Gender Equity

Why 25-year-old Mahnoor Omer took Pakistan to court over periods

Sanitary pads in Pakistan carry up to 40 percent taxes. That amounts to punishing women, say critics – for being women.

Japan’s LDP elects Takaichi as new leader, likely to be first female PM

If elected, Takaichi will face a host of issues, including an ageing population and growing unease about immigration.

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‘Stop killing women’: Australian mother vows to be voice for slain daughter

Alicia Little was killed by her partner in 2017. Her killer was released from jail after two years and eight months.

‘Cut in secret’: Gambia anti-FGM activists fear babies targeted despite ban

The practice was banned a decade ago but authorities are struggling to clamp down on culprits.

Worshippers listen to Imam Ibrahima Diane deliver his sermon at the Great Mosque of Nietty Mbar in Thiaroye, a suburb of Dakar. [Sylvain Cherkaoui/AP Photo]

Merchants walk past the Great Mosque of Nietty Mbar. [Sylvain Cherkaoui/AP Photo]

In Senegal, as in many other West African countries with large rural or conservative populations, men often have the final say in major household decisions, including those related to health. [Sylvain Cherkaoui/AP Photo]

Imam Ibrahima Diane, left, talks with El Hadj Malick, coordinator of the “school for husbands” programme at the Great Mosque of Nietty Mbar. [Sylvain Cherkaoui/AP Photo]

The programme now operates in more than 20 schools throughout Senegal, and more than 300 men have been trained. [Sylvain Cherkaoui/AP Photo]

A woman prays in the designated women's section at the Great Mosque of Nietty Mbar. [Sylvain Cherkaoui/AP Photo]

Diane regularly delivers sermons during Friday prayers, in which he discusses issues around gender and reproductive health, from gender-based violence to combating stigma surrounding HIV. [Sylvain Cherkaoui/AP Photo]