“Women can play a big role in society. Throughout history, women have unfortunately been treated unkindly,” stated the Secretary General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly.

According to Islam, the man and woman have to be in pursuit of a common objective, which is to reach the pinnacle of humanity, and both must bear the means of accomplishing such an objective without any difference as a result of difference in gender; a difference that the order of creation calls for.

On the occasion of the sad anniversary of the bloody massacre of Goharshad Mosque in the holy shrine of Imam Reza (a.s.) in Mashhad (1935), the ‘Ifaf & Hijab Foundation’ in cooperation with the I. R. Iran's Cultural Section in Lebanon would like to invite you to participate in the cyberspace meeting entitled "Ifaf (Chastity) and Hijab, Symbol of Honor & Dignity".

AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): A group of young Muslim girls in Kiev donate flowers to non-Muslim women and talk to them about the Hijab.

AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): More than 200 female students from 30 countries attended Imam Hussain (AS) shrine during Arbaeen.

Director of Iran's Women Basij Society described Hijab as the missing link of any society saying it has been proven that without the hijab, the western world is losing its security and peace.

The revered source of emulation said that the two pillars that preserve the family are ‎rational wisdom and mercy and added, “What existed and still exists in modern and historical ‎ignorance is that women’s rights were not met by men and women themselves.”‎

Pointing out that now about 500 women seminaries are active in training Islamic clerics in Iran, head of women seminaries said, "In recent years, founding women seminaries has increased dramatically.”

A forum titled “Women’s Role in Islam” was organized by the Iranian Cultural Center in Baku, the Republic of Azerbaijan.

(AhlulBayt News Agency) - The national television of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has aired a video, in which a self-styled Islamic family doctor is seen teaching men in the country how to ‘properly’ beat their wives.

A discussion aimed to combat the stereotype that Muslim women are oppressed in their religion was held on Sunday at Iowa City Mosque under the theme of “The Honored role of women in Islam.”

United States world champion fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, who will become the first U.S. Muslim citizen to represent the country while wearing the hijab in the upcoming Olympics, was asked to remove her headscarf while posing for an identification photo at the SXSW annual firm and media festival.

25 Quran activists from Iran and other countries of the Muslim world were honored at the 14th edition of the Congress of Women Quran Researchers.

A report by the Nineveh police department on Islamic State (ISIS) crimes in Mosul says that up to 837 women have been executed by the extremist group since its takeover of Mosul.

Hundreds of children are currently undergoing training in the ISIL military camps in Syria, media reports said.