• Why are women banned from Mount Athos? http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36378690 75 comments 27/5/2016 europe
• Thai police academy bans women from enrolling https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/05/thai-police-academy-bans-women-from-enrolling 7 comments 5/9/2018 worldnews
• Saudi Arabia arrests women activists ahead of lifting of driving ban https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/iduskcn1ij1z5 5 comments 18/5/2018 worldnews
• Afghan women to be banned from playing sport, Taliban say https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/08/afghan-women-to-be-banned-from-playing-sport-taliban-say 13 comments 8/9/2021 worldnews
• Hideous criminals to be banned from marrying foreign women http://m.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20191122000570 10 comments 22/11/2019 nottheonion
• Libya women’s football team banned ‘because of Ramadan’ http://gulfnews.com/news/region/libya/libya-women-s-football-team-banned-because-of-ramadan-1.1210731 3 comments 20/7/2013 nottheonion
• Women banned from water slide after vaginal 'injuries' http://www.thelocal.de/society/20120803-44149.html 10 comments 4/8/2012 nottheonion
• Transgender players banned from international women’s cricket by ICC https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/nov/21/transgender-players-banned-from-international-womens-cricket-by-icc 50 comments 21/11/2023 worldnews
• Justin Trudeau Says Abortion Bans In U.S. Are 'Backsliding On Women's Rights' https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/justin-trudeau-abortion-ban-us_ca_5cddb687e4b00735a91369fc 1340 comments 17/5/2019 worldnews
• Kenyan pastor bans women from wearing panties to church https://www.indiatoday.in/world/mad-mad-world/story/kenyan-pastor-bans-women-from-wearing-panties-to-church-183572-2014-03-04 239 comments 5/1/2019 nottheonion
• 'Fortnite' Ban? Women Demand Action as Game 'Brainwashes' Their Boyfriends http://www.newsweek.com/women-want-fortnite-banned-brainwashing-their-boyfriends-873176 11 comments 5/4/2018 nottheonion
• Irish women to go on strike in protest of country's abortion ban http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/irish-women-strike-republic-ireland-abortion-ban-pro-choice-constitution-change-a7541606.html 165 comments 23/1/2017 worldnews
• Swimming pool bans women on their periods over 'contamination' concerns http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/swimming-pool-accused-of-misogyny-after-banning-women-on-their-periods-over-contamination-concerns-a7184786.html 24 comments 11/8/2016 worldnews
• U.N. experts call Ireland abortion ban "cruel" to women http://www.cbsnews.com/news/un-human-rights-committee-ireland-abortion-ban-cruel-women-discriminatory/ 3 comments 10/6/2016 worldnews
• Religious leaders ban 30 women from running for Iran's presidency http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/05/17/religious-leaders-ban-30-women-from-running-for-iran-presidency/ 8 comments 17/5/2013 worldnews
• International Cricket Council (ICC) bans transgender players from women's international cricket https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/icc-bans-transgender-players-from-international-women-s-cricket-1410006 17 comments 21/11/2023 worldnews
• As abortion ban is reinstated, doctors describe 'chilling effect' on women's care https://www.nola.com/news/healthcare_hospitals/article_238af184-ff02-11ec-9bce-dfd660a21ce1.html 439 comments 11/7/2022 moderatepolitics
• Protests in India after women defy ancient ban on visiting Hindu temple https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-temple-iduskcn1ow07q 6 comments 2/1/2019 worldnews
• Ohio 'heartbeat bill' could ban abortions before most women know they're pregnant with an embryo https://www.businessinsider.com/heartbeat-bill-fetal-development-pregnancy-chart-2016-12 543 comments 16/11/2018 politics
• Texas Radio Station Bans Madonna In The Name Of 'Patriotism' After Women's March http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/texas-radio-station-bans-madonna-in-the-name-of-patriotism_us_588887a3e4b0441a8f71e89e 14 comments 25/1/2017 politics
• The Pope Francis has called for a general ban on surrogacy. He called this practice a gross violation of the dignity of women and children https://ua-stena.info/en/the-pope-has-called-for-a-general-ban-on-surrogacy/ 373 comments 9/1/2024 europe
• Taliban bans women from solo, long-distance road trips in Afghanistan https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/28/asia/afghanistan-taliban-women-travel-intl/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNNi&utm_content=2021-12-29T17%3A59%3A20&utm_term=link 4 comments 29/12/2021 worldnews
• "Arrest Me, You Alabama Cowards" - The state's abortion ban treats women as victims of evil doctors rather than informed, willing participants. https://newrepublic.com/article/153921/arrest-me-alabama-anti-abortion-cowards 648 comments 16/5/2019 politics
• France ban on face veil violates women's rights: UN Human Rights Council https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/10/panel-france-ban-face-veil-violates-women-rights-181021114011980.html 17 comments 23/10/2018 worldnews
• Muslim women in the Netherlands will be banned from wearing face-covering veils in common public spaces, like schools, hospitals, or on public transportation, the Dutch government has decided. https://www.vox.com/world/2018/6/26/17507086/muslim-women-dutch-netherlands-face-veils 9841 comments 27/6/2018 worldnews
• I’m Aryn Baker, TIME magazine’s Africa Bureau Chief. I’m currently in Saudi Arabia reporting on how women’s lives are changing as the country lifts its ban on female drivers. Ask me anything! http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2084273_2084272_2084265,00.html 212 comments 26/6/2018 worldnews
• OGC Nice ultras group bans women from the trip they're organizing for the Europa League away game vs. Lokomotiv Moscow http://www.20minutes.fr/sport/2199987-20180111-nice-femmes-supporters-organisent-deplacement-moscou-entre-hommes 14 comments 11/1/2018 soccer
• Darul Uloom Deoband's new fatwa bans Muslim women from marrying into families of bank employees http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/jan/05/darul-uloom-deobands-new-fatwa-bans-muslim-women-from-marrying-into-families-of-bank-employees-1745107.html 4 comments 5/1/2018 india
• Ban on women exposing breasts in public doesn’t violate First Amendment or equal protection clause per 7th Circuit https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/11/10/ban-on-women-exposing-breasts-in-public-doesnt-violate-first-amendment-or-equal-protection-clause/?utm_term=.2138bfea092e&wpisrc=nl_volokh&wpmm=1 10 comments 13/11/2017 law
• Texas is poised to ban all insurance coverage for abortions, forcing women to buy “rape insurance.” http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2017/08/14/texas_is_poised_to_ban_all_insurance_coverage_for_abortions_forcing_women.html 23 comments 14/8/2017 politics
• Uganda bans Dutch film The Dinner Club for 'glorifying homosexuality' and 'smoking especially by women' http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/uganda-ban-dutch-film-the-dinner-club-homosexuality-glorify-gay-men-women-smoking-language-kampala-a7741096.html 5 comments 17/5/2017 worldnews
• Donald Trump: women who get illegal abortions should be 'punished': Republican presidential frontrunner tells MSNBC there needs to be ‘some form of punishment’ for women and says he would ban abortion if elected president http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/30/donald-trump-women-abortions-punishment 15 comments 30/3/2016 politics
• After being given instructions on how to behave at a public swimming pool, a male teenage asylum-seeker and friends have received a two week ban from the premises after "ogling" at swimmers and entering the women's shower section of the facilities. Oulu, Finland. http://yle.fi/uutiset/paper_asylum-seeker_teens_face_two-week_pool_ban/8602084 3 comments 17/1/2016 worldnews
• The Democratic Republic of Congo has banned a film about Congolese surgeon Denis Mukwege, who has treated thousands of women raped during conflict. "There is a clear intent to harm and sully the image of our army." http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/09/dr-congo-bans-film-denis-mukwege-rape-victims-150903061147397.html 597 comments 3/9/2015 worldnews
• New Afghanistan law passed by parliament, bans relatives of accused from testifying against them. Most violence against women is within the family, so the law effectively silences victims as well as most potential witnesses http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/04/afghanistan-law-victims-violence-women?cmp=fb_gu 61 comments 5/2/2014 worldnews
• Women banned in Haji Ali Dargah. This what is wrong with Muslims and religion in general, lack of progressive thinking, still living in past. http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/widespread-condemnation-of-haji-ali-dargah-s-ban-on-women-288916 89 comments 6/11/2012 india
• Saudi women ask courts to take up their lawsuits against the ban on female driving - No laws prohibit them from driving, but religious edicts have banned it & officials comply. Among those filing is Manal al-Sherif, who was detained for nearly 2 weeks after posting a video of herself driving. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/saudi-women-in-drive-ban-legal-bid-16113582.htm 28 comments 5/2/2012 worldnews
• Swedish court bans niqab-wearing women, three women wearing head scarves completely shielding their faces were denied entry to a Gothenburg courtroom http://www.thelocal.se/37026/20111028/ 189 comments 29/10/2011 worldnews
• French women fined for breaching veil ban: Paris court issues its first ruling on controversial new law passed in April after parliamentary approval. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2011/09/20119228042691399.html 189 comments 22/9/2011 worldnews
• Today, Saudi women defy driving ban and take the driver's seat en masse! http://english.aljazeera.net/video/middleeast/2011/06/201161713200141723.html 718 comments 17/6/2011 worldnews