Eyeglasses are the most common prescriptive eyewear. In a survey of European men and women, the UK saw 77% of women and 68% of men wearing glasses and contacts. Additionally, more than a fourth of ...

Afghanistan’s de facto authorities have issued a new ban prohibiting women and girls from attending private medical institutions, a move described by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker ...

The fight to exclude transgender women from sports has been raging all year. Those supporting the bans claim they’re necessary because cisgender women can’t possibly be as athletic as trans women.

Afghanistan’s cricket icons, Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi, have publicly voiced their opposition to the Taliban’s ban on women accessing medical education, calling it "deeply unjust" and ...

This is their right, and it is our duty to protect it.” The ban would mark yet another restriction on women's education since the Taliban regained power in 2021 and enforced their strict ...

Roughly 10 protesters, including biological women and others who identify as transgender and nonbinary, recorded themselves having a dance party while wearing shirts that said, "Flush the hate not ...

Human Rights Watch says the Taliban has ordered a ban on women and girls attending nursing and midwifery schools. Some students have been told not to return to class, the group says. Here & Now's ...

Can I use blockchain technology? Will artificial intelligence take over my career? What exactly is "Machine Learning"? These are some of the questions „SHIFT – Living in the Digital Age ...

The Taliban has banned women from training as nurses and midwives in Afghanistan, striking another blow to female health and education. The ban was announced on Monday during a meeting in Kabul by ...

For many women, medical education had been a final hope for professional advancement after previous bans curtailed access to other educational opportunities. Zainab, a dentistry student at a ...

Several midwifery institutions in different provinces in Afghanistan confirmed the ban is in place to the news outlet. Heather Barr, interim women’s rights deputy director at Human Rights Watch ...