Maroun Chahine, 08/03 12:33 - Reading : less than a minute
On International Women’s Day, March 8, the incredible women of This is Beirut – who make up 61% of our team – share their insights on the journey toward gender equality, the progress made, and the challenges that remain.
This is Beirut, 24/01 16:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Iranian police arrested two young women after publication of a video in which they danced in a Tehran cemetery without adhering to the country's strict dress code, local media reported Friday. "Not long ago, two people, in the cemetery of martyrs in Tehran, disregarding the sacred site, recorded a video clip with inappropriate clothing and ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-22 16:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
An Iranian airline conducted a rare women-only flight on Sunday, landing for the first time in the holy city of Mashhad in the northeast, state media reported. The Aseman Airlines flight by Shahrzad Shams -- one of Iran's pioneering women pilots -- carried 110 passengers on board, according to the official IRNA news agency. Dubbed the "Iran ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-19 20:58 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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In Damascus's Ummayad Square, hundreds gathered Thursday, demanding a democratic state that includes women in public life, marking the first such demonstration since Islamist-led rebels toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad. Women and men, young and old, chanted slogans including "No to religious rule", "God is for religion ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-08 18:39 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Friday that a "backlash" against women's rights was threatening progress across the world. He called the situation facing women in Afghanistan "the most egregious example" with girls excluded from "much of the education system." He also singled out sexual violence against women in Sudan, ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-05 13:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
France became the first country to explicitly enshrine abortion in its Constitution on Monday March 4, marking a clear step forward at a time when this right is under threat around the world. The French parliament on Monday voted to anchor the right to abortion in the constitution, making France the first country in the world to offer explicit ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-20 21:37 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iran executed a woman on Wednesday, who had been found guilty of murdering her husband. She had entered into the marriage as a child, and despite international pleas for leniency, the execution proceeded, according to human rights organizations. Iran hanged a woman on Wednesday convicted of murdering her husband, whom she married while she was ...