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Oscar winners cut off their hair in support of protesters in Iran

Oscar-winning actresses Marion Cotillard and Juliette Binoche and other stars including the UK’s Charlotte Rampling, Charlotte Gainsbourg and singer Jane Birkin have filmed themselves cutting off locks of their hair in support of protesters in Iran. ...

05 Oct 2022 at 13:13

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Taliban crackdown on rights ‘suffocating’ women – Amnesty

The lives of Afghan women and girls are being destroyed by a “suffocating” crackdown by the Taliban since they took power nearly a year ago, Amnesty International said. After they captured the capital, Kabul, in August 2021 and ousted the ...

27 Jul 2022 at 10:38

Nimco Ali says Boris Johnson not behind ‘pushback’ on fining street harassers

No 10 said street harassment “remains a top priority” after comments by a close ally of the Prime Minister’s wife suggested that the move had stalled. Nimco Ali, a friend of Carrie Johnson and a Government adviser on preventing violence ...

20 May 2022 at 16:57

Street harassment law being blocked, suggests Government adviser

A Government adviser on preventing violence against women and girls has suggested her demand for street harassment to be criminalised is being blocked. Nimco Ali, who Priti Patel appointed to advise the Home Office in 2020, wants ...

20 May 2022 at 08:30

Female Afghan TV presenters ordered to cover their faces by Taliban

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Afghan female TV presenters ordered to cover their faces by Taliban

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have ordered all female presenters on TV channels to cover their faces on air, the country’s biggest media outlet said. The order came in a statement from the Taliban’s Virtue and Vice Ministry, ...

19 May 2022 at 15:55

Gender activists: ‘We are not afraid to be called women rather than womb-havers’

Around 100 “gender rights” activists have gathered in central London to say they are “not afraid to be women or to be called women” rather than “womb-havers”. Wearing the purple, white and green of the suffragettes, they ...

02 Apr 2022 at 16:55

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OPINION: Statistics give us enough information to be shocked but not enough to act

Do you know who Kitty Genovese was? Kitty Genovese was raped and murdered in 1964 in Queens in two separate attacks while coming home from work. Her attack was said to be random, and her murderer Winston Moseley died in ...

12 Feb 2022 at 20:33

Scotland

Gender recognition reforms backed by majority on Holyrood committee

A Holyrood committee has backed controversial legislation which aims to make it easier for transgender people to be legally recognised as their preferred gender. A majority of MSPs on the Equalities, Human Rights and ...

06 Oct 2022 at 12:04

JK Rowling wears T-shirt calling Nicola Sturgeon ‘destroyer of women’s rights’

JK Rowling has photographed herself wearing a T-shirt calling Scotland’s First Minister a “destroyer of women’s rights”. The author tweeted a picture of herself wearing the garment on Thursday as she gave her ...

06 Oct 2022 at 15:17

Blocking Scotland’s gender reforms would be ‘disastrous’, campaigners claim

Any action from the UK Government to block controversial reforms to the gender recognition process in Scotland would be “disastrous” for the trans community, campaigners have said. Colin Macfarlane, director ...

08 Jan 2023 at 14:20

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Afghan women barred from sport face Taliban intimidation

Afghan women and girls who once played a variety of sports say they have faced intimidation from the Taliban, including visits and phone calls warning them not to take part. Since they took power in August ...

11 Jan 2023 at 10:40

World

Pope denounces Iran death penalty following protests

Pope Francis has denounced the use of the death penalty in Iran during nationwide protests convulsing that country, and demanded “greater respect for the dignity of women”. Francis made the comments in an ...

09 Jan 2023 at 20:50

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