Source: Pew Research Center More countries restrict women’s ability to wear religious symbols or attire than require women to dress a certain way In many countries around the world, women’s choices about their attire and appearance are restricted to some degree by government laws, policies or regulations. In recent years, […]
Source: The New York Times By RICHARD MARTYN-HEMPHILL ZAUBE, Latvia — With her niqab, a face-covering Islamic veil that reveals just the wearer’s eyes, Liga Legzdina stands out amid pine […]
Source: Metro The 29-year-old actress was spotted holding the Koran whilst heading to the first day of her community service last year and it sparked rumours that she was […]
Huff Post: by Taylor Pittman — According to a new study, men are more likely to be creepy than women Good news, ladies. A new study has confirmed what you’ve probably thought all along: some men can be pretty creepy. For a study titled “On the nature of creepiness,” Knox […]
Source: Pew Research Center More countries restrict women’s ability to wear religious symbols or attire than require women to dress a certain way In many countries around the world, women’s […]
Source: CBC News On Wednesday evening CBC aired a Peter Mansbridge interview with Governor General of Canada Mr David Johnston. Their discussion touched upon Niqab Debate and Mr Johnston showed […]
Source: NDTV HIGHLIGHTS Earlier, he had warned of the ‘harmful effect of Shani (Saturn) on women’ Women were banned from entering Shani Shingnapur temple’s inner sanctum Court overturned ban saying women, men must have equal access to temple The entry of women into a famous temple devoted to Lord Shani or […]
Source: Patheos By Saideh Jamshidi To cover or not to cover, that’s the problem, but to whom? When Yves Saint Laurent co-founder Pierre Bergé recently advised fellow designers to have […]
Source: The Denver Post By Kirk Mitchell A federal jury trial began Monday in which JetStream Ground Services was accused of not allowing female Muslim employees to wear clothing required […]
Source: CNN By Brent Swails and David McKenzie, CNN Minawao refugee camp, Cameroon (CNN)The question was always the same, she says. So, too, was the answer. “They came to us […]
Source: BBC Wearing the hijab is a legal requirement for women in Iran. But a controversial Facebook campaign is calling on female tourists visiting the country to post pictures […]
Source: Religion News Service By Tom Heneghan (Tom Heneghan is a correspondent based in Paris) PARIS (RNS) Burkinis aren’t showing up at the beaches on either side of the English […]
Source: Pew Forum More countries restrict women’s ability to wear religious symbols or attire than require women to dress a certain way In many countries around the world, women’s choices […]
Source: Huffington Post By Zoha Qamar Student at Columbia University The caramel dunes and rocky hills melt up into the sky. It is night, almost morning; it is dark, but not quite black-almost the last sparkling shade of heavy purple that bleeds from the spectrum between blue to black. A thick […]
Source: Aljazeera By Ted Regencia Iraqi-born British architect Zaha Hadid, the first female winner of the top Pritzker Architecture Prize, has died at the age of 65. Hadid died after suffering […]
Source: Independent UK I recognise the irony of the fact that the first university in the world was established by a Muslim woman, yet today many are denied an education. […]
Source: The Guardian By Kim Willsher The French minister for women’s rights has been accused of racism after comparing women who wear the burqa to “negroes” who supported slavery. Laurence Rossignol […]
Source: BBC Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has called for “some form of punishment” for women who have abortions, if it becomes illegal. However, the front-runner did not disclose what […]
Source: CNN CNN)Tweet by tweet, Donald Trump could undermine the GOP’s efforts to close the gender gap, a strategy that is critical to the party’s hopes of retaking the White House in November. Miffed that an anti-Trump super PAC targeted his wife by using a racy photo of her, Trump […]
Source: The Washington Post In her 50th Easter season as a nun, Sister Antonia Sanchez participated in something new. For the past 49 years, since she joined the order of Religious […]