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Generations of women who grew up in Afghanistan over the past 20 years, and who are now living in Afghanistan and abroad, have responded to the vice and virtue law with disbelief and horror.

Generations of women who grew up in Afghanistan over the past 20 years, and who are now living in Afghanistan and abroad, have responded to the vice and virtue law with disbelief and horror.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently ruled that the right of a minor child to claim maintenance remains subsumed within ...

Meryl Streep brings global attention to the ever-deteriorating situation for Afghan women. Her speech at the UN General ...

On Sept. 23, 2024, when speaking at a side event on “The Inclusion of Women in the Future of Afghanistan” at the U.N. General Assembly, Oscar-winning actress and activist Meryl Streep addressed the ...

Why Bangladesh women's team could lose once-in-a-generation boost to the sport in their country after T20 World Cup was moved ...

At a UN General Assembly event, actor Meryl Streep called attention to the Taliban's restrictions on Afghan women, likening ...

Besides imposing severe rules on women, new laws require men to grow fist-length beards and bar them from imitating ...

Patience is a virtue” is thought to have originated from a poem written by an English poet, William Langland. It makes me ...

Revelations about his treatment of women have destroyed his image as a symbol of virtue in France. By Aurelien Breeden Reporting from Paris Abbé Pierre, a Roman Catholic priest who crusaded ...