Afghan women protest in Kabul, urge other countries not to recognise Taliban regime

A group of Afghan women staged a defiant protest in Kabul against a Taliban order banning them from universities. A protester at the rally said "some of the girls" had been arrested by women police officers.

Afghanistan: Group of women hold protest over ban on university education

The niece of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been arrested after she recorded a video describing the authorities led by her uncle as a "murderous and child-killing regime".

Iranian officials arrest supreme leader Khamenei's niece

Taliban fighters fire in air, assault women to halt their protest in Kabul

Thousands took to the streets in Bolivia to protest against violence against women. The case of a serial rapist in whose home two teenagers were found dead and who was at large despite a criminal conviction sparked the protests.

Outrage over early release of serial rapist Richard Choque in Bolivia

Members of Afghanistan women's political participation network protested in a closed area in Kabul demanding rights to education, work and political participation.

Afghan women protest in a closed area in Kabul demanding rights

Did you know nearly 1 in 3 women are abused in their lifetime? Women worldwide have taken to the streets in demand for justice and an end to violence. Many countries are greeting the protesters with brute force. Turkey, Mexico have sent riot police. Palki Sharma has the details.

Gravitas: #OrangeTheWorld: Women demand a safer world

Taliban assault journalists covering women’s rights protest in Kabul

Afghan women activists are risking their lives in order to protest demanding their basic rights to work, their right to education. Since the Taliban takeover, women have been blocked from returning to their jobs, their classrooms.

Worry about women's rights restricted under the rule of the Taliban

Texas abortion law creates a kind of bounty hunter. Here’s how it works

Thousands of women protested Turkey's decision of formally withdrawing from the international treaty to combat violence against women, a move that has drawn strong criticism from Western allies.

Protests in Turkey as it withdraws from treaty to prevent violence against women

Icelandic women walk off the job in wage gap protest

Currently, Poland outlaws abortions, with exceptions of rape, incest, badly damaged foetuses or if the mother?s life is at risk.

Polish government drops proposed total abortion ban

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