Women

Hindu girl back home after forced marriage in Pakistan

A Muslim man abducted and married her using forged documents showing her religion as Muslim

Covid-19 fuels trafficking of Lao women to China

Poor and uneducated young women and girls are deceived and lured into the sex trade and false marriages

Female journalists fight sexual harassment in Sri Lanka

Media organizations call on the government to take immediate action to protect women

Church 'smile therapy' helps Palestinian women cope with pressure

Workshop organized by the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem aims to heal internal wounds

Pakistani PM condemned for misogynous remarks

Imran Khan sparks outrage by suggesting scantily clad women invite sexual violence

National Right to Life decries new US abortion bill

The proposed legislation would establish the legal right to abortion in all 50 states under federal law

Caritas empowers female farmers in remote Pakistani villages

Church charity's 'Acre for Women' campaign aims to promote self-sufficiency and improve nutrition

Women's network upset with Vatican's revised laws on clerical sex crimes

Catholic women want the church leadership to start a dialogue to understand women's concerns

Bangladesh arrests three for trafficking 1,500 women

Police accuse popular TikToker of leading a ring that lured women to India with false promises of jobs

Lao women trafficked into China under false pretenses

Teenage girls and unmarried women from ethnic minority communities are particularly at risk of falling victim to traffickers

Church centers offer dignity to abused women in South Korea

Rodem House has served about 3,000 victims of abuse since its foundation in 2003

Media silent over Japan's culture of sexual exploitation

Scandalous behavior that would make front-page news elsewhere is routinely ignored in Japan

Indian bishop's promotion of large families sparks controversy

India urged to release detained Myanmar nationals

New Vietnam priests urged to work in periphery

Filipino Olympic golden girl thanks Virgin Mary

Rohingya refugees among 14 dead in Bangladesh floods, landslides

Pakistani man forces Hindu boy to abuse religious deities