Women's rights Archives

Women’s rights

Iranian cleric’s call to kill activist challenging country’s ban on women cycling

Masih Alinejad has championed women's rights in Iran from exile in the USA

Thu, Jun 18, 2020 11:52

Video: Women in Iran defy fatwa forbidding them from cycling

"It's our absolute right and we're not going to give up" say mother and daughter who filmed themselves riding

Thu, Sep 22, 2016 13:42

Woman arrested in Iran – for riding bikes

Human rights campaigners say new law reflects increased mysogyny under mullahs' rule

Thu, Jul 28, 2016 07:39

Afghan cyclist rides with M2M founder Shannon Galpin

Afghan women cycle to “make Afghanistan proud”

Female bicycle-aided emancipation continues in the Islamic world, this time through a 2014 film documenting the trials of the Women’s National Cycling Team in Afghanistan.

Sun, Dec 01, 2013 10:50