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Hard-line Islamist students are protesting in the Afghan capital demanding the repeal of a presidential decree for women's rights that they say is un-Islamic.More than 200 male students protested in front of Kabul University on Wednesday against the decree, which includes a ban on child marriage and forced marriage, makes domestic violence a crime and says rape victims cannot be prosecuted for adultery.Protester Fazel Hadi, 25, said the decree was "imposed by foreigners" and violates Islamic Shariah law.Conservative lawmakers on Saturday blocked enshrining the decree's provisions in legislation.The backlash highlights the tenuousness of women's rights provisions enacted in the 12 years since the ouster of the hard-line Taliban regime. The international force that toppled the Taliban is now preparing to withdraw....
A Pakistani human rights activist who founded an all-girls school said the Taliban was "more afraid of the books than bombs" as he and his 15-year-old daughter, who ...
In case you didn't think the UN could get even more bizarre (and dangerous), try this one. Iran will soon become the President of the Conference on Disarmament. The ...
One of the most liberal members of the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg could be expected to give a rousing defense of Roe v. Wade in reflecting on th...
Scores of scantily clad women grabbed attention at mosques and Tunisian embassies all over Europe on Thursday by participating in "Topless Jihad" rallies to protest ...
The former lawyer for the Tunisian woman who posted pictures of herself topless to advocate for women's rights says she has escaped from her family and is now with f...
She was shot in the head by the Taliban and made headlines, captured hearts, and inspired millions around the world.Now Malala Yousafzai is continuing to speak out f...
The Suryanelli girl goes to the office in the morning with her long, wavy hair neatly combed, tiny gold earrings glinting, packed lunch in hand, like a normal workin...
Bewilderment, scorn, resentment. Women's rights activists across the Middle East are reacting with everything but joy to topless demonstrations in Europe by a Ukrain...
The homespun Afghan burqa is under siege from east and west these days — cut-price competition from China, and Western influences that are leading many urban women t...
A 17-year-old Indian girl has exposed Islamic sex tourism in India after escaping from a one-month "contract marriage" that her family arranged.Muslim women's rights...
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Political critic and activist Dr. Noam Chomsky talks to Alan about his thoughts on the current administration and his new book "Nuclear War & Environmental Catastrophe".
The number of Afghan women and girls jailed for "moral crimes" has risen dramatically in the past 18 months, raising concerns that gains in women's rights might be r...
An Afghan legislator says conservative lawmakers have blocked a law that aims to protect women's freedoms, saying parts of it violate Islamic principles.The failure ...
Former NAACP Chairman Julian Bond is on with Alan and calls the Tea Party a "Stalinist religion" and its members "Cafeteria Christians".
Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked a law on Saturday that aims to protect women's freedoms, with some arguing that parts of it violate Islamic p...
Omnia Hegazy uses music to change perceptions
Berkshire Hathaway shareholders talk about why 35,000 people make the trek to the annual meeting, and if the meeting would still be a draw without CEO Warren Buffett.
An outspoken nationalist mayor said the Japanese military's forced prostitution of Asian women before and during World War II was necessary to "maintain discipline" ...
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