UPDATES: From Afghanistan — “Even If They Threaten to Shut Our Schools, We Will Fight for Education”
Matiullah Wesa, whose Pen Path has opened more than 100 schools in Afghanistan: “Please don’t take away our education and our rights.”
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Author: Deepa Parent
UPDATES: Who is Poisoning Iran’s Schoolgirls?
Observers believe Iran’s regime, including Revolutionary Guards, may be behind organophosphate poisoning of schoolgirls in cities such as Qom and Boroujerd.
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Iran Protests: “They Gagged Us With Our Hijabs” — The Abuse and Rape of Detainees
Testimony from detainees raped by security personnel during Iran’s nationwide protests: “They should be the ones who feel humiliated, instead of us victims”
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Iranian women in a demonstration over compulsory hijab and the death in custody of Mahsa Amini,...
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Iran Video: Why Protesters Risk Everything for Freedom
Speaking with Iran’s protesters for freedom and justice: “They do not want us to call this ‘protests’ anymore. They tell me this is the Iranian Revolution.”
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India’s Women Cautious About Extension of Abortion Rights
India’s women look beyond “historic” Supreme Court decision on abortion rights to concerns about class inequality and prejudice maintaining barriers.
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