Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #womensrightsandgenderequality, aggregated by home.social.
Remembering a time when Afghan women had a voice and agency | Letter
By Guardian Staff
John Griffiths says in the 1960s he witnessed women discussing politics with men in Afghanistan’s parliament
#Afghanistan #Womensrightsandgenderequality #SouthandcentralAsia #Gender #Humanrights #Taliban #Aid #Worldnews #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
‘I am still a child, it cannot be good to be married’: how drought forces Afghan families to sell girls as brides https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/oct/15/afghanistan-drought-hunger-displaced-families-girls-child-marriage-poverty #GlobalDevelopment #ChildMarriage #WomensRightsAndGenderEquality #ChildrensRights #Society #Afghanistan #SouthAndCentralAsia #Drought #ForcedMarriage #Poverty #Hunger #WorldNews #Environment #ClimateCrisis #Family #HumanRigh...
‘I am still a child, it cannot be good to be married’: how drought forces Afghan families to sell girls as brides
As climate breakdown pushes families to starvation, many feel forced to ‘sacrifice’ daughters to save siblings. Photographer Elise Blanchard travelled the country speaking to girls as young as eight, 10 and 14 who have been engaged or married to repay debts or pay for food
#Globaldevelopment #Childmarriage #Womensrightsandgenderequality #Childrensrights #Society #Afghanistan #SouthandcentralAsia #Drought #Forcedmarriage #Poverty #Hunger #Worldnews #Environment #Climatecrisis #Family #Humanrights #Aid #Internallydisplacedpeople #Violenceagainstwomenandgirls #TheGuardian #
I was tortured because I’m a Somali woman who dared to speak out | Sadia Moalim Ali
By Sadia Moalim Ali
I was sentenced to three years in jail for insulting government institutions. Now I am free, I will carry on fighting for the women I met in prison
#Globaldevelopment #Somalia #Humanrights #Humanrights #Prisons #Africa #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #Violenceagainstwomenandgirls #Sexualviolence #Pressfreedom #AlShabaab #Women #Womensrightsandgenderequality #TheGuardian #SadiaMoalimAli
‘There’s always been a belittling of African women’: honouring history’s invisible heroines
By Sarah Johnson
Congolese photographer Pamela Tulizo uses costume and vivid scenery to celebrate women’s strength and give a new perspective on slavery
#Globaldevelopment #Slavery #Art #Photography #Womensrightsandgenderequality #Africa #DemocraticRepublicoftheCongo #Artanddesign #Culture #Worldnews #Caribbean #Women #Women #Feminism #Colonialism #Naturalresourcesanddevelopment #Fashionphotography #Fashion #TheGuardian #SarahJohnson
‘Defend our men!’: fears for women’s rights in Latin America over plans to counter gender violence laws
By Harriet Barber
Women ‘set back by 50 years’ as Bolivia, Chile, Argentina and Peru debate tougher penalties for false reports of sexual assaults, despite such cases being rare
#Globaldevelopment #Violenceagainstwomenandgirls #Society #Womensrightsandgenderequality #Rapeandsexualassault #Domesticviolence #Sexualviolence #Antirightsmovement #Chile #Americas #Bolivia #Argentina #Peru #Worldnews #Law #TheGuardian #HarrietBarber
Women given free cycling shorts to prevent upskirting on Oktoberfest amusement ride
By Jessie Williams
Investigation revealed thousands of voyeuristic videos taken on Munich beer festival’s Teufelsrad or Devil’s Wheel
#Germany #Europe #Womensrightsandgenderequality #TheGuardian #JessieWilliams
Women given free cycling shorts to prevent upskirting on Oktoberfest amusement ride https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/03/women-given-free-cycling-shorts-prevent-upskirting-oktoberfest-amusement-ride-teufelsrad-germany #Germany #Europe #WomensRightsAndGenderEquality
Cotton Queen review – mystery, matriarchs and magic in pioneering Sudanese debut
By Cath Clarke
Suzannah Mirghani’s first feature contains a powerful performance by Rabha Mohamed Mahmoud as a village’s elder woman and tackles the long shadow of British imperialism and women’s rights
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/30/cotton-queen-review-sudanese-debut-suzannah-mirghani
#Film #Dramafilms #Sudan #Colonialism #Africa #Culture #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #Womensrightsandgenderequality #FemalegenitalmutilationFGM #TheGuardian #CathClarke
‘I do not know if the doctor survived’: young mothers recall ‘living hell’ of Nepal’s floods
By Jigyasa Mishra, Nuwakot district
Kalpana Nepali was seven months pregnant when the catastrophic flash floods hit last month, while Pooja Pariyal spent three days on a hospital roof waiting to be rescued. Now, they are living precariously in temporary shelters
#Globaldevelopment #NepalTibetflooddisaster #Maternalhealth #Nepal #Naturaldisasters #Flooding #Internallydisplacedpeople #Humanitarianresponse #Pregnancy #Infantandchildmortality #SouthandcentralAsia #Environment #Worldnews #Womensrightsandgenderequality #Landslides #TheGuardian #JigyasaMishra #Nuwakotdistrict
Family of Iranian twins sentenced to death and decades in jail ask UN for help
By Daniel Boffey Chief reporter
Taraneh and Romina Rahimi were charged with ‘waging war against God’ after joining protests against Tehran regime
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/24/twins-sentenced-to-death-and-jail-iran-un-appeal
#Iran #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #UnitedNations #Torture #Violenceagainstwomenandgirls #Humanrights #Womensrightsandgenderequality #Capitalpunishment #Transnationalrepression #Prisons #Law #Society #Globaldevelopment #TheGuardian #DanielBoffeyChiefreporter
Family of Iranian twins sentenced to death and decades in jail ask UN for help https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/24/twins-sentenced-to-death-and-jail-iran-un-appeal #Iran #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WorldNews #UnitedNations #Torture #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #HumanRights #WomensRightsAndGenderEquality #CapitalPunishment #TransnationalRepression #Prisons #Law #Society #GlobalDevelopment
No hope, no vote … how most of Delhi’s sex workers are being struck off electoral rolls
By Anuj Behal in Old Delhi
Modi’s bid to ‘purify’ voter lists has affected a third of the city’s residents. In the GB Road red light district, those who lack permanent homes and documents are among the hardest hit
#Globaldevelopment #India #SouthandcentralAsia #Delhi #Humantrafficking #Womensrightsandgenderequality #NarendraModi #Worldnews #Sexualviolence #Humanrights #Humanrights #TheGuardian #AnujBehalinOldDelhi
Emma Bonino, radical Italian politician who stood up to Vatican, dies aged 78
By Guardian staff and agencies in Rome
Militant feminist led campaigns to legalise abortion and divorce and went on to become foreign minister
#Italy #Feminism #EuropeanUnion #Vatican #Catholicism #Europe #Worldnews #Abortion #Reproductiverights #Activism #Womensrightsandgenderequality #Divorce #TheGuardian #Guardianstaff #agenciesinRome
Emma Bonino, radical Italian politician who stood up to Vatican, dies aged 78 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/11/emma-bonino-radical-italian-politician-abortion-divorce-dies #Italy #Feminism #EuropeanUnion #Vatican #Catholicism #Europe #WorldNews #Abortion #ReproductiveRights #Activism #WomensRightsAndGenderEquality #Divorce
$15m fund launched to create ‘unstoppable momentum’ to end FGM worldwide
By Karen McVeigh
Her Horizon Fund seeks $100m to stop practice harming 230m women and girls globally
#Womensrightsandgenderequality #Globalhealth #Globaldevelopment #FemalegenitalmutilationFGM #Health #Society #Women #Violenceagainstwomenandgirls #Africa #Worldnews #TheGuardian #KarenMcVeigh
$15m fund launched to create ‘unstoppable momentum’ to end FGM worldwide https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/sep/11/15m-fund-launched-to-create-unstoppable-momentum-to-end-fgm-worldwide #WomensRightsAndGenderEquality #GlobalHealth #GlobalDevelopment #FemaleGenitalMutilationFgm #Health #Society #Women #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #Africa #WorldNews
‘One day the Taliban will need women to be educated’: three sisters on being forced back to Afghanistan
By Guardian reporters
Shallah, Fatimah and Maahi are among hundreds of thousands of Afghan women and girls deported from Iran and Pakistan in the past year to a life of severe restrictions
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/sep/09/taliban-afghanistan-women-iran
#Globaldevelopment #Afghanistan #Taliban #Humanrights #Womensrightsandgenderequality #Humanrights #Globaleducation #Iran #Migration #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #SouthandcentralAsia #Worldnews #Women #Women #TheGuardian #Guardianreporters
‘This is what I have to do to survive’: the Sudan refugees forced into sex work
By Guardian reporters
They fled a brutal civil war to reach safety in Egypt, but now many Sudanese women and girls are falling prey to sexual exploitation
#Womensrightsandgenderequality #Globaldevelopment #Sexualharassment #Sexualviolence #Refugees #Sudan #Egypt #Africa #Worldnews #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Women #Women #TheGuardian #Guardianreporters
It’s not easy to show my scars. But I am proud to break the deadly silence around breast cancer in Nigeria | Gloria Chinyere Okwu
By Gloria Chinyere Okwu
I was told to keep my diagnosis private but I am determined to show the reality of breast cancer and reject the stigma that prevents women seeking treatment
#Globaldevelopment #Nigeria #Globalhealth #Africa #Womensrightsandgenderequality #Worldnews #Cancer #Women #Women #Health #Lifeandstyle #TheGuardian #GloriaChinyereOkwu
Sweden ends aid to Liberia in a hammer blow to women’s rights and healthcare
By Isabel Choat in Monrovia
Sexual and reproductive services face an uncertain future as the country’s second-largest donor halts support worth hundreds of millions of pounds
#Globalhealth #Liberia #Globaldevelopment #Africa #Reproductiverights #Sexualhealth #Abortion #Womensrightsandgenderequality #Sweden #Europe #Health #Women #TheGuardian #IsabelChoatinMonrovia
The Guardian view on child marriage: girls should not be wives | Editorial
By Editorial
There’s growing agreement that under-18s need to be protected – but international turmoil is pushing many towards wedlock
#Childmarriage #Violenceagainstwomenandgirls #Womensrightsandgenderequality #Reproductiverights #Worldnews #Taliban #SierraLeone #Afghanistan #SouthandcentralAsia #Humanrights #TheGuardian #Editorial
The Guardian view on child marriage: girls should not be wives | Editorial https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/26/the-guardian-view-on-child-marriage-girls-should-not-be-wives #ChildMarriage #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #WomensRightsAndGenderEquality #ReproductiveRights #WorldNews #Taliban #SierraLeone #Afghanistan #SouthAndCentralAsia #HumanRights
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About me: I look closely at the world - a bird, a drop of water, a matter of culture, rights and freedoms, or a question of international law and policy.
#InternationalLaw #InternationalRelations #GlobalDevelopment #biodiversity #humanrights #womensrightsandgenderequality
The Taliban have built a system for enslaving women in Afghanistan | Tala Elissa
By Tala Elissa
Five years on, the regime’s chokehold has left Afghan women with almost nothing, but many are still bravely fighting for their freedom
#Globaldevelopment #Afghanistan #Taliban #SouthandcentralAsia #Worldnews #Womensrightsandgenderequality #TheGuardian #TalaElissa
‘Nowhere left for us’: the refugee who has known no peace since she was 10
By Zeinab Mohammed Salih in Korsi refugee camp, Central African Republic
Since Sudan’s civil war first reached her village in 2003, Samira has been displaced seven times, enduring devastating losses and injuries along the way
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/aug/18/sudanese-refugee-samira-war-injury
#Globaldevelopment #Sudan #Refugees #CentralAfricanRepublic #Africa #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #Migration #Humanrights #Womensrightsandgenderequality #TheGuardian #ZeinabMohammedSalihinKorsirefugeecamp #CentralAfricanRepublic
The decent way for countries to engage with the Taliban | Brief letters
By Guardian Staff
Afghan diplomacy | Weather words | Delightful weeds | Thomas Paine’s remains | Reform UK benefits cuts
#Foreignpolicy #Taliban #Womensrightsandgenderequality #Afghanistan #Worldnews #UKweather #Plants #ReformUK #Politics #UKnews #Welfare #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
‘They were told bikes were for men’: how Latin America’s city of cycling is breaking gender barriers
By Christina Noriega in Bogotá
With less than a third of cycling journeys taken by women, Colombia’s capital, Bogotá, is installing bike lanes, teaching cycling and making sure ‘stereotypes are left behind’
#Cycling #Colombia #Womensrightsandgenderequality #Americas #Worldnews #Sexualviolence #Environment #Travelandtransport #TheGuardian #ChristinaNoriegainBogot
Pakistan precinct suspends all 78 officers and staff over alleged rape at police station
By Haroon Janjua in Islamabad
Lahore police official says all personnel were responsible for preventing and reporting wrongdoing at station
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/05/pakistan-precinct-suspends-all-officers-and-staff
#Pakistan #Globaldevelopment #SouthandcentralAsia #Worldnews #Womensrightsandgenderequality #TheGuardian #HaroonJanjuainIslamabad
Pakistan precinct suspends all 78 officers and staff over alleged rape at police station https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/05/pakistan-precinct-suspends-all-officers-and-staff #Pakistan #GlobalDevelopment #SouthAndCentralAsia #WorldNews #WomensRightsAndGenderEquality
They gave me to someone who could not read or write … it would be better if you buried me alive
By Shabnam
I was the top student in my university class but when the Taliban took Afghanistan again I was forced to marry and my dreams of being a pilot ended
#Womensrightsandgenderequality #Afghanistan #Globaldevelopment #Taliban #SouthandcentralAsia #Worldnews #WomenundertheTaliban #Society #Socialexclusion #Education #TheGuardian #Shabnam
Overseas education project for women and girls axed by UK after two years https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jul/04/overseas-education-project-for-women-and-girls-axed-by-uk-after-two-years #GlobalDevelopment #GlobalEducation #WomensRightsAndGenderEquality #Education #YvetteCooper #Politics #ForeignPolicy #ForeignCommonwealthAndDevelopmentOffice #UkNews #Universities #HigherEducation #SouthSudan #DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo #ChildMarriage #Africa #Wo...
Outrage as woman jailed for three years after criticising Somali government online https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/26/woman-sadia-moalim-ali-three-year-jail-sentence-somalia-online-comments-governement #GlobalDevelopment #Somalia #Prisons #WomensRightsAndGenderEquality #Africa #WorldNews #SocialMedia #DigitalMedia #Protest #Activism #HumanRights #HumanRights #Law
How India’s heatwaves are shutting schools – and pushing women out of the workforce https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/22/how-india-heatwaves-shutting-schools-pushing-women-out-of-the-workforce #GlobalDevelopment #India #ExtremeHeat #GlobalEducation #Delhi #WorldNews #Environment #SouthAndCentralAsia #ClimateCrisis #WomensRightsAndGenderEquality
The EU is inviting the Taliban to Brussels. Europe’s credibility lies in tatters https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/11/the-eu-is-inviting-the-taliban-to-brussels-europes-credibility-lies-in-tatters #EuropeanUnion #Migration #Refugees #Taliban #HumanRights #WomensRightsAndGenderEquality #Afghanistan #Europe #UrsulaVonDerLeyen
Two killed in rare street demonstration over women’s rights in Afghanistan https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/10/two-killed-in-rare-street-demonstration-over-womens-rights-in-afghanistan #GlobalDevelopment #Afghanistan #Taliban #WomensRightsAndGenderEquality #WorldNews #SouthAndCentralAsia #Protest #Women #Society
Nobel laureate’s smuggled memoir details beatings and neglect in Iranian prisons https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/10/narges-mohammadi-nobel-laureate-smuggled-memoir-details-beatings-neglect-iranian-prisons #Iran #WomensRightsAndGenderEquality #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #Society #WorldNews #Prisons #NobelPeacePrize #Protest #GlobalDevelopment
‘If your wife asks you to change diapers, change your wife’: Lebanon’s hit show parodying the patriarchy https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/28/lebanese-women-smatouha-minni-you-heard-it-from-me-feminist-youtube-series-satire #WomensRightsAndGenderEquality #GlobalDevelopment #Lebanon #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #Youtube #Feminism #Technology #WorldNews #DigitalMedia
Myanmar military regime widens sanitary towel ban, claiming rebels use them for first aid https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/20/myanmar-military-regime-widens-sanitary-towel-ban-claiming-rebels-use-them-for-first-aid #GlobalDevelopment #Myanmar #WomensRightsAndGenderEquality #SouthAndCentralAsia #WorldNews #ConflictAndArms #HumanRights #Women #Society #Women #Menstruation
Sluts, simps and body shaming: the rise of Africa’s manosphere https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/07/african-manosphere-misogyny-social-media #GlobalDevelopment #Men #Kenya #Nigeria #Ethiopia #Somalia #SocialMedia #Africa #DigitalMedia #Tiktok #X #Youtube #Facebook #SocialNetworking #Technology #Internet #Media #WorldNews #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WomensRightsAndGenderEquality
Urgent action needed to prevent surge in digital violence in Africa, experts say https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/30/urgent-action-needed-to-prevent-surge-in-digital-violence-in-africa-experts-say #GlobalDevelopment #WomensRightsAndGenderEquality #OnlineAbuse #Society #SocialMedia #Media #Africa #Kenya #Ethiopia #Uganda #SouthAfrica #Tunisia #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #WorldNews
Dodging the ‘wrinkle wagon’: why a Brazilian film about ageing is inspiring older women https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/26/wrinkle-wagon-dystopian-film-ageing-brazil-future-the-blue-trail #GlobalDevelopment #WomensRightsAndGenderEquality #Ageing #Women #OlderPeople #Film #Brazil #Americas #Culture
‘A few beatings won’t kill you’: judge rejects divorce request of woman abused by husband in Afghanistan https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/12/a-few-beatings-wont-kill-you-judge-rejects-divorce-request-of-woman-abused-by-husband-in-afghanistan #Afghanistan #SouthAndCentralAsia #WorldNews #Taliban #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #WomensRightsAndGenderEquality #DomesticViolence
Fears for women’s rights in Chile as anti-abortion president set to take office https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/10/fears-womens-rights-chile-anti-abortion-president-jose-antonio-kast #WomensRightsAndGenderEquality #Chile #Abortion #Women #WomensHealth #Americas #WorldNews
Will UN plans to transform the way it works ‘throw equality under the bus’? https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/08/un-plans-merge-women-unfpa-equality-reform #GlobalDevelopment #WomensRightsAndGenderEquality #UnitedNations #NewYork #WorldNews #UsNews #SexualHealth #Women #Women #TrumpAdministration #Gender #ReproductiveRights #ReproductiveRights
Peruvian state responsible for mother’s death in forced sterilisation, court rules https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/06/peruvian-state-responsible-for-mothers-death-in-forced-sterilisation-court-rules #GlobalDevelopment #ReproductiveRights #Peru #Americas #WorldNews #Women #WomensRightsAndGenderEquality #IndigenousPeoples #HumanRights
Yes, women’s rights are under threat around the world. But we’ve found hope in unlikely places | Rahila Gupta https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/31/women-rights-threat-world-hope-el-salvador-russia-syria #Feminism #WomensRightsAndGenderEquality #Women #Syria #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WorldNews
This is my first go at a survey.
What do you believe is the main cause of racism/prejudice (against #POC #LGBTQ #Disabilities #Women #Jewish people)?
#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #Blackfedi #BlackFediverse #JewishMastodon #LGBTQMastodon #DisabilityMastodon #Racism #Inequality #Prejudice #womensrights #diversitymastodon #DiversityEquityInclusion #Womensrightsandgenderequality
Under 30 #GenZRising and #millenials literally cancelled out over 65 #republicanparty voters. It’s almost like #Womensrightsandgenderequality , #climatedenial , #healthcareisaright , etc are important. Especially to people who have had to do active shooter drills multiple times a year since they were in kindergarten. Politicians take note. #democrats
I like a lot of things! #catsofmastodon, #StarWars, #urbanexploring, #rockhounding, kind people, reading, #documentaries, #tvjunkie, #animalrescue, black olives, cheese.
But if you are leaning against #prochoice, #Womensrightsandgenderequality, #loveislove, #lgbtqfriendly, #reconciliation and a variety of other open-minded views, we may not be a good fit.