Women Rights

Safeguard the inheritance rights of women.

By GALAL FAKKAR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The Justice Ministry has warned those who deprive women of their right to inheritance that they could face imprisonment and other punishments. The ministry made the call Sunday while launching its special “Mawarith” (inheritance) program on its website. According to ministry sources, most […]

Human dignity and honour of women

   Source/Credit: The Times of Malta: Friday, July 15, 2011 , by Laiq Ahmed Atif Human beings have explored more civilisations with the passage of time and we are now in the 21st century. But, in some countries and societies that is merely a technicality and nothing more. The archaic […]

Poll: Young in Malaysia, Indonesia oppose polygamy

The vast majority of young Muslims in Indonesia and Malaysia appear to disapprove of the traditional acceptance of polygamy but remain reluctant to openly support interfaith marriages or premarital sex, a new survey shows. In the survey coordinated by two German-based cultural organizations, 86.5 percent of 1,496 Indonesians interviewed and 72.7 percent […]

WOMEN IN ISLAM

PART: 2 Women in Islam, speech delivered by by Laiq Ahmed Atif, president Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta, in the ‘Seminar about Women’, on Friday 17th June 2011. This especial event was organised to commemorate the “International Women’s Day Centenary 1911-2011″, by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta. Find original post:

UN Seeks Women’s Rights With Legal Protection From Violence

July 6 (Bloomberg) — The United Nations is stepping up pressure on governments to overturn laws and end policies that deny women access to legal systems, control of their bodies and protection from violence, said former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, head of a UN agency promoting women’s rights. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/07/06/bloomberg1376-LNVNNI0UQVI901-78DE39VEVVVRVT6JE92U7V7VN8.DTL#ixzz1RMXN9HFC […]

Christine Lagarde, New IMF Director

28 June 2011 – French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde has been named as the new managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today. Her five-year appointment begins on July 5th and she is the first woman to lead the multilateral lender to nations. Read more

Daughters, a matter of pride

By ARAB NEWS Bringing up children with proper care is the primary duty of Muslim parents. Parents should not distinguish in a discriminatory manner between their male and female children when bringing them up. However, the fact remains that girls in many Muslim communities are the victims of their parents’ […]