women

By Haifaa Jawad | (The Conversation) | – – In an unexpected move that surprised everyone, including his own people, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia has suddenly passed a royal decree permitting women to drive. His stunning decision comes after years of the ban, which was justified using Islam as a pretext. […]

Feminism

The Biggest Impediment to Saudi Women Was Never the Driving Ban

Juan Cole

By Medea Benjamin | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – No matter their age, Saudi women are treated like minors — to the point that many require permission from their sons to work, study, or travel. It looks like 27 years of protesting, along with international pressure and government recognition that it needs more […]

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Saudi King seeks Recognition for letting Women Drive, a basic right

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman issued a decree on Tuesday permitting women to drive as of June of next year. Saudi Arabia was the only country in the world to forbid its female citizens from driving automobiles. This unusually misogynistic position derived from two sources. One is […]

Donald Trump

Betsy DeVos and “Real” Rape

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By Gail Ukockis | (Informed Comment) | – – When I was in college in the early eighties, the dorm staff told us females to get escorts if we had to walk outside after dark. Watch out for the dark bushes in front of the dorm building, they warned us. Each communal bathroom also […]

Climate Change

A Sustainable future depends on Women’s Equality

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Green energy, environmentalism and gender

Feminism

Tunisia: A Gender Equality Manifesto

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Tunisia is considering new legislation crucial to women’s rights in that country

Feminism

Given Fundamentalist impact on Syria, Women’s Freedoms in Doubt

contributors

How can Hizbullah liberate women if it wants to segregate them?

Donald Trump

If she had said, “Back off, you Creep!”

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women, misogyny, sexism, politics, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump

Islam

You’ve Got Veil: Secular Tajikistan Gov’t sends Millions of Texts imposing Hijab Ban

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RFE/RL’s Tajik Service | – – DUSHANBE — Private mobile-phone companies in Tajikistan have begun sending out text messages to millions of citizens, reminding them to obey a new law that makes Tajik national clothing obligatory at “traditional” gatherings such as weddings and commemorative ceremonies for the dead. The legislation is widely seen as an […]