A private commercial bank in Pakistan has enforced a new conservative dress code for its female employees which has received massive backlash on social media for being ‘discriminatory’ and ‘sexist’.

Iran is trying to reimpose strict dress codes months after a wave of unrest in which women and girls removed their headscarves in protest following the death of a young woman who had been detained by ...

Iran’s parliament on Wednesday passed draconian new legislation imposing much harsher penalties on women who breach hijab rules, days after the one-year anniversary of mass protests sparked by the ...

“The concern of the UNAMA for women is incorrect. The concern of the UNAMA about the mistreatment of women in Afghanistan regarding their hijab, is incorrect. Afghan women wear hijab on their own, ...

Emmet Lyons is a news desk editor at the CBS News London bureau, coordinating and producing stories for all CBS News platforms. Prior to joining CBS News, Emmet worked as a producer at CNN for four ...

Afghan women around the world are protesting the Taliban's new hijab requirement in schools by posting photos of themselves wearing colorful traditional dresses on social media.In recent days the ...

NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing 'hijab' row in Karnataka, Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi has said that all students in the state must follow the dress code prescribed by the schools ...

A growing number of women and girls have stopped covering their hair in public in recent months Iran's parliament has passed a controversial bill that would increase prison terms and fines for women ...

Iran's parliament has passed a controversial bill that would increase prison terms and fines for women and girls who break its strict dress code. Those dressed "inappropriately" face up to 10 years in ...