Thousands of people, predominantly women and children, in the Central African Republic are fleeing the violence to seek refuge in Chad, a country many of them have never been to, but are believed to have originated from. On Sunday a young Afghan girl wearing a suicide vest was detained in Afghanistan, as she tried to […]

An attack by a female suicide bomber in Volgograd, Russia has left 16 dead and many more injured. Several sources have identified the woman as Turkmenistan national Oksana Aslanova. A newly issued fatwa in Kashmir allows women with husbands missing for over four years to remarry, though many so-called half widows indicate that this is […]

In Iraq, much of the sex trade has now shifted to social media, where female pimps are offering prostitution services all over the country. Egyptian campaigners against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) say that the number of cases of female circumcision/cutting in Egypt is on the decline, but completely rooting out this age old tradition will […]

The news that some Muslim organisations in British universities organise gender-segregated events, where women are at times not even allowed to speak up, has sparked outrage in the UK. Al Jazeera features the story of a “forgotten” 12-year-old rape survivor in India, who 16 months after she was gang-raped in her village in Rajastan, has […]

A young woman who reported rape in Somalia has been sentenced to be confined to her home for six months, and the journalists who reported her story have been sentenced to a time in jail, or to pay a fine. This is the second time this year that a Somali woman has been sentenced for […]

Last Monday, Christian militiamen in the Central African Republic (CAR) attacked Muslim herders north of the capital Bangui. Among the victims were several women and children; one pregnant woman was disembowelled. A UN vote will be held on whether and what kind of action is required to restore the situation in CAR. For rich Kazakh men, […]

A young Saudi woman is fighting to able to remain in Yemen, after she entered the country illegally, defying family and tradition, to be with the (Yemeni) man she fell in love with. According to a report by Amnesty International, most Indonesian (predominantly female) domestic workers in Hong Kong are exploited and do not receive […]

It has been reported Boko Haram, the Islamist group predominantly active in Nigeria, forces girls to convert to Islam and join their group as “slave-wives.” According to a study, Muslim women are more likely to be subjected to Islamophobic attacks than Muslim men. A group of housewives in the Neelum valley in Pakistani-administered Kashmir fights […]

A survey by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, which includes the opinions of gender experts, suggests that Egypt is the worst country for women in the Arab world. Of the 22 countries reviewed, Comoros was considered to be the best. Iraq and Saudi Arabia were placed in 21st and 20th positions, respectively. Developments in Turkey have […]

The story of 13-year-old Eva, a Shi’ite girl from Lebanon, who was forced to marry a stranger, highlights the overall plight of some Lebanese women struggling for justice. Marvel Comics introduces a new female Muslim superhero: Kamala Khan, a teenage girl from Jersey, USA. Several Egyptian groups are denouncing certain Egyptian movies, some very popular predominantly […]