Militants of the Islamic State have abducted thousands of women and girls belonging to the Yazidi community while Kurdish women put on a brave front against the militant oppressors. Read more to find out which women’s themes made to the headlines this week.

The Ebola epidemic in West Africa seems to be affecting women the most. Read more about how women in Sierra Leone are coping with the disease and find out which other themes made it to the headlines.

In the past few days, two actresses have been in the news for being very open about their ideas regarding respect for women. Read on for more…

An Afghan court has sentenced five men convicted of raping four women to death. Read more for women’s news that made it to the headlines.

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A woman goes shopping in Srinagar. Copyright: UNI

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Iranian Maryam Mirzakhani is the first woman to be awarded the “Nobel prize of Mathematics.”

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