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Taliban fighters pepper spray women protesters calling for rights
Taliban forces on Sunday fired pepper spray at a group of women protesters in Afghanistan’s capital demanding rights to work and education, three ... World News -
Italian police identify young men in NYE assault on women
Italian police said Tuesday they had identified over a dozen men and boys who sexually assaulted young women during New Year’s Eve festivities in ... World News -
Saudi female weapons trainer breaks boundaries in male-dominated field
Mona Al-Khurais has loved guns ever since as a young girl her father took her on hunting trips in Saudi Arabia and taught her how to shoot.Five years ... Life -
UAE tops ranking for women’s safety, Afghanistan lowest on list: Georgetown index
The United Arab Emirates topped the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Index 2021 for women’s safety in a report published by the Georgetown Institute ... Gulf -
In first, three women to lead major Morocco cities
Morocco’s capital Rabat elected a woman as mayor for the first time on Friday, meaning three of the kingdom’s main cities are led by women following ... North Africa -
Taliban to allow girls to return to school ‘soon’: Spokesperson
Girls in Afghanistan will be allowed to return to school as soon as possible, the Taliban said Tuesday, after announcing the remaining positions in ... World News -
Fear of beauty parlors spreads in Afghanistan as Taliban crackdown on women’s freedom
Afghan makeup artist Fatema Aaraa said on Saturday that women clients no longer come to her beauty salon because they fear the Taliban.“Until two ... World News -
Taliban tell hundreds of women in Afghanistan to stay home, not report to work
The interim mayor of Afghanistan’s capital says many female city employees have been ordered to stay home by the country’s new Taliban ... World News -
Taliban: Women can study in gender-segregated university classrooms
The higher education minister in the new Taliban government says women can study in universities, including at post-graduate levels, but that ... World News -
Saudi Arabia’s first batch of women soldiers graduate
Saudi Arabia’s first batch of women soldiers have graduated from the Armed Forces Women’s Cadre Training Center Wednesday after completing their ... Gulf -
Saudi Arabia’s first girls’ football center set to open in Riyadh
The first football training center for girls in Saudi Arabia is set to open in the capital city of Riyadh, according to local media reports. The Saudi ... Sports -
Female pilgrims perform Hajj without male guardians as part of new reforms
Bushra Shah, a 35-year-old Pakistani, says she is realizing a childhood dream by making the great pilgrimage to Mecca, and under new rules she’s doing ... Gulf -
Period poverty on the rise as Lebanon’s economic crisis worsens
Women in Lebanon can no longer afford menstrual products as plummeting economic conditions in the country have pushed half of the population below the ... Features -
Yemeni model abducted by Houthis tried to commit suicide in jail: Lawyer
A Yemeni model who was abducted and put on trial by the Iran-backed Houthi militia earlier this year tried to commit suicide in prison, her lawyer ... Gulf -
Saudi women and the era of creative empowerment
Over the last few years, the wise Saudi leadership’s enlightening and positive role has become known far and wide, through the efforts of King Salman ... In Translation -
Human rights and the state’s watchful eye
An official addressed the people to warn them of a pandemic that will kill them. He asked them to prepare themselves to lose their loved ones; warned ... In Translation -
GCC boardrooms making progress in gender diversity, private sector lags: GCC BDI exec
The United Arab Emirates has made great strides in gender inclusion and diversity in organizations’ boardrooms and is leading the way in the Gulf ... Gulf -
Emerging Saudi craftswomen get a fresh start at AlUla design workshops
The oldest girls’ school in Saudi Arabia’s AlUla has launched an initiative that helps female artisans create commercially viable collections ... Art and culture -
Women protest in Istanbul over Erdogan’s decision to exit domestic violence treaty
Several thousand women took to the streets in Istanbul on Saturday to demand Turkey reverses its decision to withdraw from an international treaty ... Coronavirus -
Saudi Arabia is committed to protecting women’s rights: Official says at UN session
Saudi Arabia is committed to taking legislative and procedural measures to ensure the rights of women in the Kingdom are protected, the Secretary ... Gulf -
Turkey withdraws from European treaty protecting women from violence
Turkey has withdrawn from a landmark European treaty protecting women from violence that it was the first to sign 10 years ago and that bears the name ... Middle East -
UK police identify human remains of Sarah Everard in high-profile missing case
British police holding a fellow officer on suspicion of kidnap and murder said on Friday a body discovered in the woods is that of Sarah Everard, a ... World News -
How are Saudi women doing?
As the world celebrates International Women's Day, it is a good time to ask, how are Saudi women doing?Stories of women throughout history tend to be ... In Translation -
Jill Biden honors 21 women from 15 countries for their courage
First lady Jill Biden says nearly two dozen women the State Department is honoring for their courage made an “intentional decision” to persist and ... World News -
UAE Haagen-Dazs branches rename ice cream flavors, celebrates iconic Arab women
As part of Haagen-Dazs’ International Women’s Day 2021 celebrations, the brand has renamed four of its ice cream flavors to the region’s most iconic ... Life -
Zimbabwe’s women grapple with gender discrimination amid COVID-19 pandemic
There are very few female truck drivers in Zimbabwe, but Molly Manatse doesn’t like to be singled out for her gender.“It has always been known as a ... Coronavirus -
Gaza law barring women from travel without male consent to be revised
Gaza’s top Islamic judge agreed on Tuesday to revise a recent court ruling that bars women from travel without permission from a male guardian such as ... Middle East -
Murders of three women spark anger in Lebanon as domestic violence doubles
The murder of three women has provoked outrage in Lebanon, as authorities revealed a doubling of domestic abuse reports in a country that recently won ... Features -
Thousands of women protest in Turkey against domestic violence
Thousands of women in Turkey took to the streets on Wednesday to demand that the government does not withdraw from a landmark treaty on preventing ... Middle East -
Women’s participation in sports in Saudi Arabia rose by 149 pct since 2015: Minister
Women’s participation in sports in Saudi Arabia has risen by about 149 percent since 2015 as a result of the Kingdom’s wide-reaching reforms over the ... Gulf
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