Paris 2024: The controversial hijab ban at sport’s biggest party
"The ban on the hijab [a type of headscarf that covers the head and neck, but leaves the face clear] is the consequence of two…
"The ban on the hijab [a type of headscarf that covers the head and neck, but leaves the face clear] is the consequence of two…
UN independent human rights experts on Friday expressed profound concern over multiple reports detailing arbitrary arrests, detention and ill-treatment of women and girls in Afghanistan.The…
New proceedings are launched against the two journalists for posing without the mandatory hijab upon their release after more than a year in prison. Iran’s…
The bill defines an array of punishments for violators of a mandatory dress code, including fines and prison terms. Tehran, Iran – Iran’s parliament has…
A group of UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts expressed their grave concern on Friday over a new draft law in Iran sanctioning new punishments for…
Iranian authorities intensify crack down on violations of the country’s mandatory hijab rules. Tehran, Iran – Iran has relaunched patrols by the so-called morality police…
Istanbul, Turkey – For Turkish women wearing the hijab, or Muslim headscarf, life in the public sphere was once impossible. Beginning in the 1980s, after…
This week alone, a sports federation chief resigns and several more actresses face charges over mandatory hijab law. Tehran, Iran – Iran’s judiciary has summoned…
Businesses also shut down after offering services to women not wearing headscarves deemed appropriate by government, as crackdown continues. Tehran, Iran – Two renowned actresses…
Iranian president says hijab is the law after viral video shows man throwing yoghurt at uncovered women in Masshad. President Ebrahim Raisi has said that…
A little piece of cloth is scaring big governments again. The latest instance is in India, where in early March the Supreme Court announced that…
Tehran, Iran – Iranian authorities have denounced a professional skater who competed abroad without adhering to the country’s mandatory hijab rules amid protests sparked by…
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An Iranian competitive climber left South Korea on Tuesday after competing at an event in which she climbed without her…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi returned to Tehran early Wednesday after competing in South Korea without wearing a headscarf, an act widely…
SEOUL, South Korea — An Iranian competitive climber left South Korea on Tuesday after competing at an event in which she climbed without her nation’s mandatory…
The matter arises from a ban in BJP-ruled Karnataka state that forbids students from wearing the headscarves in classrooms. A panel of India’s top court…
The Danish Commission for the Forgotten Women’s Struggle – a body set up by Denmark’s ruling Social Democratic Party – has recommended that the country’s…