If a woman steps outside, she must be covered from head to toe. If the morality police spot an infraction, they can punish it in any way they deem “appropriate”. All refugees tell tales of the ...

Some, like Agnes, also face sexual abuse and rape. Several women told Al Jazeera stories of victims who had faced so much abuse and torture that they ended up dead although these cases have not ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In the 20th century, which year marked Peak Fiction ... all men and women, a well of tears”), lurk ...

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China is ramping up efforts to counter its plummeting birth rate, with measures ranging from cash incentives to controversial local campaigns urging women to have children. Last year marked the ...

This year was full of first-of-its-kind stories that got Americans talking ... Two defendants pleaded not guilty: Plasencia and Jasveen Sangha, a woman allegedly known as "The Ketamine Queen ...

This is a common recurrence” flooding the post. Ms Layzell’s tactic has resonated with many, highlighting the uncomfortable reality women often face when dealing with unwanted advances.

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Cheap looks cheap. Excerpted with permission from ‘A Windfall at Christmas’ in Gardens Of The Hearts and Other Festival Stories, Bulbul Sharma, Women Unlimited.