Author: Azeezat Okunlola
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Over 500,000 Women and Children Face “Systematic Rape,” and Sexual Enslavement as They Flee North Korea
In the ‘Red Zone’ border between China and North Korea, children as young as 12 are often targeted for sexual violence and sexually exploited by organised crime gangs.
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Stanbic IBTC Holdings Names Nwuneli Independent Non-Executive Director
Mrs Nwuneli has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics with high honours from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.
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Salima Tete Wins Emerging Women’s Player of the Year Award
Salima has been a key player for India for the past several years, and she was recently honoured as the Women’s Asia Cup’s Emerging Player of the Tournament in Muscat.
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US Envoy: The New Year To Be Decisive for Afghan and Iranian Women and Girls
The Taliban, however, have labelled the Persian New Year celebration as “un-Islamic and alien culture,” and hence have forbade its observance.
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Report: Hybrid Work Approach Proven Harmful to Women’s Advancement, Expands Existing Inequalities
Women may find it more difficult to fully participate in hybrid workplaces because of the persistent gender gap in technology skill sets among workers making the shift to new modes of work.
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Women Can Now Pray Tarawih At the Eidgah in Lucknow, India.
This year, Imam Eidgah Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahali has announced that a section of the Eidgah would be set aside for women to pray the Tarawih namaz for Ramadan.
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Binani: Female Voters Demonstrate Against Suspected Fraud In Adamawa’s Governorship Election
Remi Adiukwu led a group that issued a warning about attempts to subvert the decision of the people in the stymied governorship election results in Adamawa.
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Binani: Female Voters Demonstrate Against Suspected Fraud In Adamawa’s Governorship Election
Remi Adiukwu led a group that issued a warning about attempts to subvert the decision of the people in the stymied governorship election results in Adamawa.
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Women Meet IG, Demand Arrest of Minister Sandeep Singh Over Sexual Assault
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed to investigate sexual harassment claims against Singh has requested permission to conduct a brain mapping test on Singh.
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Selena Gomez, Rema, Speak In Favour of Iranian Girls Detained For Dancing In Public
The Iranian security authorities imprisoned the teenagers for 48 hours after they shared a video of themselves on TikTok in which they were not wearing hijab.