The invention that stops girls missing school every month
Source: BBC In Malawi a packet of sanitary towels can cost a whole day’s pay, and girls often miss school because the cotton strips they use instead are inadequate. Charlotte […]
London show reflects global boom in Islamic fashion
Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent Within minutes of the end of Sanzaa’s catwalk show, there was a swarm of women flicking through rails of clothing and flashing their […]
Why are women banned from Mount Athos?
Source: BBC By Who, What WhyThe Magazine answers the questions behind the news Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting Mount Athos in Greece to mark the 1,000-year presence of Russian […]
The Senate Passed a Unanimous Resolution Supporting Equal Pay for U.S. Women’s Soccer
Source: Slate By Christina Cauterucci For the second time this week, the U.S. legislative body best known for its obstructionist leanings managed to squeak out a unanimous vote for the […]
5 Important Issues That Matter to Women in the 2016 Presidential Election
TeenVogue: by Polly Mosendz — With the presidential election just eight months away, politicians are battling it out for the hearts and minds of voters across America. To win any election, candidates need women on their side: According to the Center for American Women and Politics, women have cast more […]
Two of her daughters joined ISIS. Now she’s trying to save her two younger girls.
Source: The Washington Post By Sudarsan Raghavan MORNAG, Tunisia — In a small box in her bedroom, Oulfa Hamrounni keeps the photo she treasures most. It shows one of her […]
If Catholic Women Could Be Deacons
Source: The New York Times NTRODUCTION Pope Francis at a meeting of female Catholic leaders.L’Osservatore Romano At an assembly of leaders of women’s religious orders, Pope Francis said he would […]
Pope Francis urges France to respect Muslim women’s right to wear hijab
Source: Albawaba News Pope Francis has urged France to respect the right of Muslim women to profess their faith and wear the hijab just like Christians are allowed to wear […]
South Carolina bans abortion after 19 weeks
Source: Reuters CHARLESTON, SC | BY HARRIET MCLEOD The South Carolina legislature on Tuesday passed a bill banning most abortions after 19 weeks of pregnancy unless the mother’s life was […]
Iran arrests eight for ‘un-Islamic’ Instagram modelling
Source: BBC Iran has arrested eight people working for online modelling agencies deemed to be “un-Islamic”, the prosecutor of Tehran’s cybercrimes court has said. The arrests are part of […]
RNC Chair Says Donald Trump Will Have to ‘Answer for’ Reported Treatment of Women
Source: Time By Melissa Chan The report revealed several alleged unwelcome advances from Trump in the past Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Sunday saidDonald Trump would have to “answer […]
There will never be a ‘perfect time’ to decriminalise abortion. It has to happen now
Source: The Guardian By Mehreen Faruqi Three years ago, New South Wales parliament came very close to legislating Zoe’s Law, a bill which would have given legal recognition to foetuses as […]
Trusted papal aide says woman could be Vatican’s ‘Prime Minister’
Source: Crux By Ines San Martin Vatican correspondent ROME— Probably the most trusted adviser to Pope Francis, and a man who holds the position traditionally considered the Vatican’s “Prime Minister,” […]
Stunning Images Of A Bulgarian Muslim Bride Reviving Old Traditions
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Some young Bulgarian Muslim women are reviving traditional wedding customs that were suppressed during the communist era. Love is one of the most common human […]
Threatened with death for working on TV
Source: BBC By Yalda Hakim BBC News, Kabul When the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in the 1990s they were quick to ban television, along with music and theatre. The […]
What Islam Really Says About Women | Alaa Murabit | TED Talks
Alaa Murabit’s family moved from Canada to Libya when she was 15. Before, she’d felt equal to her brothers, but in this new environment she sensed big prohibitions on what […]
Undercover squad may mean more covering up for Tehran women
Source: Associated Press By NASSER KARIMI TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Tehran resident Sousan Heidari has stopped letting her headscarf slip casually down over her neck and shoulders while driving in […]
The war of words over who does Saudi Arabia’s housework
Source: BBC Disagreements about who should do housework blew up on Twitter in Saudi Arabia this week, and offered some insight into popular attitudes in the country. If you’re a […]
The “correct way” for Muslim men to discipline their wives.
Source.Daily Mail Family therapist Khaled Al-Saqaby releases video on ‘wife discipline’ He advises Muslim men to speak to their wives about disobedience first Then men should ‘forsake their spouses in bed’ by turning backs on them Finally they should ‘beat their wives’ but ‘not to vent their anger’ A Saudi family […]
Rape victim could be punished under Brigham Young University’s ‘honor code’
theguardian: by Daniel Hernandez — Students protest over case of sophomore Madi Barney, who publicly revealed she was raped and then punished for violating the mormon school’s bylaws Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Photograph: Rick Bowmer/AP Students rallied outside Brigham Young University on Wednesday to protest the school’s treatment […]