A global swing by governments seeking to assert control has meant repercussions for women, including attempts to delegitimize them and limit their rights, experts said.

The stunt drew a range of responses from the school board members, some outraged, a few averting their gaze, while others were entirely unbothered.

In his letter to Mahmood, sent following a five-day visit to the UK over the summer, O'Flaherty said two laws passed under the previous government - the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 and the Public Order Act 2023 - raised questions under the European Convention on Human Rights.

Some Igbo women have declared their full support for the October 20 nationwide protest by rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, for the release of Nnamdi Kanu.

Women's rights activists have protested outside the Latvian parliament against the country's potential withdrawal from an international treaty supporting women who are victims of violence.

Parent Nick Blanchard and two women staged a protest at Maine's capital school board meeting against transgender students using girls locker rooms and sports.

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- "I have very fond memories of growing up in Iran," said Nazanin Moghbeli. "I lived there 'til I was about nine." Moghbeli, who was actually born in the United States before moving to Iran and then back, always had an ...

Adherents of Judaism in Nigeria’s South-East, under the banner of Eastern Judaism, on Thursday staged a peaceful protest demanding the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

A local California parents’ rights activist stripped down to a bikini during a school board meeting to protest allowing males into women’s locker rooms.

As Poland's abortion protests continue into a second week, their top organiser, Marta Lempart, says she is grateful for a clear role model to the East - Belarus's opposition movement.