Women in burkas receiving food aid in Kandahar last month Afghan women will have to wear the Islamic face veil for the first ... gain international legitimacy. Girls have been banned from ...

Women in Iran could now face the death penalty or years behind ... This shameful law intensifies the persecution of women and girls for daring to stand up for their rights following the Woman ...

does not wear a face veil and supports a ban on them. She said the number of women wearing them in the West is increasing in part because girls begin to wear them before they reach puberty and ...