Source: CNN (CNN) — Is anyone else wondering why the Steubenville, Ohio rape victim’s two best friends testified against her? With this week’s arrest of two other girls who “menaced” the teen victim on Facebook and Twitter, we have the beginnings of an answer. Rape culture is not only the […]
Express Tribune: UNITED NATIONS: Muslim and western nations on Friday overcame deep divisions to agree a historic United Nations declaration setting out a code of conduct for combating violence against women. […]
By Nadine Marroushi – Mar 14, 2013 Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, the country’s largest organized Islamist movement, criticized a United Nations report that aimed to end violence against women and girls, saying it violates principles of Islamic law. The Brotherhood, the movement from which Egypt’s President Mohamed Mursi hails, sent a […]
BBC: Not so long ago, the idea that women might rule the world seemed slightly ridiculous – like something out of science fiction. But in an essay to mark International […]
The Women’s Auxiliary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is pleased to invite you to a spectacular event entitled: “Muhammad (peace be upon him): A Beacon of Light for Humanity”! The […]
US Department of State, Office of Global Women’s Issues: These women are as follows: 1. Malalai Bahaduri First Sergeant, Afghan National Interdiction Unit (NIU), Senior Instructor, Afghanistan First Sergeant Malalai […]
AMMAN —University of Jordan (UJ) President Ekhleif Tarawneh on Tuesday said that 65 per cent of the 39,000 students at the university are females. Tarawneh made the remarks during a […]
SABRIA S. JAWHAR ARABNEWS Monday 4 March 2013 .IN THE “hey-this-is-kinda-funny” category of newspaper reporting, the Saudi media published articles recently about Saudi women taking scuba diving lessons in the […]
Reuters ARABNEWS Friday 1 March 2013 MADRID: Spain’s Supreme Court has overturned the city of Lleida’s ban on women wearing full-face veils — such as burqas or niqabs — in […]
By Al Arabiya An influential Saudi cleric has issued a religious edict, commonly known as Fatwa, allowing women to travel without a male guardian, uncover their faces and eat alongside […]
BBC: Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah has sworn in 30 women to the previously all-male Shura Council, seen by many as a major step in female participation in public life in […]
Source: eurasiareview, by Linda S. Heard. Societal permissiveness, where family life has broken down in the absence of traditional mores, has made demands on young women, valuing them accordance to their physical attributes. Islam offers those women a sense of belonging, a community of like minds in areas where there […]
Dawn.com: Simon Tisdall THE idea that a woman can mediate successfully between armed groups of hostile men, and that one of these groups comprises hardline, Sharia-touting Islamists, might seem far-fetched to traditional Western societies. But not so in the Philippines, where two women have taken the lead in resolving the […]
RAPSI: A court in the Stavropol Territory in southern Russia is looking into a lawsuit against the new school uniform requirements which include a ban on wearing head dresses, such […]
The Indian Express: The burkinis, which is a swimwear originally designed for Islamic women to protect their modesty, are soaring in popularity among British non-Muslims. The swimwear, which was […]
The Times of Israel: Ten women were arrested Monday morning at the Western Wall for wearing prayer shawls, part of a group of activists from the Women of the Wall […]
“Being Muslim keeps me from wanting to impress others and gives me more personal confidence” “I felt Chantelle had more freedom than I did by covering herself, instead of letting […]
abc NEWS: Sheila Marikar. A 13-year-old says she got raped by four men, her country wants her to die: That’s the saga of Kainat Soomro, who’s been fighting for justice in Pakistan for four years. Since Soomro’s alleged rape, she and her relatives have lived in fear that a Pakistani tribunal will […]
Express Tribune: Farahnaz Zahidi Moazzam. Today, as the world observes the “International Zero Tolerance Day to FGM/C”, many remain blissfully unaware that this custom, often referred to as female circumcision, is also practiced in Pakistan. In Pakistan, female circumcision is practiced by a few communities along the Iran-Balochistan border, and a few isolated […]
Hijab for a day: Non-Muslim women who try the headscarf Source: BBC World Hijab Day calls on non-Muslim women to try out life under the traditional head scarf. Can it […]