Two French women jailed in Turkey over drug 'mule' case
A Turkish court on Tuesday jailed two young French women for 10 years for transporting nearly 25 kilos of cannabis from Thailand. The two nationals had been held for 10 months ...
Tag: Women
‘Solar Mamas’: Program trains Zanzibar women as solar power technicians
Although the semi-autonomous Tanzanian archipelago of Zanzibar has been boosting its tourism industry in recent years, it remains largely a rural village society, where half of homes have no electricity. ...
The Price Afghan Women Pay for a Simple Word — Global Issues
In Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan province, women move cautiously through public spaces under the watch of the Taliban’s “Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice,” whose patrols have revived ...
PhD student, 30, admits drugging and sexually assaulting three women as cops find sick photos, leather straps & syringes
A PHD student has confessed to drugging, tying up and sexually assaulting three women. Sizhe Weng, 30, also allegedly took taking disturbing photos of their unconscious bodies in a series ...
Côte d'Ivoire elections 2025 – Women on the campaign trail
Ivorians are going to the polls on 25 October to elect their next president. Incumbent President Alassane Dramane Ouattara – known as ADO – is running for a fourth term, ...
What happens when Afghan women and girls go offline? — Global Issues
At a time when women were already banned from attending schools and universities, Radio Femme has played a crucial role in providing alternative methods of education. It offers a rare ...
Few women and minorities win seats in Syria’s first parliament since fall of Assad
Women and minorities were under-represented in a weekend ballot for members of Syria's transitional parliament, results announced Monday showed, for the first assembly to form since the ouster of longtime ...
Nigeria pushes for more women in parliament with special seats bill
Hundreds of women gathered in Nigeria’s capital this week to support efforts to introduce a quota for female legislators. At present, women hold only 4 of 109 Senate seats and ...
Nigerian women push for ‘Special Seats Bill’ to boost political representation
Hundreds of women from across the country gathered in the Nigerian capital this week in support of those leading a push to introduce a quota for female legislators. Currently, only ...
Lifesaving services cut as Taliban bars women aid workers — Global Issues
“All of us at the United Nations are suffering from a reinforcement of the ban on females working with us…We are simply unable to operate without females,” said Arafat Jamal, ...