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Jan 01

UN official meets Taliban deputy premier over women’s rights in Afghanistan

By Associated Press

A senior U.N. official in Afghanistan met on Sunday the deputy prime minister of the Taliban-led government to discuss a ban on women working for non-governmental groups that Afghan authorities have announced in a series of measures rolling back women's…

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Dec 24

Taliban bans women from working for domestic, foreign NGOs in Afghanistan

By Riazat Butt, Associated Press

The Taliban government on Saturday ordered all foreign and domestic non-governmental groups in Afghanistan to suspend employing women, allegedly because some female employees didn't wear the Islamic headscarf correctly.

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Dec 22

Taliban’s higher education minister defends ban on women from universities

By Associated Press

The minister of higher education in the Taliban government on Thursday defended his decision to ban women from universities — a decree that had triggered a global backlash.

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Dec 21

Afghan women weep over university ban as Taliban begin enforcement

By Associated Press

The country's Taliban rulers a day earlier ordered women nationwide to stop attending private and public universities effective immediately and until further notice.

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Dec 08

Iran announces execution of prisoner arrested in protests

By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

Activists warn that others could also be put to death in the near future, saying that at least a dozen people so far have received death sentences over their involvement in the demonstrations.

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Nov 06

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How a historic Nashville hotel played a key role in women’s suffrage

By Cat Wise, Claire Mufson

Nashville, Tennessee has a historic connection to the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote in 1920. Special correspondent Cat Wise visited the Hermitage Hotel, built in 1910 just steps from the state Capitol, where a hard-fought battle…

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Oct 12

Iran protests reach 19 cities despite internet disruption

By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

Protests have swept across at least 19 cities in Iran sparked by the death of a 22-year-old woman earlier detained by the country's morality police.

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Sep 30

Kuwait vote shakes up parliament amid political gridlock

By Associated Press

Voters in Kuwait have chosen to shake up their parliament, sending conservative Islamist figures and two women to the assembly in the Gulf Arab nation's second election in less than two years.

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Sep 29

India’s top court rules abortions up to 24 weeks legal, regardless of marital status

By Bhumika Saraswati, Associated Press

Previously, under Indian law, married women could have abortions up to 24 weeks into their pregnancies, but single women were limited to 20 weeks. On Thursday, the court extended the 24-week period to all women.

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Sep 18

UN calls Taliban’s exclusion of Afghan girls from high schools ‘shameful’

By Patrick Whittle, Associated Press

The United Nations on Sunday called for Afghanistan's Taliban rulers to reopen schools to girls in grades 7-12, calling the anniversary of their exclusion from high school “shameful.”…

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