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According to Afghan police officials, unidentified attackers abducted a German female aid worker in Kabul. Read more about the story and other news about women here.
Afghan officials have said an investigation is underway after a German aid worker was reportedly kidnapped at gunpoint in Kabul. The US warned over the weekend that there was a threat to foreigners in the city. Read more here.
Around 50 villagers arrested over killings in Jharkhand where there are frequent attacks on women believed to have cast curses. Read more here from The Guardian.
The photo – taken by Shaul Golan, a photographer for Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper – showed the three standing at Esh Kodesh, an outpost on the West Bank, considered by the United Nations to be part of the occupied territory. Read more here from Middle East Monitor.
In India, Muslim women’s lives are being ruined because men can end marriages simply by saying ‘talaq’ three times – even on social media. Read more here from The Guardian.
The rape joke used to all be about punching down. Now, that’s changing. Read Rebecca Solnit’s column in The Guardian here.
A new crop of exclusive matchmaking sites are screening potential users based on their education and professional history, net wealth and even tax records. Read more here from The Guardian.
