Afghanistan's former internationals continue to play football together – in Australian exile. The sport's global governing body, FIFA, has so far denied them recognition as the Afghan national team.
Women represent the vast majority of adults who have fled the war in Ukraine. Kateryna thought she would only be leaving Kharkiv for a few weeks, but has been in Germany for almost a year.
Psychotherapist and social entrepreneur Amal Abbass has been awarded this year's Women's Prize in Berlin on the eve of International Women's Day. The German of Sudanese descent has been working against discrimination for decades.
The Abbé Pierre Foundation which aims to provide access to decent housing for vulnerable groups in France has warned in a report that certain migrant women living in the street must resort to prostitution to find accommodation and repay their debts to smugglers.
An Eritrean mother, who was separated from her three children in December while all four of them tried to board a boat to cross the Channel, has reportedly also now managed to cross the Channel and arrived in the UK.
An Afghan woman has been granted a residency permit in Denmark along with her daughter — on the sole basis of their gender. The precedent set by the decision has been described as a landmark case.
Legal proceedings began in Germany and Spain on Wednesday against suspected former members of IS. In Spain, two women repatriated from Syria after marrying IS members were remanded in custody on terror-related charges. In Germany, a woman accused of being an IS-member went on trial in Koblenz.
According to the most recent report issued by Pakistan's National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR), Afghan citizens who have entered the country illegally have been held in local prisons. There are many women and children among those who are suffering under this situation, including multiple pregnant women seeking medical attention.
UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi has appealed to the de facto Afghan authorities to revoke the directive limiting Afghan women's possibility to work with NGOs. The ban will "temporarily stop critical activities in support of Afghan people, especially women and children," UNHCR stated.
German NGOs have joined dozens of other humanitarian organizations in suspending their work in Afghanistan, after the Taliban banned women from working for the groups.
What are the rights of migrant women experiencing domestic violence in France? Where can they get help? Here's what you need to know.
The Hôtel-Dieu hospital in Paris offers checks for sexually transmitted infections (STI) such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, hepatitis B and C and HIV. The service is free and open to all, including undocumented migrants without healthcare coverage in France.