honor violence

4 min read 2021-04-13 23:30:06

Turkey Refuses to Protect Its Women — and What That Means for the World

People wearing protective masks stroll at Eminonu district amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Istanbul, Turkey March 3, 2021.

3 min read 2020-05-25 19:56:49

Not COVID-19 nor the month of Ramadan when acts of kindness are supposed to increase stopped recent honor killings (Illustrative photo: Wikimedia

1 min read 2020-04-07 18:07:53

(Illustrative photo: Pixabay) Meet Rachael Bell, a forensic psychologist who sat across from honor killers in therapy sessions to determine whether

2 min read 2020-03-29 20:35:53

Due to a distorted view of honor, women and girls are being denied treatment for coronavirus (Illustrative photo: Reuters) Due to the pervasive

2 min read 2020-03-09 15:03:56

Women celebrate Women’s Day in the USA at the Statue of Liberty (Photo: Lars Niki/Getty Images) On March 8, International Women’s Day, I sent a

1 min read 2020-03-02 16:44:56

Taliban supporters celebrate the historic agreement signed between the US and the Taliban (Photo: BANARAS KHAN/AFP via Getty Images) The U.S. signed

2 min read 2020-02-12 18:32:24

(Illustrative photo: Clarion Project) Charging full steam toward the regressive treatment of women, Turkey has a law pending punishing women for

2 min read 2019-12-24 19:12:25

Geeti, Zainab and Sahar Shafia were honor killed along with their father’s first wife, Rona Amir Mohammad (Trial evidence) Tooba Yahya, a convicted

5 min read 2019-11-10 17:58:50

Girls from Crescent High School participate in the American Muslim Day parade in New York City. The school’s website, which includes pictures of

4 min read 2019-09-04 17:17:32

Isra Gharib, the victim of the Palestinian honor killing (Photo: social media) A horrific Palestinian honor killing got the attention of

2 min read 2019-07-16 12:14:46

A Sri Lankan vendor shows a niqab (full-face veil) at a shop selling clothes for Muslim women. The government banned wearing face coverings in public

3 min read 2019-06-02 19:42:47

A chide bride in Afghanistan (Illustrative photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images) The scandal involving a child bride at a radical Philadelphia mosque

1 min read 2019-06-02 17:49:15

Female members of the Indonesian Special Army Forces demonstrate their skills at an exhibition (Photo: ADEK BERRY/AFP/Getty Images) If you are a

1 min read 2019-05-20 12:51:25

A Rohingya refugee girl waits to collect relief materials in a Bangladeshi refugee camp. (Illustrative Photo: MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images) The

1 min read 2019-04-21 16:37:36

A protest against the murder of 19-year-old Nusrat Jahan Rafi, who was burned to death in Bangladesh on the orders of her head teacher after she