Outrage over the attack has led to renewed calls for the passage of a long stalled anti-discrimination bill and other legal protections.

Friba Rezayee, the first woman to represent Afghanistan at the Olympics, said Afghan women should still be allowed to participate as part of the IOC Refugee Olympic Team.

The law, a social reform that Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s liberal-leaning government pledged when it took office in 2021, will take effect on November 1.

Abortion is a highly divisive issue in the traditionally Roman Catholic country, which has one of the most restrictive laws in Europe.

The Congress party and the Communist Party of India will include in their legislative agenda a law to recognise same-sex civil unions, if they win enough votes.

Projected trends suggest that the central and local governments need to enhance support for elderly people in areas such as nursing care.

Ní Leannáin said she felt like a ‘rabbit in the headlights’ when the demand was made by Dublin Airport security.

Finding Her Beat is a documentary feature film about a historic women’s taiko drumming performance in the US, with many involved in the project from the Asian-American and LGBTQ communities.

Study finds disparity between men and women has grown in China, with researchers seeing the ‘magnitude of the ‘she-cession’, where the Covid-induced economic slowdown disproportionately impacted the female labour force.

Iranian-French actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi, who won best actress at Cannes 2022 for Holy Spider, talks about her films that portray people defying Iran’s strict laws, and advocating for women’s rights.

The man punched and kicked the store worker, resulting in multiple injuries, and also injured a shopper who attempted to intervene.

Readers discuss the recent changes to the policy allowing transgender individuals to change their gender on their ID cards, and the waste-charging scheme.

Journalist Shiori Ito’s documentary Black Box Diaries is a soul-baring examination of her sexual assault by a high-profile journalist and her fight for justice that pushed the #MeToo movement in Japan.

The ruling – coming in a key swing state just months ahead of the US presidential election – allows for doctors to be jailed for up to five years.

Sport’s governing body says it has taken the decision, which comes into immediate effect, ‘following detailed review of the science’.

Europe’s top rights court on Tuesday ruled that Switzerland was not doing enough to tackle climate change, in its first such ruling against a state on the issue.

Trump said he favours exceptions for cases of rape, incest and saving life of the mother. Call for national ban could have hurt his chances in states likely to determine November election.

The Vatican reaffirmed its opposition to sex changes, gender theory and surrogate parenthood, as well as abortion and euthanasia, just four months after supporting blessings for same-sex couples.

A young woman in China who is bravely taking long solo hikes so she can experience a sense of freedom has stunned online observers who think her exposure to the elements has damaged her complexion.

Four arrests were made in connection to a website promising women opportunities to ‘earn tens of millions of yen a month’ in the US sex industry.

With homelessness, starvation and illness all around, the families fear the future they had hoped for their children is gone.

The Philippine government has been criticised for lacking a crisis response programme to help Palestinian refugees.

Swimming sensation Siobhan Haughey takes the Post through the process that led to her becoming the most accomplished Hong Kong competitor of all time in the pool.

Soul Sisters Pakistan acted as a support group for women who discussed issues often deemed inappropriate to discuss publicly in conservative, Muslim-majority Pakistan.

The cost of traditional bride prices and dowries in eastern China has spiralled out of control so officials are pursuing unique policies to address the problem.

A career-focused famous singer In Malaysia has shocked her fans and divided online opinion by deciding to allow her husband to have a second wife so that she can focus on her own development.

Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn’s 2009 book Half the Sky opened the eyes of Natalie Chow, co-founder of Hong Kong-based sustainable and ethical shoe brand Kibo, to human trafficking and slavery.