Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Jailed Iranian Women’s Rights Activist
Narges Mohammadi was honored for her fight against the oppression of women by Iran’s government. She is currently serving a 10-year prison sentence in Tehran.
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Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins Nobel Peace Prize
Iran’s jailed women’s rights advocate Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a rebuke to Tehran’s theocratic leaders and boost for anti-government protesters.
Who Is Narges Mohammadi, the Nobel Peace Laureate 2023?
Iran’s most prominent human rights campaigner, Ms. Mohammadi is at least the fourth Nobel laureate to win the prize while imprisoned.
With Iranian Girl in Coma, Suspicion Falls on Government
Exactly what happened to Armita Geravand, 16, is unclear, but the circumstances have fueled accusations that agents enforcing Iran’s dress code must have harmed her.
Greenland’s Indigenous Women Demand Compensation for Involuntary IUDs
A group of Indigenous women in Greenland say Danish doctors inserted intrauterine devices without their consent. They are now seeking damages from the Danish government.
Alice Shalvi, Hailed as a Mother of Feminism in Israel, Dies at 96
She was an often defiant, galvanizing force in pressing for equal treatment for women in marriage, employment, education and more.
A Chinese Journalist Gave #MeToo Victims a Voice. Now She’s on Trial.
Huang Xueqin, the journalist, and Wang Jianbing, a labor activist, have been accused of inciting subversion as the authorities expand a campaign to quash dissent.
New Zealand Election: After Ardern, a ‘Scary Time’ for Women in Politics
Three years after Ms. Ardern won a resounding victory for her Labour Party, the nation will vote in a very different political landscape.
South Korean Adoptions and a Nation’s Painful Past
South Korean adoptees have been returning to the country to hold the government accountable for what they call a corrupt adoption system that went largely unchanged until recent decades.
To Zainab Salbi, Supporting Women Is the Key to Social Progress
Zainab Salbi tells TIME about the experiences that led her to found Women for Women International.