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women's rights
![Bamiyan Women’s Café: A Room of One’s Own for Afghan Women Bamiyan Women’s Café: A Room of One’s Own for Afghan Women](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-03-12_23-23-02.jpg)
Bamiyan Women’s Café: A Room of One’s Own for Afghan Women
By Sanjay Kumar
The Diplomat's Sanjay Kumar reports on a secluded women's cafe in Bamiyan, Afghanistan.
![Afghanistan's Women Strive for Political Influence Afghanistan's Women Strive for Political Influence](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-02-28_10-51-09.jpg)
Afghanistan's Women Strive for Political Influence
By Jack Detsch
All three of President’s Ashraf Ghani’s female cabinet picks have been rejected by parliament.
![Sex Trafficking and China’s One Child Policy Sex Trafficking and China’s One Child Policy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-11-05_23-20-56.jpg)
Sex Trafficking and China’s One Child Policy
By Madeline Fetterly
Among the consequences of China's one child policy: a growing market for trafficked women.
![Interview: Qamar Naseem: The Pakistani Feminist Interview: Qamar Naseem: The Pakistani Feminist](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-09-04_00-27-21.jpg)
Interview: Qamar Naseem: The Pakistani Feminist
By Sonya Rehman
Pakistani women’s rights activist, Qamar Naseem on working with communities at the grass-roots level.
![Progress for Asia’s Women? Progress for Asia’s Women?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-08-28_12-50-07.jpg)
Progress for Asia’s Women?
By James Bowen
As the anniversary of the UN conference in Beijing nears, the spotlight is falling on Asia’s women.
![South Korea’s Failure to Support Working Women South Korea’s Failure to Support Working Women](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-08-20_12-45-42.jpg)
South Korea’s Failure to Support Working Women
By Kyla Ryan
Much like Japan, Korean women face serious inequality issues.
![Dukhtar: A Woman’s Story in Pakistan Dukhtar: A Woman’s Story in Pakistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-08-17_05-14-07.jpg)
Dukhtar: A Woman’s Story in Pakistan
By Sonya Rehman
An independent Pakistani filmmaker defies the odds to tackle an important human rights issue.
![Pakistan’s Woeful Record on ‘Honor Killings’ Pakistan’s Woeful Record on ‘Honor Killings’](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-07-09_08-32-07.jpg)
Pakistan’s Woeful Record on ‘Honor Killings’
By Kyla Ryan
After a particularly shocking case, will Pakistan finally revise its laws?
![No Honor in Gender Violence No Honor in Gender Violence](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-07-01_15-36-37.jpg)
No Honor in Gender Violence
By Mustafa Qadri
A series of shocking recent cases show that so-called honor killings remain ubiquitous in parts of Asia.
![Violence Against Women in Afghanistan Peaked in 2013 Violence Against Women in Afghanistan Peaked in 2013](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-01-14_04-09-56.jpg)
Violence Against Women in Afghanistan Peaked in 2013
By Ram Mashru
Despite a 2009 law, violence against women is on the rise in Afghanistan, hitting record levels in 2013.
![Japan Struggles With Women in the Workforce Japan Struggles With Women in the Workforce](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sizes/thumbnail/Tokyo_Tower_view.jpg)
Japan Struggles With Women in the Workforce
By Justin McDonnell
Japan has one of the largest gender gaps in the world. What can it do to fix it?
![Rhetoric Not Enough for Japan’s Working Women Rhetoric Not Enough for Japan’s Working Women](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/sizes/thumbnail/19508_5280aea5ebdbb.jpg)
Rhetoric Not Enough for Japan’s Working Women
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may be keen to tout Japan’s untapped labor force, but will he go beyond the rhetoric?