Activism
This week, women took to the streets of Iran, India and Hungary to protest for their rights, calling for justice for Mahsa Amini, who died after she was arrested by Iranian police over her hijab, and teen sisters who were raped and murdered in India, as well as the right to abortion.
Activism
Protests have broken out in Iran after a 22-year-old woman who was detained by the morality police died while in custody.
Featured
This week, women called for an end to femicide in Mexico, protested against the monarchy in Thailand and spoke up for LGBTQ rights in Iran.
Activism
Two LGBTQ activists in Iran have been sentenced to death for “corruption on earth”.
Featured
From Spain to Iran to India, here are some of the inspiring women you should know about this week.
Featured
Women in Iran were officially allowed to attend a domestic soccer match for the first time in more than 40 years, according to state media.
Activism
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian charity worker, who was imprisoned for six years in Iran for “allegedly plotting to topple the Iranian regime” has been released and returned home to the UK.
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Mona Heydari, a 17-year-old girl, has been allegedly beheaded by her husband in Iran’s Khuzestan province for “dishonoring” her family.
LGBTQ
Ali “Alireza” Fazeli Monfared, a 20-year-old gay Iranian man, was allegedly killed by his family after they found out he was gay, on Saturday May 4.
Women
Iran’s only female Olympic medalist Kimia Alizadeh, who defected from Iran, will under white flag for the Tokyo Olympics.
Women
Sahar Tabar, a 19-year-old Iranian Instagram influencer famous for her heavily distorted selfies that resembled a zombie-like Angelina Jolie, has reportedly been freed from prison after she was given a 10 year sentence earlier this month.
Activism
Ruhollah Zam, an Iranian activist and journalist, has been executed after he was accused of inciting mass anti-government protests that rocked Iran between 2017 and 2018.