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 […]
By Laila Azzeh, The Jordan Times AMMAN – The number of households in Jordan headed by women has increased from 8.8 per cent in 1979 to 11.8 per cent in 2008, according to a study released on Monday. Women used to head one in every 11 families in 1979, while […]
(Dhaka) – The Bangladesh government should take urgent measures to make sure that religious fatwas and traditional dispute resolution methods do not result in extrajudicial punishments, Human Rights Watch said today. The government is yet to act on repeated orders of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court, beginning […]
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 […]
By GHADAH SALEH | ARAB NEWS ABHA: Saudi women have managed to overcome many hurdles that prevented them from taking up challenging jobs that hitherto were perceived as suitable only for men. Many women branched into new sectors and fields, proving that they are capable of doing such jobs. One […]
Back in the 1930s, H. M. Skeels studied mentally disabled orphans who were living in an institution but were subsequently adopted. After four years, their IQs diverged an amazing fifty points from those of the orphans who were not adopted. And the remarkable thing is that the kids who were adopted were […]
By RIMA AL-MUKHTAR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: According to a recent survey, Saudi women indicated that they prefer having a successful career and earning their own money than to having a wealthy husband. Over 200 Saudi women between the ages of 17 and 35 took part in the online survey […]
(CNN) — A science camp set up by a teenager is helping disadvantaged girls in Jordan gain confidence to aim for a university education. The two-week SciGirls — for 44 talented 12-15-year-olds from the Jabal Al-Natheef district of Amman — has been set up by 17-year-old Palestinian Canadian, Yara Sifri. […]
Where do the world’s most stressed women live? Posted by: CNN, Natalie Robehmed (CNN) – A recent study released by the Nielsen Company that examines the consumer and media habits of women in emerging and developed countries has found that women in India are the most stressed – and they […]
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 […]
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:
Mrs. Catherine Gonzi, the wife of the Prime Minister of Malta Mr Atif, Mrs Muscat, Respected speakers, Ladies and Gentleman, It is a pleasure for me to share with you this opportunity to take stock of women’s issues. I thank all the previous speakers for their extremely informative and enlightening interventions about women […]
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 […]
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
By ARAB NEWS The Hadith: “The best among you are those best to their families (wife and children), and I am the best of you to my family,” underlines the importance of kind treatment toward women. Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) elevated women to a dignified level unheard of […]
As foreign reports claim that Pakistan is among the least secure countries for women, local NGO Aurat Foundation reports that violence against women decreased by 6.41% in 2010 compared to figures from 2009. The NGO’s report, titled Violence Against Women in Pakistan 2010, revealed the ‘surprising’ fact that 8,000 cases […]
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’ […]
VILNIUS — The struggle for women’s rights is a touchstone of the 21st century, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday at a conference in Lithuania, where some top politicians are female. Read more
WASHINGTON – US.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a strong advocate of women’s rights, has raised Saudi Arabia’s ban on women driving with the kingdom’s foreign minister, the State Department said on Monday. Clinton spoke to Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal on Friday to discuss a range of regional […]
Nowhere in the world are women’s lives more regulated than they are in Saudi Arabia. But, writes Mai Yamani, Saudi women activists are beginning to eloquently demand the removal of restrictions and an end to women’s dependency The unexpected visibility and assertiveness of women in the revolutions unfolding across the […]