Women's Rights

Women hold Women's Protection Units (YPJ) flags during a rally demanding the new Islamist rulers in Damascus respect women's rights and condemn Turkish-backed military campaigns in Kurdish-led regions of the north, in the northeastern city of Qamishli, Syria, December 23, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Orhan Qereman
Middle East

Women rally for equal rights in Syria after Assad's fall to Islamists

Many of the protesters waved the green flag of the Women's Protection Units (YPJ), an affiliate of the Kurdish People's Protection Units militia (YPG) that Turkey deems a national...

In a new Bangladesh, let women be seen, heard, and prioritised
Panorama

In a new Bangladesh, let women be seen, heard, and prioritised

Photo: BSS/AFP
World+Biz

Women's bodies being turned into 'battlegrounds': UN

António Guterres. Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

Invest in women: Accelerate progress

Afghan girls look at Taliban supporters on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street near the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2023. REUTERS/Ali Khar
World+Biz

Afghan Taliban celebrate return to power two years on amid erosion of women's rights

Participation of women increased, partnership did not: Rasheda K Choudhury
Women Empowerment

Participation of women increased, partnership did not: Rasheda K Choudhury

FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator looks on during a rally to mark the International Women's Day in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 8, 2023. REUTERS/Cristina Sille
World+Biz

Gender biases not improved over past decade, UN says

Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

Women can do it all. But should women do it all?

Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

Are the legal rights and protections that mothers have in Bangladesh sufficient?

Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Number of child marriages falling too slowly: UNICEF

Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

'Smart Bangladesh aims to achieve technology-driven equal society for women and girls'

Sarah Green Carmichael. Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

Working women deserve more than lazy trend pieces

Women dressed in red form a human chain as part of a demonstration against the Israeli government's judicial overhaul and to mark International Women's Day, on a beachfront in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 8, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Middle East

Israeli women form human chains to protest planned judicial overhaul