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Women can be inducted into National Defence Academy from next year, Centre informs Supreme Court

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"We complement the ASG for taking a pro-active approach in persuading Armed Forces to take a gender-equal approach,” remarked the SC Bench.
World

After Joe Biden, US State Dept shows signs of declining mental health, expresses disappointment over lack of women in Taliban govt

OpIndia Staff -
The Taliban does not quite hold women in high regards especially because of stricter implementation of the Islamic Sharia.
News Reports

‘A woman without a Hijab is like a sliced melon’: Talibani radical’s statement shows what Islamists think about women

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A BBC journalist shared a video wherein a Taliban member was seen comparing 'uncovered' women to sliced melons.
News Reports

Maharashtra: Muslim women distribute pamphlets, get minor non-Muslim girls to wear hijab in Nagpur near CM house

OpIndia Staff -
Girls Islamic Organisation is the women's wing of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, an Islamic organisation which was formed in 1948 in Jamia Nagar, Delhi. Jamaat-e-Islami Hind was twice banned by the Government of India.
News Reports

Ghaziabad: 3 FIRs filed against Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati for his vile remarks against women in viral video

OpIndia Staff -
Narsinghanand defended his comments made in the video saying they were taken out of context and that the video was “heavily edited”.
News Reports

Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati’s video where he calls women in politics as ‘rakhail’ of politicians goes viral, netizens demand action

OpIndia Staff -
Netizens have demanded action against Yati Narsinghanand for abusing women even as he donned saffron robes.
Culture and History

Alauddin Khilji’s attack on Chittorgarh: The legend of Rani Padmini and the enduring Islamist legacy of brutalising women

Jinit Jain -
Alauddin Khilji had attacked and captured the Chittorgarh fort on 26 August 1303 in a historic and brutal battle
News Reports

From banning music, co-education to barring female employees to join work, the Taliban is back to imposing restrictions on women

OpIndia Staff -
After promising rights of women in media interviews, the Taliban has started imposing restrictions on women in Afghanistan
World

Co-founder of all-girls Afghan school burns her students’ records to protect young girls amidst fear of persecution

OpIndia Staff -
The principal of the School of Leadership Afghanistan (SOLA) said her aim was to protect students and their families from the Taliban.
News Reports

Talibanis set an Afghan woman on fire for ‘bad cooking’, alleges activist

OpIndia Staff -
Najla Ayoubi, a former Afghan judge and activist, revealed that the Taliban fighters set ablaze a woman because they were not satisfied with a meal she prepared.
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