Women's Rights

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Pakistan
Society
Live Story

Pakistan's rape crisis: Why justice remains out of reach

Pakistan has strengthened rape laws, but a 0.5% conviction rate shows how delays, weak enforcement and systemic failures still deny survivors justice

Anam Alam
21 August, 2026
National Women's Day in Tunisia [Getty]
Tunisia
MENA
Live Story

Tunisians mark 70th Women's Day, but challenges persist

Sofia Aboudari
13 August, 2026
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Post-Assad Syria
Society
Live Story

For Syria's new women MPs, representation is only the beginning

Hadia Al Mansour

Hadia Al Mansour

11 August, 2026
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Libya
Society
Live Story

Libya debates Sharia after woman flogged publicly for 'adultery'

Samira Elsaidi

Samira Elsaidi

05 August, 2026
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Women's Rights
Voices

The manosphere is the blueprint for global leadership

Olivia Hooper

Olivia Hooper

07 June, 2026
From Gaza, the US war for 'women's rights' in Iran rings hollow
Two years of Gaza genocide
Narrated

Is US-Israeli operation in Iran a 'feminist war'? Ask Netanyahu

Eman Hillis

Eman Hillis

18 March, 2026
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Palestinian women
Voices

Europe preaches feminism while funding Israeli occupation

Tamam Abusalama

Tamam Abusalama

12 March, 2026
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Iraqi Kurdistan
MENA
Live Story

Girls as young as four subjected to FGM in Iraqi Kurdistan

Dana Taib Menmy
08 February, 2026
Women employees have been banned from wearing make-up in government offices in Latakia [Getty]
Syria
MENA
Live Story

Syria: Women govt workers banned from wearing make-up in Latakia

The New Arab Staff
28 January, 2026
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feminism
Perspectives

Why body positivity has become another way to control women

Esra Saleh

Esra Saleh

20 January, 2026
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Iraq
Society
Live Story

Basra mob attack exposes rapid decline of women's rights in Iraq

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Hadani Ditmars

13 January, 2026
Tehran University cut short events for design week due to the veil controversy
Iran
MENA
Live Story

'Vulgar images' at Iran design show spark controversy

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 November, 2025
Rape victims in the Arab World often receive no assistance from authorities [Getty]
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MENA
Live Story

Arab states failing to prosecute rape, protect victims: report

10 September, 2025
Ban Ziyad
Iraq
MENA
Live Story

Basra psychiatrist’s death sparks outrage, fresh investigation

Dana Taib Menmy
17 August, 2025
Syrian women
Syrian Women
Perspectives

From Assad to al-Sharaa: Syrian women are still being repressed

Maha Hassan

Maha Hassan

04 August, 2025
Afghan women
Taliban
World
Live Story

ICC seeks arrest of Taliban leaders over persecution of women

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 July, 2025
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Turkey
MENA
Live Story

Turkey bans C-sections without medical reason to boost birthrate

The New Arab Staff
09 June, 2025
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Palestinian women
Society
Live Story

Asil Al Jallad: The gynaecologist who refuses to give up on Gaza

The New Arab Staff

Stefano Nanni

25 April, 2025
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Post-Assad Syria
Society
Live Story

Why Syrian women are key to radical change in post-Assad Syria

Hadia Al Mansour

Hadia Al Mansour

27 March, 2025
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Palestinian women
Voices

Israel is targeting Shaden Qous because she refuses to be silent

Shahd Abusalama

Shahd Abusalama

20 March, 2025
Syrian women
Syrian Women
Perspectives

Syrian women must lead the path to recovery

Dania Kareh

Dania Kareh

11 March, 2025