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UNICEF raises alarm over rising violence against children in Bangladesh

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UNICEF raises alarm over rising violence against children in Bangladesh

Children play near a brick kiln on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. File | Photo Credit: AP The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) expressed grave concern over the recent surge in brutal violence against children reported across Bangladesh, including the rape and killing of girls and boys in places meant to ensure their…

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Taliban orders all NGOs in Afghanistan to stop employing women or face closure

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Taliban orders all NGOs in Afghanistan to stop employing women or face closure

Representational image of a Taliban fighter standing guard as women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan | Photo Credit: AP The Taliban says it will close all national and foreign nongovernmental groups in Afghanistan employing women. It comes two years after they told NGOs to suspend the…

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Iran Plans To Send Women Revolting Against Hijab Mandate To Psychiatric Facilities

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Iran Plans To Send Women Revolting Against Hijab Mandate To Psychiatric Facilities

Tehran: The Iranian state is planning to open a treatment clinic for women who flout the mandatory hijab laws that require them to cover their heads in public. Announcing the opening of a “hijab removal treatment clinic”, Mehri Talebi Darestani, the head of the Women and Family Department of the Tehran Headquarters for the Promotion…

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9-Year-Old Girls Could Be Married Off As Iraq Plans To Amend Law: Report

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9-Year-Old Girls Could Be Married Off As Iraq Plans To Amend Law: Report

Iraq is set to amend its marriage laws which would lower the legal age of consent from 18 to nine, allowing old men to marry young girls, according to a report in The Telegraph. Dominant Shia Muslim parties in the Iraqi Parliament have proposed an amendment to the country’s “personal status law” that could see…

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Justice Hima Kohli Looks Back On Challenges Women Face In Legal Profession

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Justice Hima Kohli Looks Back On Challenges Women Face In Legal Profession

Justice Hima Kohli (retired) has been known as a tough judge. New Delhi: Justice Hima Kohli (retired), who has always been vocal about women’s rights and is considered a tough judge, recently retired from the Supreme Court. In an exclusive conversation with NDTV, Justice Kohli spoke on a range of issues from her long experience…

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Dalai Lama Hails Nobel Prize For Narges Mohammadi, Emphasizes Women’s Vital Role

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Dalai Lama Hails Nobel Prize For Narges Mohammadi, Emphasizes Women’s Vital Role

Tibetan Spiritual Leader Dalai Lama Dharamshala: The Dalai Lama on Saturday congratulated jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi on winning the Nobel Peace Prize and said the award was also in recognition of the vital role women play in people’s lives. Mohammadi, 51, was awarded the prize on Friday in recognition of her tireless campaigning for…

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