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Hijabistas, a neologism for fashionistas who wear the hijab, now dictate fashion trends. In Algeria, the many veiled bloggers are followed by thousands of subscribers. Sharing beauty tutorials and tips to seduce, they also give the hijab all kinds of styles, from the most classic to the sexiest…

Although abortion in Spain is allowed by law, it is a matter that is not yet read in terms of women’s rights and leaves huge gaps when it comes to exercising it. This gap is not one that the far-right is willing to pass up to impose its own agenda.

Having a C-Section without being informed about the consequences and risks in a country where women have an average of 3 children is, to say the least, problematic. Caesarean sections carried out for the comfort of the practitioner and not the mothers are akin to gynecological violence. Here’s how.

Although abortion is legal in Turkey since 1983, access to it is not always guaranteed; a fact not unrelated to the condemnatory remarks by political leaders whose words may sometimes be more effective in practice than laws.

Malta is one of a handful of countries around the world to have an outright ban on abortion, criminalizing both women and doctors who perform the procedure. This article explores how a growing minority of voices across social, medical and legislative spheres are leading the charge in favor of a modern and inclusive system catering for reproductive rights.

In the shadow of the city, in rural and mountainous regions of Morocco, midwives are conducting work of capital urgency.

Reproductive health prods us to think about the means to attain it in a way that is accessible to all segments of society. Most Palestinian experts agree that this means spreading sexual education must be the top priority now.

Birth control takes center stage as abortion is pushed aside, and the conversation changes from who is allowed to terminate a pregnancy to who is allowed to get pregnant in the first place.

Observers and journalists hailed the health law promulgated in 2018 as an important step forward for the right to abortion in Algeria. But in reality, there is nothing revolutionary about this text since the principle of strict prohibition remains intact.

The murder of a 26-year-old young woman by her husband, a National Guard officer, revives the debate on domestic violence in Tunisia. Feminists are calling upon the State to break with its policy that trivialises a crime whose gender-based motives are always concealed.