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We are so proud to have launched the 40Braids Women Film’s Caravan yesterday in Paris. We want to tell you why.

Nous sommes tellement fier.ère.s d’avoir lancé la Caravane de Films de Femmes 40Braids, hier à Paris. Voici pourquoi.

In this 6th edition of the Simorgh Peace Prize, Armanshahr lauded “Protectors of cultural heritage and written heritage” resisting war, destruction and oblivion aiming to protect “collective memory” and awarded them the lapis lazuli Simorgh Peace Statute in Kabul.

A new superhero called Uyatman appeared on the scene in Kazakhstan. As long as Uyatman was on patrol, the public could rest safe in the knowledge that women would not be caught out and about behaving indecently.

In Bishkek, protesters gathered on the central square demanding measures to reduce the Chinese presence.

Uzbekistan’s president has issued a decree that allows unmarried couples to share rooms in hotels.

The laws on domestic violence prevention in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan need to be developed and completed with more detailed prevention and protection mechanisms, according to experts from the countries.

Human Wrongs Watch Continued denial of the facts and evidence of gross human rights violations by Myanmar is a clear indication of the country’s “lack of interest” in establishing a fully functioning democracy based on […]

The conviction of former Khmer rouge leaders for forced marriages & sexual crimes stemming from them and their qualification as crimes against humanity set an important precedent in international law. The court’s verdict ensured that the perpetrators of forced marriages were properly punished & victims received justice.”Guissou Jahangiri, FIDH Vice President

Pakistan : A proposed bill sent to Pakistan’s Senate that seeks to end child marriage.