give it back and being petty, give in to his request,” she explained Getty A woman is wondering if she’s in the wrong for not wanting to return a “mother’s ring” that her ...

Veterans, volunteers, and advocates who slogged for years to support Afghan allies through former President Joe Biden’s bureaucratic dawdling were abandoned by once staunch conservative supporters ...