Rania Youssef’s lacy, revealing dress at a Cairo film festival spurred three lawyers to sue her. A trial has been scheduled for January.
Tag: Women’s Rights
surfacing: Rwandan Women Paddle Into the Male World of Fishing
“Now a woman can say: ‘I can build a house by myself. I can look after my family properly. And even if my husband dies, we can live a better life.’”
South Korea Loves Plastic Surgery and Makeup. Some Women Want to Change That.
Gender inequality and the global #MeToo movement have fueled “Escape the Corset,” a campaign to cast off the country’s rigid beauty standards.
A Chinese Actor Admits Hitting a Woman — and Some Take His Side
After Jiang Jinfu acknowledged that he’d beaten Haruka Nakaura, a Japanese model, not all the reaction on social media was negative.
At War: ‘We Are Willing to Die Here’: The Fight for Women’s Rights in Yemen
As war takes a toll on millions of women and girls, local activists are pushing to be included in future peace negotiations.
Overlooked No More: Pandita Ramabai, Indian Scholar, Feminist and Educator
Ramabai traveled around India in the 19th century to give lectures on women’s emancipation and established one of the country’s first women’s shelters and schools.
Britain’s Equal Pay Day Highlights Gender Gap
Groups around the world highlight a gender gap by noting the day of the year — in Britain, it’s Nov. 10 — when women would start working without pay, relative to men’s annual earnings.