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98-day maternity leave not enough, group says, as it fights for 180

March 08, 2024

The current Thai maternity leave law allows women to focus on their child for 98 days while dealing with the stresses of pregnancy and childbirth.

One year after Taliban takeover: The Afghan women who don't give up

August 14, 2022

On August 15 last year, Taliban militants seize Kabul. The Taliban's return to power led to the deprivation of many Afghan women's rights. But some of them are still fighting for their right to this day.

Spain to draw up laws to abolish prostitution

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 08, 2022

Spain voted on Tuesday in favour of a proposal to draw up legislation to abolish prostitution, cracking down further on pimping and introducing tougher penalties for men buying sex in a controversial initiative that has split the women's rights movement.

Spanish parliament approves law qualifying all non-consensual sex as rape

FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2022

Spain's lower house of parliament on Thursday passed a bill that qualifies all non-consensual sex as rape in response to social outrage after the so-called Wolf Pack case gave momentum to the women's rights movement in the country four years ago.

Activists call for end to all discrimination against women

SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 2017

WOMEN’S RIGHTS are still not fully respected in Thailand, say campaigners, even though it is 32 years since the country ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).

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98-day maternity leave not enough, group says, as it fights for 180

One year after Taliban takeover: The Afghan women who don't give up

Spain to draw up laws to abolish prostitution

Spanish parliament approves law qualifying all non-consensual sex as rape

Activists call for end to all discrimination against women