Added on 26/03/2012
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed
Children , University of Warwick , Women , Women's issues
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMED: They’re full of contradictory advice which will only make you feel inept. Forget them.
Added on 25/03/2012
American Bedu
DC , Ministry of Foreign Affairs , Ministry of Higher Education , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Embassy in Washington , Saudi government , United States , US government , Washington , Women , Women's issues
AMERICAN BEDU: Many foreign women who have had relationships with Saudi male students find themselves in great difficulty.
Added on 25/03/2012
Common Ground News Service
Ali Bin Al , Ali Bin Al Hussein , Cross Cultures Project Association , Football , International Federation of Association Football , Iran , Islam , Jordan , Lebanon , Olympics , President , Programme Coordinator , Rugby , Sepp Blatter , special adviser , United Nations , Women , Women's issues
JENS JUUL PETERSEN, CGNEWS: It took a high profile campaign but the recently announced repeal of the hijab ban is wonderful news.
Added on 20/03/2012
Mich Cafe
Arab Spring , Democracy , Egypt , Human Rights Watch , Iran , Middle East , The Wall Street Journal , Women , Women's issues
MICH CAFE: When Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi speaks it is always worth listening. She has been reflecting on what the Arab Spring means to women
Added on 19/03/2012
The View From Fez
al-Massae , Associated Press , Food and Drink , Justice and Development Party , Justice Minister , Mainstream media , Ministry of Justice , Moroccan government , Morocco , Mustafa Ramid , President , Rabat , Social Media , Tangier , Twitter , UN Court , Women , Women's issues
THE VIEW FROM FEZ: The rape and suicide of Amina El Filali has shaken Moroccan society to the core.
Added on 17/03/2012
Susan Al Shahri
Afghanistan , Bahrain , Dhofar , Egypt , Hamid Karzai , International Women's Day , Libya , Oman , President , Saudi Arabia , Sultan Qaboos bin Said , Syria , Tunisia , Women , Women's issues , Yemen
SUSAN AL SHAHRI: While it’s been a mixed year for women globally there are many advantages to being a woman in Oman
Added on 13/03/2012
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed
Jesus , Prime Minister , Women , Women's issues
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMED: Your child and those around her will be influenced by your choice of name.
Added on 08/03/2012
Rob L. Wagner
Abdullah , America , Arab Spring , Asia , Bahrain , Civil society , Constituent Assembly , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Essam Sharaf , Europe , Gulf Cooperation Council , Human Rights Watch , Iraq , Iraqi parliament , Islamic Ennahda Party , Islamic party , Isobel Coleman , Kosovo , Kuwait , Leila Ben Ali , Libya , Middle East , Morocco , Nasser Al-Missned , National Assembly , National Transitional Council , North America , Prime Minister , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Shura Council , Syria , The Financial Times , Tunisia , United Arab Emirates , Women , Women's issues
ROB L. WAGNER: They played a leading role in the early stages of the Arab Spring. But have women seen concrete benefits yet?
Added on 04/03/2012
Mich Cafe
Baghdad , Basketball , Beijing Olympics , Brunei , Christoph Wilcke , Council of Senior Religious Scholars , Dubai , fencing , FIFA , Fifa World Cup , Football , Human Rights Watch , International Olympic Committee , Jeddah , Lebanon , London , Mecca , Middle East , Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum , Noor al-Malki , Olympics , Palestinian Territories , Qatar , Reading , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Olympic Committee , Sport , Sporting Club , sprinter , Stamford Bridge , Tunis , Tunisia , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , Vicky , Women , Women's issues
MICH CAFE: Human Rights Watch have just published a report that highlights the deep discrimination against women in Saudi Arabia.
Added on 02/03/2012
Rob L. Wagner
Abdullah , Abdullatif Aal Al-Sheikh , Australia , California , Canada , Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Education , Khadija , Maha , Newcastle , Riyadh , Sabah , SAR , Saudi Arabia , United Kingdom , United States , University of California , Women , Women's issues
ROB L. WAGNER: Female students returning to Saudi Arabia from studies abroad are finding they have limited, restrictive options.
Added on 22/02/2012
Common Ground News Service
Abdullah , Austria , Booz & Company , Employment , Gulf Cooperation Council , Saudi Arabia , Shura Council , Technology , Women , Women's issues
LULUA ASAAD, CGNEWS: Here’s a shocking statistic – 60% of Saudi women with a Phd are unemployed. What’s to be done?
Added on 09/02/2012
Eman-Al-Nafjan
Interior Ministry , Manal Al Sharif , Ministry of Interior , Saudi Arabia , Women , Women's issues
EMAN AL NAFJAN: There have been several significant developments this week in the campaign to allow women to drive in the Kingdom
Added on 06/02/2012
Ahmed-Al-Omran
Al-Hayat , Board of Grievances , Grievances , Manal Al Sharif , prominent human rights lawyer , Saudi Arabia , UN Court , Women , Women's issues
AHMED AL OMRAN: It’s all been a bit quiet recently on the women-drivers front. There has, though, been an interesting development this week.
Added on 02/02/2012
Common Ground News Service
Egypt , Egypt Protests , President , Women , Women's issues
ALICE HACKMAN: Around 50 percent of the people who help to maintain ‘HarassMap’, a log of attacks on women in Cairo, are men.
Added on 31/01/2012
American Bedu
Marriage , Saudi Arabia , UAE , Women , Women's issues
AMERICAN BEDU: It seems obvious but the main reason many Saudi men marry Westerners is because they’re not Saudi.
Added on 26/01/2012
Common Ground News Service
AIDS , Amr Salama , Civil society , Egypt , HIV , Journalist , Middle East , Rasha Dewedar , surgery , Women , Women's issues
RASHA DEWEDAR, CGNEWS: Asmaa, a newly released movie, portrays the life of a an Egyptian woman suffering from AIDS and deals sympathetically with her plight.
Added on 24/01/2012
Susan Al Shahri
Europe , Marriage , Oman , Tunisia , Turkey , Women , Women's issues
SUSAN AL SHAHRI: Polygamy is still relatively common in Dhofar but I don’t know any woman enduring this situation who’s happy with their lot.
Added on 18/01/2012
Dhofari Gucci
Female genital mutilation , Gender-based violence , Genital mutilation , Ministry of Health , Oman , Women , Women's issues
DHOFARI GUCCI: My blood’s boiling following the news that a friend’s sister’s baby has been circumcised. It’s time for the Ministry of Health to take action.
Added on 17/01/2012
Crossroads Arabia
Abdullatif Al-Asheikh , Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Council of Senior Religious Scholars , Religious Police , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette , Saudi Religious Police , special adviser , Women , Women's issues
CROSSROADS ARABIA: A well known supporter of the right of women to work Sheikh Abdullatif Al-Sheikh still has a traditional view of their place within Saudi society.
Added on 15/01/2012
The View From Fez
Abdelilah Benkirane , Independence Party , Interior Ministry , Islamist party , Justice and Development Party (PJD) , Morocco , Mustafa Ramid , Prime Minister , Salaheddine Mezouar , Security services , United States , Women , Women's issues
THE VIEW FROM FEZ: Concerns among liberals that Morocco would take a sharp turn in a socially conservative direction look unfounded.
