May 30, 2012
Saudi Arabia: women push hard for basic rights
The kingdom’s lawmaking body has approved preliminary measures to allow women to vote, though they still can’t drive.
World News
May 30, 2012
UAE: Women aim to be a light for future generations
Women voters pledged to take part in the Federal National Council (FNC) elections on Saturday and said they will vote for those whom they believe would make a change in the performance of the House.
May 30, 2012
Where Women Are Winning
Fair hiring in China. Literacy in Mali. Newsweek’s rankings reveal where women are leaving their mark—and where the gains are slow to come.
May 30, 2012
Libya: Women Won’t Benefit From Quotas, Libyan Official Says
A quota system to ensure the participation of females in Libyan politics will increase segregation and reduce the changes of the right women being elected to the new government, said Laila Bugaighis, chairwoman of the National Protection from Violence Committee, part of the National Transitional
May 30, 2012
I salute you, Prof. Wangari Mathai
Prof. Wangari Mathai passed away on the 25th of September, in Kenya, after a prolonged battle with cancer.
May 30, 2012
Saudi Arabia: women given voting rights
Saudi women will have the right to join the advisory Shura Council (consultative assembly) as full members and participate in future municipal elections, King Abdullah has said.
The announcement came days before municipal elections where women will be excluded.
May 30, 2012
Saudi Arabia: woman to be lashed for defying driving ban
A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a woman to 10 lashes for breaking the country's ban on female drivers.
The woman, identified only as Shema, was found guilty of driving in Jeddah in July.
May 30, 2012
Kenya: Nobel laureate Maathai dies
Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai has died in Nairobi while undergoing cancer treatment at the age of 71.
May 30, 2012
DR Congo: One woman's enterprise helps rape survivors find healing and an independent income through farming.
In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, every hour in the day some 48 women are raped. That is around 1,100 rapes a day, leaving many thousands of women and children with broken lives and little hope for their futures.