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Symbolic image of an abandoned bride in Pakistan (photo: AP Photo/K. M. Chaudary

Pakistan, India, Bangladesh

The ordeal of "abandoned wives" left behind by UK families

Many marriages to British Asian men are accompanied by false promises of improved finances. Later when the men abandon their wives to return to the UK, some brides' families find themselves saddled with debt. By S. KhanMore

Interview with Asma Jahangir, winner of the Right Livelihood Award: "Every restriction is based on religion"Interview with Pakistani human rights activist Jalila Haider: "Women need to fight with all their might"Teenage pregnancies in Pakistan: What sex education is really aboutThe "India Love Project" on Instagram: Fighting hate with love
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  1. Women’s rights

    The Taliban cannot defeat women

  2. Eye-witness on Iran protests

    Exiled artist Forouhar: 'A country in turmoil'

  3. Forced marriage in Turkey

    Turkish state fails child bride in sect marriage

  4. Women's rights in Egypt

    We need to talk about abortion

  5. Climate change impacts Somalia

    What future without rain – or aid?

  6. Economic crisis on the Nile

    Is Egypt the 'new Lebanon'?

  1. Economic crisis on the Nile

    Is Egypt the 'new Lebanon'?

  2. Female scholars in Islam

    Unsung guardians of the 'true' tradition

  3. Sex life in Saudi Arabia

    Lifting the veil

  4. Abdulrazak Gurnah's "Paradise"

    "Freedom is not something they can take away"

  5. Eye-witness on Iran protests

    Exiled artist Forouhar: 'A country in turmoil'

  6. Cannabis and Islam?

    There is no one single answer

In brief

  • Investigation into Beirut port blast resumes after more than a year

  • Power returns to Pakistan a day after massive outage

  • First Palestinian woman becomes Lutheran pastor in Holy Land

  • Israeli restrictions risk turning West Bank into 'another Gaza': HRW

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Goodbye forever? A woman in a burka leaving a university in Kandahar province. She will not be allowed to return. In a government statement in mid-December 2022, the Islamist Taliban instructed all universities – private as well as public – in Afghanistan to ban women from attending. All female students were barred from universities with immediate effect

The Taliban's war on women

Since seizing power in mid-2021, the Taliban have continued to restrict the rights of Afghan women and girls. At the end of 2022, they banned women from attending higher education. By Nele Jensch

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