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Afghan Women Shift From Burqas To Abayas Amid Taliban Restrictions
Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban's oppression of women.
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"No To Religious Rule": Hundreds Protest For Democracy, Women's Rights In Syria
In Damascus's Ummayad Square, hundreds gathered Thursday, demanding a democratic state that includes women in public life, marking the first such demonstration since Islamist-led rebels toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.
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Key Reactions After US Supreme Court Ends Right To Abortion
The US Supreme Court's decision to end constitutional protections for abortion fulfills a long-cherished goal of conservatives and the religious right, while devastating defenders of women's reproductive freedoms.
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"School Uniform A Reasonable Restriction": 5 Points On Big Hijab Order
The Karnataka High Court today ruled that wearing of Hijab is not an essential religious practice of the Islamic faith. Muslim women students had told the court that wearing the hijab was a fundamental right guaranteed under India's constitution.
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Women Workers Must Cover Up 'Even With A Blanket', Say Taliban
Women working in Afghan government departments must cover up -- even with a blanket if necessary -- or they may lose their jobs, the Taliban's religious police said Tuesday.
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UP Government's Ordinance Aimed At Protecting Women's Rights: Smriti Irani
Union Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday said the Uttar Pradesh government' s draft ordinance to deal with religious conversions solely for marriage was aimed at ensuring protection of women's rights and all irrespective of ideology should support it.
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Top Court Will Frame Issues, Hear Faith Vs Rights For Women And Religion
Supreme Court has agreed to consider 'faith vs rights' issues related to discrimination against women in various religions and religious places, including Kerala's Sabarimala Temple, in a potentially landmark hearing scheduled to start next week
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Supreme Court Sets 10-Day Deadline For Cases Of Women's Religious Rights
The Supreme Court today said that its nine-judge Constitution bench would wrap up within 10 days proceedings in the matter relating to discrimination against women in various religions and at religious places including Kerala's Sabarimala Temple.
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Amid Sabarimala Row, Arun Jaitley Sees Constitutionalists-Devotees Divide
Amid the raging row over the entry of women in Sabarimala temple, Union minister Arun Jaitley today said the debate between "constitutionalists" and "devotees" is not confined to India, it is a global issue. "The constitutionalists believe that first there is the Supreme Court and thereafter there is a god, but devotees feel otherwise... "There wil...
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"My Daughters Won't Go To Sabarimala": Ex-Temple Board Head On Verdict
As the Supreme Court today ended a centuries-old restriction on women entering Kerala's renowned Sabarimala temple, its former head declared that his family would not follow the order. A five-judge Supreme Court bench said denying entry to women only because they are menstruating violates the constitutional right to equality and is "almost like unt...
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Split US Supreme Court Weighs Key Birth Control Case
Religious and secular views on women's rights over their bodies take center stage at the US Supreme Court today, with the justices hearing arguments in a controversial case involving Obamacare and birth control.
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Successful Games Launch Asia's Golden Age of Sport
Incheon Asian Games was hailed as a brilliant success and a model for future multi-sports events despite being tarnished by doping, crime and rows over religious freedom, women's rights and judging.
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Hundreds of Yazidi Women Held Captive by Militants in Iraq: Official
The spokesman for Iraq's human rights ministry says hundreds of women from the Yazidi religious minority have been taken captive by militants from the Islamic State group.
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Afghan Women Shift From Burqas To Abayas Amid Taliban Restrictions
Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban's oppression of women.
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"No To Religious Rule": Hundreds Protest For Democracy, Women's Rights In Syria
In Damascus's Ummayad Square, hundreds gathered Thursday, demanding a democratic state that includes women in public life, marking the first such demonstration since Islamist-led rebels toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.
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Key Reactions After US Supreme Court Ends Right To Abortion
The US Supreme Court's decision to end constitutional protections for abortion fulfills a long-cherished goal of conservatives and the religious right, while devastating defenders of women's reproductive freedoms.
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"School Uniform A Reasonable Restriction": 5 Points On Big Hijab Order
The Karnataka High Court today ruled that wearing of Hijab is not an essential religious practice of the Islamic faith. Muslim women students had told the court that wearing the hijab was a fundamental right guaranteed under India's constitution.
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Women Workers Must Cover Up 'Even With A Blanket', Say Taliban
Women working in Afghan government departments must cover up -- even with a blanket if necessary -- or they may lose their jobs, the Taliban's religious police said Tuesday.
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UP Government's Ordinance Aimed At Protecting Women's Rights: Smriti Irani
Union Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday said the Uttar Pradesh government' s draft ordinance to deal with religious conversions solely for marriage was aimed at ensuring protection of women's rights and all irrespective of ideology should support it.
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Top Court Will Frame Issues, Hear Faith Vs Rights For Women And Religion
Supreme Court has agreed to consider 'faith vs rights' issues related to discrimination against women in various religions and religious places, including Kerala's Sabarimala Temple, in a potentially landmark hearing scheduled to start next week
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Supreme Court Sets 10-Day Deadline For Cases Of Women's Religious Rights
The Supreme Court today said that its nine-judge Constitution bench would wrap up within 10 days proceedings in the matter relating to discrimination against women in various religions and at religious places including Kerala's Sabarimala Temple.
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Amid Sabarimala Row, Arun Jaitley Sees Constitutionalists-Devotees Divide
Amid the raging row over the entry of women in Sabarimala temple, Union minister Arun Jaitley today said the debate between "constitutionalists" and "devotees" is not confined to India, it is a global issue. "The constitutionalists believe that first there is the Supreme Court and thereafter there is a god, but devotees feel otherwise... "There wil...
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"My Daughters Won't Go To Sabarimala": Ex-Temple Board Head On Verdict
As the Supreme Court today ended a centuries-old restriction on women entering Kerala's renowned Sabarimala temple, its former head declared that his family would not follow the order. A five-judge Supreme Court bench said denying entry to women only because they are menstruating violates the constitutional right to equality and is "almost like unt...
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Split US Supreme Court Weighs Key Birth Control Case
Religious and secular views on women's rights over their bodies take center stage at the US Supreme Court today, with the justices hearing arguments in a controversial case involving Obamacare and birth control.
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Successful Games Launch Asia's Golden Age of Sport
Incheon Asian Games was hailed as a brilliant success and a model for future multi-sports events despite being tarnished by doping, crime and rows over religious freedom, women's rights and judging.
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Hundreds of Yazidi Women Held Captive by Militants in Iraq: Official
The spokesman for Iraq's human rights ministry says hundreds of women from the Yazidi religious minority have been taken captive by militants from the Islamic State group.
