Canada has imposed additional sanctions on four Iranian individuals and five entities for their human rights violations, Global Affairs Canada said on Friday. This is Canada’s latest...
Around the world, protesters took to the streets on Friday to mark the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. In Istanbul, Police...
Antonina was 30 weeks pregnant when she and her husband fled fierce fighting in the Donetsk region, two months into Russia’s war in Ukraine. Fleeing west to...
A spiral of violence is gripping Iran two months after the death of young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini after she was arrested by law enforcement officers...
Protests continue in Iran as activists call for more rallies and civil disobedience. The latest images show protesters chanting “down with the dictator” in the predominantly-Kurdish...
ABUJA, Nigeria — Several women and children drowned while trying to escape an armed attack in Nigeria’s troubled northern region, residents and a government official said...
Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Adewole Adebayo, has pledged to ensure a women-inclusive government if elected in 2023. Mr Adebayo made the pledge...
France says it has repatriated dozens of women and children from Syria. The adults were among French nationals that went voluntarily to territories — in the...
The Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria has urged all levels of government to include cancer treatment in the Universal Health Coverage scheme to assist the vast...
Nigeria is the country in the world with the highest incidence of obstetric fistula, an official of an agency of the United Nations has said. The...