Posts Tagged ‘women’
Pakistan: Asma Jahangir at Risk?
By Web Desk
June 6th 2012
The Pakistani government should investigate allegations that elements in the Pakistani military and intelligence agencies have …
Saudi woman and moral courage
By Eman Al Nafjan
June 4th 2012
Few individuals are willing to brave the disapproval of their countrymen and the wrath of …
Olympic Hurdles for Saudi Women
By Web Desk
May 24th 2012
(London) – As the clock ticks down to the July opening ceremony, all nations except Saudi Arabia have …
Hatred and misogyny in the Middle East, a response to Mona el Tahawy
By Tom Dale
April 24th 2012
A veritable twitter storm has sprung up around an article by Mona el Tahawy in the …
Saudi Arabia turns deaf ear to Olympic women
By Eman Al Nafjan
April 18th 2012
This is not just about including Saudi women in the London 2012. It’s much more …
Pakistan: Women’s Day
March 7th 2012
A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission
Unheard and unwanted, rape continues to be used as a tool …
The hidden lives of child widows
By Margaret Owen
March 1st 2012
Child widows, some less than ten years old, face bleak futures as they bear the triple …
Women and Islam: A HRW debate
Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images: An Egyptian woman looking on during a rally to mark the one year anniversary of the …
Of mini-skirts and morals: social control in Nigeria
By Bibi Bakare-Yusuf
February 24th 2012
The push to police the way that women dress continues across Africa on the pretext that …