women’s rights
Saudi woman activist rejects release deal tied to denying torture: family
Middle East
August 14, 2019
Saudi woman activist rejects release deal tied to denying torture: family
RIYADH (Reuters) – Prominent Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul has rejected a proposal to secure her release from prison…
Outcry as Jeffrey Epstein found dead in jail, FBI investigates
World
August 11, 2019
Outcry as Jeffrey Epstein found dead in jail, FBI investigates
US financier Jeffrey Epstein, awaiting trial on charges he trafficked underage girls for sex, was found dead in jail Saturday…
Saudi Arabia women’s rights reforms may still be thwarted by custom
Middle East
August 6, 2019
Saudi Arabia women’s rights reforms may still be thwarted by custom
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi officials have hailed as “historic” new rights granted to women in Saudi Arabia that further dismantle…
Saudi Arabia allows women to travel without male ‘guardian’ approval
Middle East
August 2, 2019
Saudi Arabia allows women to travel without male ‘guardian’ approval
Saudi Arabia will allow women to travel abroad without approval from a male “guardian”, the government said Thursday, ending a…
Tunisia’s Essebsi shaped transition since overthrow of Ben Ali
Middle East
July 25, 2019
Tunisia’s Essebsi shaped transition since overthrow of Ben Ali
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, who helped shape his country’s democratic transition after a 2011 revolution ended…
Saudi Arabia easing male guardianship law: True reform or symbolic PR?
Middle East
July 23, 2019
Saudi Arabia easing male guardianship law: True reform or symbolic PR?
The Saudi government is reportedly planning this year to lift a restriction on women traveling without the consent of male…
Saudi Arabia: Pop music gains a political conscience
Middle East
July 22, 2019
Saudi Arabia: Pop music gains a political conscience
The members of the South Korean boy group Super Junior are megastars in their home country. They’ve released nine studio…
In Iran, some take off their hijabs as hard-liners push back
Middle East
July 15, 2019
In Iran, some take off their hijabs as hard-liners push back
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The simple act of walking has become a display of defiance for a young Iranian woman…
Egypt’s Fatima Qandil: the first female judge to sit on the judicial panel of the Egyptian criminal court
Egypt
July 11, 2019
Egypt’s Fatima Qandil: the first female judge to sit on the judicial panel of the Egyptian criminal court
Fatima Qandil is the first female judge to take up the judges panel in Egypt’s Criminal Court. The criminal court…
Rapper Nicki Minaj pulls out of controversial Saudi Arabia concert
Middle East
July 10, 2019
Rapper Nicki Minaj pulls out of controversial Saudi Arabia concert
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. rapper Nicki Minaj said on Tuesday that she was pulling out of a planned concert…