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The Taliban is sending women to jail to protect them from gender-based violence. The Taliban has limited the access of women to almost everything in the country and according to a UN report, a woman with no male relative is considered unsafe.

Taliban is sending Afghan women to prison for protection: UN report

Taliban jailing 'unprotected' women to keep them safe, says UN report

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Iran sends women defying hijab rule for psychiatric help

The authorities are mulling a harsher law on hijab and also the morality police are back on the streets of Iran. Yet again, the hijab headscarf wrapped around the head and necked by women is at the centre of this law.

Iran to bring a draconian law on wearing hijab

Exclusive: Afghan women react to veiled attempts to legitimise Taliban's rule

Irab's medical services are next on the list in the continuation of the country's Crackdown on women's rights over the hijab row.

Iran issues 'no hijab means no medical care' circular

After all the violence and all protests that happened in Iran after Mahsa Amini's death in 2022, one would have expected that there would have been some change but Iran seems to be back to square one. The notorious morality police are back on the streets to enforce the dress code that the country mandates for women.

Is Iran back to square one?

According to a new report, global organisations that specialise in sexual and reproductive health and rights are failing in looking after the wellbeing of their own female staff. Molly Gambhir tells you more

Gravitas: New report on women's rights at workplaces

The Taliban are banning women’s beauty salons in Afghanistan as the regime continues to snatch away basic rights of Afghan women. Molly Gambhir tells you more

Gravitas: Taliban ban women’s beauty salons in Afghanistan

Nearly 80 Afghan school girls poisoned in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan

In the Afghan province of Herat's northwest, the Taliban have made it illegal for families and women to enter restaurants with gardens or other outdoor areas. The organization, which took control in August 2021, is still restricting the rights of women while in power.

Taliban ban women from restaurants and green spaces in Afghanistan

Iranian schoolgirls hit by another poisoning attack shortly after resumption of classes

Women’s rights have gone ‘too far’, now men feeling discriminated, says latest survey

Women in different parts of the world are still struggling for basic rights. This Women's Day, Molly Gambhir gets you their story.

Gravitas: Stories of women fighting for basic rights

Iranian chess referee Shohreh Bayat's gesture in solidarity with female compatriots has caused a feud with the global body. She wore a “Women, Life, Freedom” T-shirt at a prestigious tournament. Watch further to know more.

Iranian chess arbiter feud with the governing body over women’s solidarity

Iran has released their prominent actor; 3 weeks after she expressed support to the anti-government protest. 38-year-old Tarneh Alidoosti was arrested on 17 December after she stood in solidarity with a man executed over the ongoing demonstrations in the country. Watch to know more.

Gravitas Global Headline: Iran releases prominent actor Taraneh Alidoosti after 3 weeks

Iran witnesses a year of revolution as anti-hijab protests rock the Islamic regime. Ghadi Francis brings you all the details on this week's The West Asia Post.

The West Asia Post: Anti-Hijab protests rock the Iranian Government

Iranian judge Abolqasem Salavati has sentenced a 25-year-old a woman to 10 years in prison for taking off her mandatory headscarf. They have also claimed that the women was “encouraging prostitution” by her actions. Watch further to know more.

Iran: Tehran court sentences woman to 10 years of imprisonment for removing hijab

Iranian public figures are standing up for women's rights in their own ways. An Iranian filmmaker sent a lock of hair to India. Footballer Amir Nasr-Yazdani has now become the face of the resistance. Priyanka Sharma tells you more.

Gravitas: Iranian public figures stand up for women

UN removes Iran from women's rights body over crackdown on protests

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