 | Zaheer Ali: female religious jurist is a must
Muslim communities should have female religious jurists, according to Zaheer Ali, an American professor. He believes that women can bring back the love touch to the religion and change many misconceptions about it. He affirmed in an interview with the Women Gateway the importance of new Islamic scho.. >> |
|  | The influence of Hillary Clinton's Gender on the coverage of US media
Whether they believe in feminism or not, many women and men in the United States noticed how different the mainstream media's coverage is of the 67th United States Secretary of State and the former runner up for the Democratic nomination Hillary Clinton . During her campaign in 2008, Clinton was cov.. >> |
|  | HIV/AIDS female patients suffer more than infected men
Bahraini HIV/AIDS female patients are victimised by their husbands more than others. Majority of them got the virus from their spouses, while they are at risk of more complications with the refusal of most infected husbands to use condoms. According to doctors, unprotected sex between two infected c.. >> |
|  | Political disturbances and women empowerment
When a Bahraini youth goes out from his home wearing mask or covering his face with his shirt to engage in his daily routine of rioting and vandalisms, the last thing comes in his mind is that his action is indirectly harming women. Some strongly believe he does harm women, while others feel the str.. >> |
|  | Talking affects women’s voices
Women come first of patients seeking speech therapy here followed by children, an expert said on Saturday. The talkative nature of females make them the majority of cases when compared with male patients and then come children because of loud crying and throughout the day screaming, Speech Therapist.. >> |
|  | Gender equality and peaceful integration should be prime objectives
Throughout Europe, over the past decade, there has been a loud - and at times openly xenophobic - debate about whether a Muslim woman should be allowed to wear a headscarf while on duty in a government job. Various types of bans have been enacted in several countries, including France, Germany, and.. >> |
|  | Feeling demeaned as a woman
To live knowing that your life or death has no value to society is upsetting and that what my feeling was when I read on Friday about a court in UAE sentencing a man to six years imprisonment for murdering his sister after she married a man whom he did not like. >> |
|  | Many Saudi women obtain driving licenses in Bahrain
Hundreds of Saudi women each year apply for Bahraini driving licenses and drive legally on the island’s roads without any fear, something impossible in the Kingdom where women driving is taboo. “The Traffic Directorate last year issued about 1,354 licenses to Saudi women who underwent driving lesson.. >> |
|  | Women’s Role Crucial
The crucial role of Bahraini women in ensuring social progress and prosperity was hailed yesterday by Cabinet members.Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa said: "Bahrain's efforts to empower women have succeeded in ensuring them leading executive, legislative and judicial positions." >> |
|  | Nursery at workplace not yet a reality
Activists called upon the government to open nurseries at its organisations to give women tension-free working environment through implementing a parliamentary proposal on this regard. “Nurseries at workplaces are a must to enhance the productivity of women and acknowledge their efforts to create a.. >> |
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