SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Film director Aida Begic, a Bosnian Muslim, rediscovered religion when she was trying to rebuild her life after the country's devastating war. "I was raised in total freedom, not ...

In the third of BIRN’s series about women photographers in the Bosnian war, Marleen Daniels tells the stories behind her images of a gravedigger in a foggy Sarajevo cemetery and a group of refugees ...

Today the 24-year-old is a defender for one of Bosnia's top women's football clubs, a team that is winning matches but still trying to win more fans as it battles gender norms in the patriarchical ...

On Nov. 25, the United Nations initiated its annual Sixteen Days of Global Activism Against Gender-Based Violence against women and girls. This will continue until Dec. 10, which is Human Rights Day.

Q: Your forte, Siobhan, is discovering women's writing, specifically memoirs. How did you develop this interest? A: So I'm not sure I would say that's exactly that. I focus particularly on memoirs, ...

LONDON (Reuters) - When youth worker Sumreen Farooq was abused in a London street, the 18-year-old decided it was time to take a stand - and she started to wear a headscarf. Farooq is one of many ...

(RNS) — The thrill of it will never get old for me: seeing Muslim women, especially Muslim women wearing hijab, playing sports, in school, amateur level or professionally. As the NCAA and WNIT women’s ...

In many Muslim communities around the world, it's common to notice an absence of women at burial grounds. While women participate actively in janazah prayers and other mourning rituals, their physical ...