Source: alislam.org In gender equality conversations it is often insinuated that in Islam there is no gender equality. Equality is based not in political ideology but in the reality of the differences and mutual dependencies of real men and women. As men and women we’re designed to need each other, […]
Source: The News ISLAMABAD: President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani telephoned Prime Minister Imran Khan and discussed matter related to Asia Bibi on Tuesday. PM Imran stressed the need […]
Source: CT What science can tell us about human sexuality is the subject of an important day conference being held in London on December 8, 2018. This event is likely to be of interest to anyone who would like to hear some of the country’s leading experts explain what the […]
Source: Time By Irin Carmon | Photographs by Elin Berge for TIME By the time I arrive in Stockholm, I know to expect the dads. Enlightened Swedish dads, with their easy security […]
Source: Msn News By: Justin Wise Sen Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday came to the defense of White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, saying individuals should “have the right to […]
Pew Research: Muslim societies have sometimes faced criticism for failing to adequately educate women. Boko Haram’s kidnapping of schoolgirls in Nigeria and the Taliban’s attack on Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai have contributed to this perception, raising the question of whether Islam itself hampers women’s education. But a new analysis of Pew Research Center data on educational attainment and […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY JEFF DIAMANT, BESHEER MOHAMED AND ELIZABETH PODREBARAC SCIUPAC Two-thirds of Muslims in the United States (67%) say the country needs to continue making changes to give blacks equal rights […]
Source: Religion News Service By Kimberly Winston | September 15, 2017 First page of the U.S. Constitution. Image courtesy of Whitehouse.gov (RNS) — Nearly 1 in 5 Americans incorrectly believe that Muslim citizens […]
Guardian: A French court has ruled that schools should provide an alternative to pork school lunches in the interest of Muslim and Jewish children who do not eat the meat. Pork or nothing: how school dinners are dividing France Read more The decision came after a rightwing local authority stopped […]
Source: The Express Tribune BRUSSELS: Private employers may bar staff from wearing Islamic headscarves and other visible religious symbols under certain conditions, the European Union’s top court ruled on Tuesday. In its first ruling on what has become a major political issue across Europe, the Court of Justice (ECJ) found […]
theguardian: by Nita Bhalla — Campaigners say proposed law change permitting child marriage in ‘special cases’ would increase risks of rape, domestic violence and early pregnancy A 15-year-old girl on the day of her wedding to a 32-year-old man in Bangladesh. The country has one of the highest rates of […]
theguardian: by Donald McRae — The American star striker is an active campaigner for women’s equality off the field and has set her sights on becoming the world’s leading player on it, having taken the plunge with a six-month loan spell at Lyon Alex Morgan is a World Cup winner, […]
Source: Times of Israel. The right-leaning news blog GeenStijl, which boasts 2 million views per month, wrote that Zilveren Kruis is moving into the niche that until recently was occupied only by specialized insurance companies catering specifically to Muslims. Zilveren Kruis began including non-medical circumcision of boys in some of […]
theguardian: by Richard M Kavuma — $7m Grand Challenges scheme invites African researchers to find solutions to the continent’s high rates of maternal and neonatal death A laboratory technician at a health centre in Amuria district, Uganda. A total of 85,000 deaths a year in Uganda stem from maternal and […]
Huff Post: by Qasim Rashid — “She made me do it.” I hear this phrase all too often, and each time I hear it my heart bleeds. In my pro bono legal practice, I represent indigent women who suffer or have suffered through domestic violence. As an attorney, as a […]
theguardian: by Alison Flood — DC superhero punching for gender equality to be honoured at her 75th birthday party, attended by Ban Ki-moon and ‘surprise guests’ Heroic role model … a Wonder Woman party plate. Photograph: Handout The United Nations is due to welcome a new honorary ambassador for […]
theguardian: by Rajeev Syal — Leaked internal study details claims of sexual harassment and reveals that quarter of officers said reports of bullying were handled badly Unite’s senior officials have been considering the findings of the report for four months. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA More than half the female officers in […]
Source: Pew Research Center Two-thirds say employers should provide birth control in insurance plans, but public is split over same-sex wedding services and use of public bathrooms by transgender people The U.S. public expresses a clear consensus on the contentious question of whether employers who have religious objections to contraception […]
theguardian: by Eve Livingston — I’m sure someone benefits from society’s focus on a few high-flyers beating their wings against the glass ceiling. But it’s certainly not the vast majority of women Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg: ‘Want it enough, say these these wealthy women, and you can achieve anything.’ Photograph: Pascal […]
theguardian: by Kate Hodal — Ministers and academics from France, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Italy, Hungary and UK will vie to succeed Margaret Chan as director general in July 2017 Margaret Chan will step down next summer after a decade at the helm of the World Health Organisation. Photograph: Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters Six […]