The Sudanese government has announced the criminalization of female genital mutilation (FGM), making the practice punishable by three years in jail. According to campaigners, this move signifies a “new era” for girls’ rights in the country.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights mentions the Emirates as a place that has protected women and girls from contracting the virus by introducing work from home policies early on.
Peruvian opposition politician Keiko Fujimori is out of prison and back home after her attorney argued she was at risk of contracting the coronavirus because of underlying health problems, including arrhythmia.
The latest Arabic production on Netflix will both star and be created by Tunisian superstar Hend Sabry.
The film and television actress has teamed up with the online streaming giant to appear in a new “female-focused” original series.
More than a dozen artists are auctioning off works from next week in aid of a magazine written by women jailed in British prisons.
Anish Kapoor, Conrad Shawcross and Fiona Graham-Mackay are some of the artists who have donated their works to raise funds for The View.
The Association of Soninkara Women Entrepreneurs Gambia Branch and Gambia Action France Branch, over the weekend distributed bags of sugar, rice and cooking oil to needy families within the Kanifing Municipality.
The presentation ceremony was held at Star TV/FM and coordinated and chaired by its chief executive officer, Alpha Karanga.
Some female inmates in Mexico’s prisons have come up with a new way to replace earnings lost after the coronavirus closed retailers that sold their handiwork – making soft toys dressed as doctors and nurses in facemasks.
