Tag: violence against women
Women Protest Taliban ‘Morality Police’ in Afghanistan
One woman and one child were reported killed as Taliban militants opened fire at the protest and beat the women with sticks and whips.
In Memory of Yanar Mohammed Who Saved Thousands of Women
The first time I met Yanar Mohammed, we were in a very beautiful apartment overlooking Prospect Park, in Brooklyn, New York. It was a press […]
After Ten Years of War, Women Face a Dark Age in Yemen
It was August 2022, sometime around 3 a.m., when we arrived at the Naqil Yaslah checkpoint, some 40 kilometers south of the Yemeni capital Sana’a. […]
The State of Women’s Rights in 2025: A Call to Action Against Global Regression
The first quarter of the 21st century has taught us a sobering lesson: our rights are not guaranteed. The struggle for gender equality requires women’s active participation in all realms of life—political, economic, and cultural.
Beyond Patriarchy
It is through sustained involvement in politics and the relentless pursuit of freedom that we can dare to dream of a world Beyond Patriarchy.