International Women’s Day

In honor of International Women’s Day, Project Masam, a Saudi initiative aimed at clearing landmines in Yemen, hosted a dinner banquet last Friday, March 8, to commemorate the occasion in the capital city of Riyadh. A group of ladies…
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The UN envoy in Afghanistan warned on Wednesday that a Taliban administration crackdown on women’s rights is likely to lead to a drop in aid and development funding in the country, where women fear being cut from public life as much as…
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Women in Turkiye braved an official ban on an International Women’s Day march in Istanbul, demonstrating for about two hours before police used tear gas to disperse remaining protesters and detained several people. Thousands converged on…
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Fast-food chain Burger King found itself on the griddle and getting burnt over an offensive tongue-in-cheek tweet on International Women’s Day that backfired massively on the burger brand. “Women belong in the kitchen,” the now-deleted…
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