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In numbers: What is it like to be a woman in 2023?
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt still isn’t easy - or fair - to be a woman in 2023. On International Women’s Day this year, The Independent has compiled a list of statistics which...
Bahrain cancels Human Rights Watch parliament conference visas, group says
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBahrain has revoked entry visas issued to Human Rights Watch to attend an international parliamentary conference, the rights group said on Friday, days after raising concerns about the Gulf ...
Worried about threats to global democracy? Elect more women in 2024, a senior UN official says
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoVoters around the world who worry about growing threats to democratic freedoms should consider...
Zimbabwean women are reduced to cheerleaders in the upcoming election, activists say
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIn a large hall at the headquarters of Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party, women responded with roaring...
Syria's Assad meets senior Arab lawmakers in Damascus
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe heads of the Iraqi, Jordanian, Palestinian, Libyan, Egyptian and Emirati houses of...
Mexico's next president will almost certainly be its 1st female president
The Week via Yahoo News· 9 months agoClaudia Sheinbaum Claudio Cruz / AFP via Getty Images Mexico's ruling Morena party on Wednesday...
35 Ways Women Still Aren't Equal to Men
Marie Claire US via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn activist participates in the Women's March Los Angeles 2018 on January 20, 2018 in Los Angeles, California More than a century since women were given...
Women candidates in Kenyan elections endure abuse and attacks
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLiz Njue, a Kenyan psychologist who wanted to stand for a county assembly seat, had just arrived to...
Hong Kong’s Million-Dollar Bounties Are About More Than Arresting 8 Activists
Time via Yahoo News· 11 months agoHong Kong Chief Executive John Lee talks at a briefing on July 4 about new bounties for eight...
Top Arab lawmakers in Syria for talks with President Assad
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSenior Arab lawmakers were in Syria on Sunday for talks with President Bashar Assad on bringing his...