Veils: who are we to judge?
Source: Macleans.ca Why the debate over the veil is much more complicated than you think No item of female apparel summons more attention, animosity, debate or censure in Western society […]
New Protests Test Saudi Monarchy’s Control
Credit: Stratfor: The Arabian Peninsula has not been immune to the wave of recent demonstrations in countries across the Middle East. Notably,protests have been ongoing in Saudi Arabia’s Shiite-concentrated Eastern Province for more than a year. Recently, however, unrelated demonstrations began in parts of the country where such unrest is […]
Saudi women urgently need equal rights
I was hesitant to write again about the subject of Saudi women, but I concluded, after much consideration, the entire topic is more serious than I originally anticipated. My reasons are simply as follows: 1. Women are our mothers, daughters, wives, sisters and others and they affect if not influence […]
Saudi women urgently need equal rights
By DR. KHALID ALNOWAISER, ARABNEWS I was hesitant to write again about the subject of Saudi women, but I concluded, after much consideration, the entire topic is more serious than I originally anticipated. My reasons are simply as follows: 1. Women are our mothers, daughters, wives, sisters and others and […]
Arabs vote to discourage close family marriage
by JT | Mar 20,2012 | 23:10 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Participants at the Doha Debates Monday night took up one of the Arab world’s most sensitive social issues, arguing the rights and wrongs of marriage between blood relatives and voting overwhelmingly to discourage the practice, according to a statement […]
Pakistan: Punjab govt orders Ahmadiyya women magazine ‘Misbah’ banned, threatens Daily Al-Fazal
Ahmadiyya Times: By Imran Jattala: Monthly Misbah, a women’s magazine published by the Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan for decades is ordered banned on the recommendation of a board of mullahs constituted by […]
Government to shut down Texas women’s health program
(Reuters) – The Obama Administration on Thursday said it would begin shutting down a program that provides health care for more than 100,000 low-income women in Texas because the state […]
Korean, educated and female? Find a matchmaker
By Jin Kyu Kang SEOUL (Reuters) – If you are thirty-plus and a woman with a masters degree in South Korea, you may need the help of a matchmaker to find love — and your worried mother may even end up doing the legwork for you. As women in this […]
Livni: Women’s right to eulogize must be enforced
Despite a new ministerial directive presented to the Knesset on Wednesday instructing burial societies and municipal rabbis that they may not prevent women from giving eulogies at funerals, concerns remain that the directive will not be enforced. Opposition leader Tzipi Livni, as well as religious rights groups, expressed disappointment that […]
Women Like To See Each Other Fail, And Other Huge Myths
This editorial is part of our GREAT DEBATE feature ‘Why Aren’t There More Women In Positions Of Power?‘ Recently, while in car with my husband and me, my six-year old saw a road sign for “Manchester,” and commented that she would not want to live there because men would […]
Hundreds of women call for Islamic governance (Khilafat)
AFP | Mar 10,2012 | 22:39 JORDAN TIMES TUNIS — Hundreds of Muslim women gathered near Tunis Saturday to call for the return of the caliphate, the defunct Islamic system of governance which they said was the only means of guaranteeing their rights. The members of the Hizb ut-Tahrir Party […]
Here’s Why Companies Should Want To Have A Female CEO
This editorial is part of our GREAT DEBATE feature ‘Why Aren’t There More Women In Positions Of Power?‘ During the past few months, several highly accomplished women have assumed the helm at the world’s leading corporations. They of course include Virginia M. (Ginni) Rometty, who became the first-ever female CEO […]
Karzai under fire on Afghan women’s rights
KABUL — President Hamid Karzai’s US-backed government is under fire this International Women’s Day, accused of selling out on Afghan women’s rights as it tries to woo the Taliban into peace talks. Lawmakers, rights organisations and analysts say that the Afghan leader, by endorsing an edict calling women second-class […]
Feminism’s final frontier? Religion.
Washington Post: By Lisa Miller The battle of the sexes, waged this election season with fulsome fury in the public space, is being fought in a much more painful, private sphere […]
Are Men Useless? (Government Says Yes)
NY Times: Are men useless, at least when it comes to caring for a family? India’s recent draft food security bill, currently in front of Parliament, seems to suggest so. […]
Pakistani woman receives US courage award
Dawn.com: WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s Shad Begum was among 10 of the world’s leading women activists the United States honoured on Thursday for their efforts to improve the lives of other women. […]
11 women recognised on International Women’s Day
Dubai: Eleven women were honoured at the 11th International Women’s Day Excellence Awards held on Thursday. The award ceremony recognised a range of talent in the community, placing women from different cultural backgrounds in the limelight. Read more
Muslim women’s group organizes health fair in Johns Creek
Credit: Appen Newspapers via Wasim Saroya of Selvenia: JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – The women’s auxiliary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community held a free public health fair on Saturday, March 3, at the Ocee Library in order to educate the community on how to live a healthy life. Saima Ahmad, one […]
Muslim Women Take Back the Mic on International Women’s Day
By Ayesha Mattu and Nura Maznavi Source: The Huffington Post Everyone has an opinion about Muslim women, even those — especially those — who have never met one. As Muslim women born and raised in America, we are tired of hearing everyone — politicians, pundits, men and women of other faiths (or […]
Islam and Women: International Women’s Day
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 […]