Women's Rights
WORLD
Taliban Shutdown of NGOs Employing Female Staff
The Afghan government has ordered the closure of all NGOs employing women, intensifying its restrictions on gender equality and raising severe humanitarian concerns.
LIFESTYLE
Rewriting Morocco’s Family Code
Morocco's proposed family law reforms, aiming to modernise child custody, guardianship, and polygamy rules have sparked divided reactions, highlighting tensions between women's rights, religious authority, and cultural heritage.
Popular
How the Iran Ceasefire is Realigning the Gulf and Europe
US-Iran ceasefire, GCC stability, Brent oil drop, and Lebanon escalation reshape Gulf strategy and global energy markets.
Thousands March Against East London’s Igbo King
A ceremonial king's crown in a South African port city left cars burning, a country apologising, and a lesson on diaspora politics.
EU Delays Fur Ban Despite 1.5M Signatures
The European Commission missed its March deadline on fur farming, leaving 1.5 million petition signatories and a collapsing industry both waiting for the same answer.
French Speech Laws Allow Rivals to Attack Opponents
France detained a sitting MEP and opened a hate-speech probe against its top news channel in the same week; French law, it turned out, had room for everyone.
Judiciary “Houthification”: How Justice Became a Security Arm in Sana’a
Houthi control of Yemen’s judiciary has politicised courts, enabling repression, biased appointments, and violations of fair trial rights writes Yemeni journalist, Mohamed Al-Karami
