Source: The Local The Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, rejected the motion, which called for a 40-percent binding quota for women in supervisory and management boards of large companies within a decade. After an emotional debate, 320 lawmakers voted ‘no’, while 277 voted in favour, with one abstention. Five […]
Epigraph: Surely, men who submit themselves to God and women who submit themselves to Him, and believing men and believing women, and obedient men and obedient women and truthful men and truthful women, […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Wednesday 10 April 2013 Arwa Al-Hijeili received the first definition of a trainee lawyer as a start to obtaining a license to practice law. A Justice Ministry […]
Source: The Daily Beast: Saudi women attend the Gulf youth conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on April 28, 2012. (Hassan Ammar/AP) The Kingdom’s government is reportedly allowing women to ride bicycles now. How nice—but what about actually doing something to end the country’s gender apartheid, asks David Keyes. More: […]
Huff Post: Contrary to popular belief, Muslim women have served as revolutionary and heroic leaders. However, in recent years, due to the global socio-political climate, the phrase “Muslim woman” might […]
KHAR, Pakistan: A Pakistani housewife, who cannot read or write despite being married to a headteacher, has made history by becoming the first woman approved to run for election in […]
Berkeley Daily Planet: By Khalida Jamilah: March 8th is a celebration for a worldwide Women’s History Month. It is an appreciation for women’s contribution to society’s progress. For instance, American women were struggling to pursue a higher education as society believed that they were incompatible in developing their intellectual skills. It was […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — Is anyone else wondering why the Steubenville, Ohio rape victim’s two best friends testified against her? With this week’s arrest of two other girls who “menaced” the teen victim on Facebook and Twitter, we have the beginnings of an answer. Rape culture is not only the […]
It may not sound like much, but the attempted insertion of the word “recalls” in place of “reaffirms” about previous women’s rights agreements by the Holy See in the first line of the proposed draft document set the tone for much of the negotiations at this year’s UN Commission […]
Courtesy: The Daily Beast One Reason Women Stay Home: Because It’s Easier on Everyone by Megan McArdle Mar 18, 2013 9:40 AM EDT Two career couples must constantly negotiate who does what. This article on women who stay home is undoubtedly going to trigger a lot of commentary on […]
Express Tribune: UNITED NATIONS: Muslim and western nations on Friday overcame deep divisions to agree a historic United Nations declaration setting out a code of conduct for combating violence against women. […]
By Nadine Marroushi – Mar 14, 2013 Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, the country’s largest organized Islamist movement, criticized a United Nations report that aimed to end violence against women and girls, saying it violates principles of Islamic law. The Brotherhood, the movement from which Egypt’s President Mohamed Mursi hails, sent a […]
By Melinda Gates, Special to CNN updated 8:25 AM EST, Fri March 8, 2013 CNN Editor’s note: Melinda Gates is co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This piece was published […]
US Department of State, Office of Global Women’s Issues: These women are as follows: 1. Malalai Bahaduri First Sergeant, Afghan National Interdiction Unit (NIU), Senior Instructor, Afghanistan First Sergeant Malalai […]
AMMAN —University of Jordan (UJ) President Ekhleif Tarawneh on Tuesday said that 65 per cent of the 39,000 students at the university are females. Tarawneh made the remarks during a […]
SABRIA S. JAWHAR ARABNEWS Monday 4 March 2013 .IN THE “hey-this-is-kinda-funny” category of newspaper reporting, the Saudi media published articles recently about Saudi women taking scuba diving lessons in the […]
Bangladesh police say death toll in rioting over death sentence for Islamic … Washington Post DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh police say death toll in rioting over death sentence for Islamic leader reaches 42. Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten […]
Reuters ARABNEWS Friday 1 March 2013 MADRID: Spain’s Supreme Court has overturned the city of Lleida’s ban on women wearing full-face veils — such as burqas or niqabs — in […]
By Al Arabiya An influential Saudi cleric has issued a religious edict, commonly known as Fatwa, allowing women to travel without a male guardian, uncover their faces and eat alongside […]
The Times of Israel: Ten women were arrested Monday morning at the Western Wall for wearing prayer shawls, part of a group of activists from the Women of the Wall […]