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The Taliban had already barred teenage girls from secondary school, and women have been pushed out of many government jobs, prevented from travelling without a male relative and ordered to cover up outside of the home, ideally with a burqa.

A Los Angeles jury has found rapper and singer Tory Lanez guilty of three charges related to the July 2020 shooting of fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion.

Women were prohibited from pursuing careers in engineering, economics, veterinary medicine, agriculture, and the media.

Taliban internally divided on girls’ education, interviews with senior members over the past year reveal.

The female association leader said that female hunters are now given prominence by the male-dominated organization after being installed by Umar Muhammed Tola as national chairperson of the hunters association in Zing.

“The creation of a new FIFA Women’s Club World Cup, a new Futsal Women’s World Cup and the expansion of the Olympic Games Women’s tournament from 12 to 16 teams have been endorsed,’’ the statement read.

Female employees at Klasha receive five days of paid menstruation leave per year in addition to the annual and sick days to which they are legally entitled.

In the ongoing series, Document Women highlights noteworthy news related to women and girls around the world. This post covers from December 11 to December 17.

The woman added that once she complained to her former employer, they told her she had “dressed and behaved provocatively.” For privacy reasons, neither the woman nor the company is being named.

Twenty-nine countries voted in favour of expelling Iran, eight countries voted against it (including Nigeria, Russia, and China), and sixteen countries did not participate in the vote.