A decade after India's 'gun for women,' safety debate far from settled
NEW DELHI -- On a cold and foggy December morning, 55-year-old Shahana Begum -- affectionately known as "Aunt With a Gun" -- sat with a rifle across her lap.
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Women take the lead in India’s Republic Day parade
India is celebrating its 75th Republic Day with a colourful parade at which French President Emmanuel Macron is the chief guest.
Rohingya women trafficked to India on promises of ‘a good life’ face threat of indefinite detention
Young Rohingya women forced to endure inhumane conditions in Bangladesh’s refugee camps are not only at risk of being trafficked to countries like India, they also face being detained there indefinitely for “violating immigration laws”.
For 1,250 years, Japan’s ‘naked man’ festival barred women - until now - but they can’t go ‘Full Monty’
However, women will still not be allowed to participate in the crescendo of the festival that it is most famous for – a rough-and-tumble scrum in which men wearing only loincloths attempt to touch a completely naked man designated as the shin-otoko, or “god man” in Japanese, to gain good fortune for the next year.
Taliban’s latest attempt to punish women could backfire
The Taliban have brought in the new year by stepping up their campaign against women and girls in Afghanistan.
Taliban is enforcing restrictions on single and unaccompanied Afghan women, says UN report
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban are restricting Afghan women’s access to work, travel and healthcare if they are unmarried or don’t have a male guardian, according to a U.N report published Monday.
Singapore jails ex-NUS student who used spy camera to film women showering in hostel
A former National University of Singapore (NUS) student was sentenced to two months’ jail on Thursday after filming women showering using motion-activated spy cameras he installed in female-only toilet.
China Told Women to Have Babies, but Its Population Shrank Again
China’s ruling Communist Party is facing a national emergency. To fix it, the party wants more women to more have babies.