Mostly women pick cotton in Pakistan – they are poorly paid and exposed to health risks

Catholic nuns try to help young women in Zambia to escape poverty

Labour activist Nazma Akter assesses developments in Bangladesh’s textiles factories

Why Victorian norms still permeate South Asian laws

Pakistan ends shameful practice of virginity testing in prosecution of sexualised violence

In Nigeria childless couples face ostracism – and women suffer in particular Webheadline: Infertility is a human -rights issue

Despite the pandemic, UNICEF never lost sight of its commitment to gender equality

Civil-society organisations are calling for the empowerment of disabled women who have experienced violence

According to a Burundian saying, he who lacks a good woman lacks wealth

In Arab countries, examples prove that patriarchal family traditions can indeed be changed