theguardian: by Kevin McKenna — Across government, business and financial institutions, incompetent men continue to thwart the progress of talented women How will we know when true gender equality is achieved in the British workplace? Perhaps there is an index running, even now, which measures gender equality with a range […]
Huff Post: by Severin Carroll — Just over half of practising solicitors are women, but they are still under-represented in senior roles Senior judges at the Court of Session in […]
Source: The Times Black women, Muslim women and all women need to realize we have a common cause More By Omise’eke Natasha Tinsley, Omise’eke Natasha Tinsley is associate professor of […]
Source: Time (RIYADH, Saudi Arabia) — Thousands of Saudi women headed to polling stations across the kingdom on Saturday, both as voters and candidates for the first time in a […]
Source: Reuters Saudi Arabia will let divorced women and widows manage family affairs without approval from a man or a court order, a state-aligned newspaper said on Wednesday, a […]
Gender equality against Islam, says Kerala Sunni leader Source: Indian Express A prominent Indian Muslim leader said on Saturday that women could never equal men as “they are only fit to […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Student Association, UK (AMWSA) Meet the world at SOAS SOAS is a truly global university, with an influence way beyond its London home. With unique and unrivalled […]
Huff Post: by Zeena Mubarak — “And when the baby girl buried alive is asked For what sin was she killed” (81:8-9) These verses, which stop me hard every time I get to them and dance uneasily in my stomach, are part of a gorgeous eschatological passage in the 30th […]
Guardian: It has been 15 years since the UN security council passed resolution 1325, which aimed to end violence and abuse against women during war, and to bring women’s voices into peace talks. But there is little to show for it. Government forces, rebel groups and even peacekeepers are still […]
Source: China Daily UNITED NATIONS — Women’s rights are human rights, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said here Sunday at the Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women Empowerment. “Isn’t […]
LA Times: red, cold, hungry and roughly 800 feet from Mt. Everest’s summit, Samina Baig had only one thought in mind: “I have to reach the top,” Baig said. “I […]
Posted by Falak Rahman Epigraph: “But whoso does good works, whether male or female, and is a believer, such shall enter Heaven, and shall not be wronged even as much as the little hollow in the back of a date-stone.” (Al Qur’an 4:125) Source: Huffington Post By Bina Shah; She is […]
nepalnews.com New York (USA), Sept 28: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Federal Affairs and Local Development, Prakashman Singh, has said that the inclusive and democratic constitution promulgated last week from the Constituent Assembly, has guaranteed the rights of women. DPM Singh said so while addressing the “Global Leader’s Meeting on […]
The controversy surrounding the niqab, or full-face covering, worn by some Muslim women is not going away soon. This controversy ironically has come to reflect more what it means […]
Source: The Globe and Mail By Zarqa Nawaz; who is is the creator of Little Mosque on the Prairie and author ofLaughing All the Way to the Mosque. I asked […]
Book Review, Moin Qazi’s – revolutionary approach to women’s empowerment Women in Islam: Exploring New Paradigms By Moin Qazi Published by Notion Press, Chennai, India, Year (2015), Pages: 141, ISBN: 978-93-84878-03-0, Price: 199 Reviewed […]
Paradise beneath her feet: Why Muslim Women Matter By Dr. Moin Qazi, Nagpur, India A mother is a school. Empower her and you empower a great nation. —Hafez Ibrahim, Egyptian […]
Dawn: For women, taking back the wheel has always been a herculean task. In neighbouring India, for instance, according to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the female labour force participation fell from 34 per cent in 1999 to 27 per cent in 2011 by seven percentage points, despite the economy […]
By Hasan Suroor Aug 19, 2015 A progressive Mumbai-based Muslim women’s group has published a survey whose findings are so stark that they should, finally, put an end to any […]
Source: Metro Last month for Ramadan I wanted to try a little bit harder than I’ve tried in previous years. I decided this year I was going to, amongst other […]