Iran’s new family planning laws enraged the international community and human rights organizations. The regime has proposed a ban on vasectomies and cutting access to contraception and abortion in an attempt to grow the population.
In her continued push to promote her new album Rebel Heart, Madonna told Out magazine that women are more marginalized than any other group of people, because living as a woman means “you’re either a virgin or a whore.”
Members of the Afghanistan Volunteers Foundation organized a march through Kabul to protest for women’s rights, just days before International Women’s Day. The twenty men wore burqas, which is the traditional clothing for women in the country. https://twitter.com/trustlaw_women/status/573468380604334080 https://twitter.com/AntDeRosa/status/573854582184476672 The
Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) alleged that the Tea Party wants to bring back segregation and make women “secondary citizens” at an event that on Saturday. Cleaver recounted that during the Obamacare debated “we had Tea Party people all over everywhere,
Actress Stacey Dash, best known for her role in the film Clueless, has announced plans to reveal the liberal backlash she faced upon coming out as a conservative in the movie industry, among other things, in a tell-all book.
Hillary Clinton used a paid speaking engagement and subsequent question and answer session at a Silicon Valley conference for women Tuesday to begin testing out her policy positions prior to the expected launch of an official 2016 campaign for the White House.
The Saudi Arabian government released Mayssa al-Amoudi and Loujain al-Hathloul from jail after 72 days after being imprisoned for driving. Women are not allowed to drive in the country.
A court in Turkey sentenced a man to life in prison for killing his wife after she gave birth to a second daughter instead of a son. He electrocuted her in her sleep.
The opposition group, Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, is reporting the use of a new torture device on women who disobey sharia law by the all-female Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) brigade, al-Khansa, in the terrorist group’s “capital.”
Saudi Arabia Grand Mufti Shaikh Abdul Aziz Al Shaikh announced there is “nothing wrong” with girls under the age of 15 getting married
Indonesian Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo announced the country will stop administering virginity tests for female civil servants at the Institute of Public Administration. Students attend the college to train for civil and regional administration jobs.
