Indian parliament sets aside 33% of seats for women
However, the legislation will not be enforced during the general election due in May 2024.
India cabinet approves bill to reserve a third of lower house seats for women
The announcement comes eight months before general elections are due by May 2024.
In Japan, a third of today's 18-year-old women may not have children, study finds
The number of children in Japan has been falling for more than four decades as the appetite for marriage and parenting has waned and financial worries have grown, surveys show.
India's Modi calls alleged Manipur sexual assault 'shameful', promises tough action
The videos on social media purport to show two women paraded naked and assaulted on a street before what townspeople on the videos say was a gang rape.
'Just do it': A woman lorry driver's advice to girls
Kahmani Murugan believes in the importance of chasing dreams, no matter what others may say.
Kahmani, the woman trailer driver
Kahmani Murugan follows in her father's footsteps, navigating the giant vehicles with skill and patience.
Iran resorts to security cameras, ostracism to deter unveiled women
The methods combine use of security cameras with denial of state services to violators, replacing the morality police whose actions were the flashpoint for the months of unrest.
UN meeting seeks ways to press Taliban on women's rights
Since ousting a foreign-backed government in August 2021, the Taliban authorities have imposed an austere sharia law that the UN has labelled 'gender-based apartheid'.
Iran says no school poisonings, blames foreign 'enemies'
It also cites mischievousness and mass hysteria among students.
China 'concerned' about impact of Afghan policies on women's rights
The comments at a regional summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan come after a decision by the conservative Taliban authorities to bar women from working for the United Nations sparked international outrage.
Iran police plan 'smart cameras' to nab unveiled women
They say those who remove their hijab in public places 'will be warned first and presented to the courts as a next step'.
Afghan girls struggle with poor internet as they turn to online classes
Taliban officials have closed girls' highschools, barred their access to universities and stopped most women from working at non-governmental organisations.
