Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) It is an unimaginably hideous outcome. To be raped by your cousin’s husband; be jailed for adultery as your attacker was married; to suffer the ignominy of global uproar about your jailing and assault, but be pardoned by presidential decree; and then to endure the shame and rejection from a conservative society that […]

NEW YORK—Naila Amin was an American teenager who wore pink velour suits and smoked cigarettes. She had a contagious, loud laugh, and envisioned herself as a police officer when she grew up. Fast forward four months, Naila found herself trapped as a 15-year-old wife in Pakistan. Ten days after her forced marriage, she rebelled by […]

Last Sunday, a group of students at the University of South Dakota planned to attend a screening of our film, Honor Diaries, a documentary focused on the abuses women face under the honor system. The film follows the stories of nine women’s rights activists — of Christian, Sikh, and Muslim backgrounds — as they tackle […]

Mariam was a sixth-grader in Toronto when her family started pressuring her to get engaged. They sent her on a summer trip to their native Pakistan, ostensibly to study but actually to meet a fiance chosen by her aunt. When she protested after returning home, she said, her mother kept insisting and wearing her down. […]

Child sexual abuse grooming is a ‘massive issue’ for Huddersfield, a law firm has said. West Yorkshire law firm Makin Dixon, which has offices on Queen Street, says it has been dealing with a marked increase in cases of girls being groomed for sex by older men. The company has been working to obtain injunctions […]

One day in March 2011, Fraidy Reiss went to her lawyer’s office to close on a house. The prosaic routine of paperwork somehow diminished her sense of accomplishment. Not even the seller was present to hear what she yearned to say. She was only buying a small patch of lawn in a blue-collar neighbourhood. Yet […]

Halo Project at Middlesbrough Town Hall for the “Make It Happen’ Event #IWD #Haloproject

International Women’s Day celebrates women’s achievements throughout history and across nations.  The theme, ‘Make It Happen’, seeks to recognise the social, political and economic advancements of women, while highlighting areas that still need to be addressed. Its aim is to raise awareness locally and to engage with women and families in the Teesside area and offer […]