New rules have been handed down to women working in Ashgabat further restricting what they can wear, adding to a growing list ...

Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a ...

Young women in Kabul and the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif said that abayas and headscarves offer more freedom of expression than burqas, with a variation in colour, material and pattern.

Prosecutors say figures in Tehran hired two men to kill Masih Alinejad, a journalist who had criticized Iran’s head scarf ...

Iranian officials have flogged a popular singer who posted a song online urging women to remove their mandatory headscarves over a conviction for possessing and consuming alcohol, his lawyer and ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian officials have flogged a popular singer who posted a song online urging women to remove their mandatory headscarves over a conviction for possessing and ...

Women bear the brunt of economic pressures and social restrictions in Iran — yet they remain the driving force for change in the country. https://p.dw.com/p/4rVKa ...

The alleged Russian mobsters are found guilty of a plot that US officials said was funded by the Iranian government.

A French bill banning headscarves in sports is an attempt to erase Muslim women from public spaces, an organization for Muslim women's rights told Anadolu. “In ...

When society normalises control over women’s clothing, it paves the way for deeper suppression. True liberation begins with choice—because this fight is about more than fabric; it is about freedom its ...

Hundreds of people have taken part in The Headscarf Hustle 2025 and had an amazing time celebrating the women in their lives ... all wearing headscarves in honour of Hull's Headscarves ...