The 58-year old mother of five and wife of an ill husband, Maksad worked on cooperative farms for much of her life.

Despite legislation designed to secure gender equality, women rarely make it beyond deputy positions in the Tajik gov

It was the onset of winter, still in the early stages of a bloody civil war, and Aziza Saidova couldn't imagine thing

Authorities in Uzbekistan have reportedly been running a secret program in the last two years to sterilize women, oft

Rights groups are becoming increasingly concerned that the Afghan government is willing to surrender women's rights t