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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
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 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
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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‘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 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/05/pakistan-precinct-suspends-all-officers-and-staff #Pakistan #GlobalDevelopment #SouthAndCentralAsia #WorldNews #WomensRightsAndGenderEquality
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