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A Palestinian-Israeli film about women living a sex, drugs and rock n' roll lifestyle in Tel Aviv has angered some Palestinian residents of Israel.
Comment: Discrimination and violence against women remain pervasive and entrenched, but changes are a credit to the region's women human rights defenders, writes Human Rights Watch's Rothna Begum.
The law, passed in July, entered into force on 1 February and recognises physical, moral and sexual abuse as well as abuse in the form of financial exploitation.
Comment: France's Muslims are coming under pressure to toe the Republican line, but for many, the values of the Republic are simply a vehicle for anti-Muslim sentiment, writes Katy Stone
Comment: Donald Trump has insulted a myriad of people, but presidential candidates can no longer afford to marginalise the interests of women and minorities, writes Dr. Tamara Kharroub
Iranian women have been accused of public order offences as pictures shared online show women taking off their headscarves in protest at the obligatory head-covering law.
According to lawyer of previously detained woman, one of at least five so far protesting against Iran's mandatory Islamic dress code, her client felt 'at the end of her tether.'
An alleged ban on Tunisian women travelling to the UAE was down to a security mix-up, the country's foreign minister has claimed, following outrage in North Africa about the measures.
Women weightlifters from Iran will be allowed to compete internationally for the first time, the president of the country’s weightlifting federation said on Thursday.
Comment: Observers have tended to fall back on simplistic theories to explain why at least 600 Western women have joined the Islamic State group, writes Brenda Stoter.