August 8, 2017

New Tunisian law takes long stride toward gender equality

TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia’s parliament has approved comprehensive new legislation targeting violence against women. The new law, passed July 26, represents a major change from the existing law. […]
August 6, 2017

Urgent Alert: Jordan close to ending legal exemptions for rapists

2 AUG 2017 UPDATE: SUCCESS! Following the Lower House of Parliament’s historic 1 August vote for the full repeal of Article 308 from Jordan’s Penal Code, today the Senate approved […]
July 22, 2017

Bahrain: Women human rights defenders who are tortured in Bahrain will not receive justice

Women human rights defenders in Bahrain who have been tortured in Bahrain have been subjected to further persecution to stop them from working. In two separate […]
July 15, 2017

Saudi Arabia: State Schools to Allow Girls’ Sports

Key Reforms to Male Guardianship System Still Needed (Beirut) – Saudi Arabia’s reversal of its longstanding ban on sports for women and girls in public schools is […]
July 11, 2017

Meet the Saudi Woman Who Ignited a Firestorm When She Got Behind the Wheel

This story by Joyce Hackel originally appeared on PRI.org on June 14, 2017. It is republished here as part of a partnership between PRI and Global Voices. When Manal al-Sharif posted a […]
June 10, 2017

Saudi Arabia: Free Women’s rights activist Loujain Al-Hathloul

On 04 June 2017 at about 3pm local time, Saudi security forces at King Fahd International Airport in Dammam arrested and detained women’s driving activist Loujain […]
June 10, 2017

87% of Egyptian men believe women’s basic role is to be housewives: study

Only one in four men in the Arab world and the Middle East believes in gender equality and equal opportunities for men and women, according the […]
May 31, 2017

WAN-IFRA Announces 2017 Laureates of the Women in News Editorial Leadership Award

The Women in News Editorial Leadership Award recognises an exemplary contribution of an Editor to her newsroom – and under her leadership the contribution of her […]
May 31, 2017

Google doodle goes with Zaha Hadid’s flow

Famed Iraqi-born British architect was the first woman awarded the prestigious Pritzker Prize. Zaha Hadid, an Iraqi-born British architect, was known for her dramatic designs frequently […]
May 21, 2017

Sheikh Mohammed surprises Arab Hope Makers ceremony, awards top prize to all nominees

In a ceremony designed to award the Arab World’s most inspirational Hope Maker, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid tonight extended the top award to all […]
May 16, 2017

The 61st session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women in March this year on the economic empowerment of women

Proposed Legislations amendments measures for the action on the issue in Egyp International Conventions Issues raised in CSW 61 –March 2017 on Economic Empowerment of Women […]
May 13, 2017

Saudi Arabia: King issues decree loosening some guardianship regulations, but women remain under control of men in most areas

On 17 April 2017, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz issued a Royal decree instructing governmental entities in Saudi Arabia to provide services for women without requiring the […]