Tajikistan: Dushanbe's Army of Street Cleaners
Long before dawn, women spread out through the capital city armed only with twig brooms.
8 Mar 16
Women
Armenia: Campaigners Push On for Domestic Violence Law
Few survivors speak out and convictions for such abuses are rare.
8 Mar 16
Medical Experts Decry Abkhazia's ''Rash'' Abortion Ban
Fears that prohibitions will lead women to seek illegal procedures that could be extremely dangerous.
8 Mar 16
Syria: Clusterbombs on a Wedding Day
How do you celebrate under the risk of constant bombardment?
8 Mar 16
Afghan Girls Mourn Lost Education
Very few are able to finish their studies, let alone go on to university.
21 Feb 16
Afghan Women Empowered to Work
Vocational training programmes prove highly successful in eastern province.
8 Feb 16
Dust, Blood and Death in a Syrian Playground
"One second the children were laughing and playing, the next they were lifeless corpses."
22 Dec 15
Syria: No Space for Anger in Our Lives
"I had been taught a cruel lesson that there was no longer space for anger in our lives."
22 Dec 15
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