4+ hour, 2+ min ago  (1199+ words) Sima Samar has spent a lifetime working for the ideals of a country that no longer exists, but even in exile she dreams of rebuilding for a second time The peace of the graveyard has descended upon Afghanistan. "Afghanistan might…...

4+ hour, 2+ min ago  (426+ words) Revelation of Instagram spurs retired Catholic devotees in Abruzzo to gain millions of views with upbeat videos For years, the mostly closed-off lives of the nuns living in a retirement home in Raiano, a mountain village in Italy's Abruzzo region,…...

23+ hour, 2+ min ago  (131+ words) Twenty years ago, John Hancock had dinner with his mother, Gina Rinehart. He says it's the last positive interaction he had with her. In an in-depth interview, he explains how his relationship with his mother fell apart and discusses a…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (635+ words) Despite fresh attempts to make women cover up, many believe the regime wouldn't risk mass arrests for fear of sparking a wave of popular unrest last seen after the killing of Mahsa Amini Under Iran's "hijab and chastity" law, which…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (244+ words) Department of Veterans Affairs says justice department found procedure not to be legally sound The Department of Veterans Affairs can no longer provide abortions to veterans, including in cases of rape or incest, following a Department of Justice memo that…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (774+ words) Ireland's 2015 Gender Recognition Act was born in an era of optimism and consensus, but as gender-critical activism grows so does debate whether it can hold Soon after Ireland passed its Gender Recognition Act in 2015, Kevin Humphreys, a Labour politician, visited…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (1032+ words) CPS says new law marked "significant shift in recognising serious nature" of offence, often linked to domestic abuse and sexual assault The number of suspects charged for strangulation and suffocation in England and Wales has increased almost sixfold in the…...

3+ day, 29+ min ago  (335+ words) Sue O'Sullivan and Miriam David on being part of the women's liberation movement, in response to a long read by Susanna Rustin on the Sex Discrimination Act. Plus a letter from Paul F Faupel We write as "members" of the…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (837+ words) Guardian investigation reveals at least 119 direct attacks on hospitals and delivery wards since start of wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan Thirty women were sheltering in the Saudi maternity hospital in El Fasher, Sudan, on 28 October when the massacre began....

5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (583+ words) Bari Weiss is touting a new debate series at the network as the billionaire Ellisons" media power grows Has feminism failed women? I know that may seem like a silly question to ask when women"s rights are declining around…...