Chinese prosecutors say no sexual assault by ex-Alibaba employee
The ruling triggered outrage online, sparking debate about the treatment of female workers across companies in China.Chinese prosecutors have dropped ...
Tag: Women
Fawzia Koofi: Afghan women pay highest price for what goes wrong
Afghanistan’s former deputy speaker of parliament discusses what’s at stake for women’s rights in her country.
‘I am very afraid’: Women on the front lines of a new Afghanistan
This was not the story we set out to tell. We had been investigating the killings of women in Afghanistan ...
US lays out conditions for recognising a new Afghan gov’t
State Department says any new administration in Kabul must respect human rights, including rights of women.The United States has called ...
As the Taliban seized cities, they sent women home
In early July, as Taliban fighters were seizing territory from government forces across Afghanistan, some of them walked into the ...
‘COVID-zero’ China, jobs galore, and a woman rises as Cuomo falls
Bitcoin seems to be once again closing in on $50,000, Turkey’s central bank has resisted calls from the president to ...
Cuomo resignation: The women who rise after powerful men fall
As powerful men fall, women are increasingly stepping up to take their places, often elevating a brand or business in ...
Dalit girl allegedly raped, killed and forcibly cremated in India
New Delhi, India – A nine-year-old girl belonging to India’s marginalised Dalit community has been gang-raped, murdered and forcibly cremated ...
Murdered women: A history of ‘honour’ crimes
Listen to this story: On a hot summer day in late May 1994, I drove to an eastern suburb of ...
Activision Blizzard workers walk out while fans call for boycott
The maker of the games Diablo and Warcraft is accused of sexual harassment and assault, as well as a culture ...
Archives of beauty and pain: A century of African women in photos
The mother and daughter tilt their heads, one towards the other. Their hair is intricately braided, woven with beads, and ...
Ghofrane’s Dream: A Black Tunisian woman’s social justice fight
In Tunisia, Ghofrane Binous, a 25-year-old Black woman from a working-class neighbourhood, runs for national elections.
A long way from home: The child ‘house helpers’ of Nigeria
Kaduna State, Nigeria – The clouds are receding after a light drizzle on a damp May afternoon in Sabon Tasha, ...
Why are Muslim women living ‘in fear’ in this Canadian city?
Canada – Dunia Nur was out buying paint when it happened. The community organiser in Edmonton, Alberta was speaking Somali ...
In Spain’s strawberry fields, migrant women face sexual abuse
*The names of all workers in this article have been changed to protect their identities. Huelva, Spain – It is mid-May ...
Berta Caceres murder: Court finds construction executive guilty
Honduran court finds David Castillo guilty of being a collaborator in 2016 murder of Indigenous activist Berta Caceres.A Honduran construction ...
China’s Communist Party at 100: Where are the women?
One hundred years after the secretive founding of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on board a Shanghai boat, China is ...
The price of the false or non-apology
There are many ways to say “I am sorry”: mea culpa, forgive me, I apologise. In some cases even “my ...