Tag: women and girls
Syrian inquiry finds most allegations of kidnapped Alawite women are false
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A Syrian government-led committee has found that most allegations of kidnapping of women from…
1 in 3 organizations halts help to curb violence against women
Oct. 27 (UPI) -- One in three nonprofit organizations has ended programs to end violence against women in…
Over 350 Greenlandic women and girls forcibly given contraception by Danish officials, report says
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — More than 350 Greenlandic Indigenous women and girls, including some 12 years old and…
Women bear brunt of Afghanistan’s water scarcity
In a remote Afghan village, women strap yellow plastic jerry cans to donkeys and travel every day down…
Afghanistan’s Taliban have ‘weaponized’ the judicial system to oppress women, UN expert says
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have “weaponized” the legal and judicial system to oppress women and…