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Tag: Violence Against Women

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Posted inOpinion

Jordan struggles to stem violence against women

by Suha Maayeh July 14, 2022July 14, 2022

The recent killing of Eman Ersheed, a 21-year-old university student, has once again brought attention to the harsh reality that gender-based violence remains a shameful and entrenched problem in Jordan and other parts of the Middle East. Her attacker, Oday Hassan, 37, shot her at least five times at a university campus in Irbid. A few […]

Posted inOpinion

Under the shadow of Covid-19, a pandemic of rape

by Alexandra de Cramer July 30, 2021July 30, 2021
Posted inMiddle East, Turkey

Turkey’s enduring problem with women’s rights

by Omer Taspinar February 5, 2020February 18, 2020
Pakistani civil society activists carry placards as the march during a rally to mark International Women's Day in Karachi on March 8, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / ASIF HASSAN
Posted inPakistan, South Asia

Pakistan needs to honor spirit of 1973 constitution

by Ali Changezi Sandhu December 13, 2019February 18, 2020
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Posted inIndia, South Asia

Opportunists prey on violence against women in India

by Amruta Khandekar August 9, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inMiddle East

Artist Ugur Gallenkus’ world of contrasts

by Emal Haidary July 25, 2019February 18, 2020
Photo: iStock
Posted inEgypt, India, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Syria, World

Arab countries struggle with the stigma associated with rape

by Rym Tina Ghazal January 1, 2019
IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath. Photo: Wikimedia
Posted inAT Finance, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, United Kingdom, World

2018 was the Year of Women

by Sunil Dhavala December 31, 2018
Vehicles smoulder following the violence in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh state. Photo: AFP
Posted inIndia, Middle East, South Asia

Uttar Pradesh in meltdown as tensions build ahead of poll

by Kanchan Srivastava December 5, 2018February 18, 2020
Activists gather to protest against violence against women in Istanbul on Sunday. Photo: AFP
Posted inFrance, Middle East, Turkey, World

Turkish police tear-gas women marching against violence

by Asia Times staff November 26, 2018February 18, 2020
Kashmiri Shiite Muslim women look on during a religious procession held in Srinagar. Photo: AFP
Posted inIndia, Middle East, South Asia

Militarization puts women’s issues on the back foot in Kashmir

by Muntaha Amin September 24, 2018February 18, 2020
Indian women from the 'Dalit' or 'Untouchable' caste listen to a speaker during a Dalit Dignity Rally against the Congress-led UPA government near Parliament House in New Delhi on December 5, 2007. Photo: AFP/Raveendran
Posted inIndia, Middle East, South Asia

Violence against India’s Dalit women on the increase

by Shazia Nigar July 23, 2018February 18, 2020
R K Jalla, the police officer who led the team which cracked the case of the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua, Jammu.  Photo: Courtesy Majid Hyderi
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Dedicated police team resisted odds to crack Kathua rape case

by Majid Hyderi April 12, 2018February 18, 2020

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