Category: Women Rights
Nov 27, – Riyadh: Saudi authorities are reassessing a controversial ban on the right for women to drive in the ultra-conservative kingdom, activists said on Wednesday, citing the interior minister. “Rest assured that the issue is being discussed, and expect a good outcome,” Prince Mohammad Bin Nayef said, according to Aziza Al Yousuf who met […]
Nov 27, – International day of elimination of violence against women 25 November 2013, Speaking on the occasion Human Rights Observers chairman, Tameem said Violence against women constitutes one of the most pervasive forms of Human Rights violation. Since 1999, the United Nations General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination […]
Nov 25, – Patna: As many as 93 schoolgirls were reportedly sexually molested for more than four hours by a group of men in a running train in Bihar on Sunday. The incident was a reminiscence of the Delhi gang-rape on a moving bus in December last year. Taking the matter seriously, Bihar chief minister […]
Nov 24, – Sana’a: The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has agreed to grant asylum to a Saudi woman who eloped and ran away from her house early last month. An official from the UNHCR told Gulf News that the woman was given asylum on humanitarian grounds as she could […]
Nov 07, Agadir, Morocco – According to the new draft available on the Government’s General Secretariat website, sexual harassment in public spaces or the workplace will now be punished by law. This is especially great news for the women in Morocco, and even for men who are infuriated by the harassment of their sisters, wives […]
Nov 02, – Some of the men have even been questioned by authorities, and one was detained by a branch of the Saudi Interior Ministry — a move that sent a chill through some of the activists working to put women behind the wheel. On Saturday, more than 60 women said they defied the ban, […]
Nov 01, Riyadh — A growing number of men are quietly helping steer a campaign to end Saudi Arabia’s ban on allowing women to drive, risking their jobs and social condemnation in the conservative kingdom. Some of the men have even been questioned by authorities, and one was detained by a branch of the Saudi […]
Oct 31, – The UAE government’s efforts in providing quality education and empowering the Emirati women are now beginning to rub off on many of the young ladies who are opting for personal development, having a thriving career and independence before embarking on the marriage wagon. “Career before marriage is more important now for all […]
Oct 26, – Riyadh: A Saudi woman said she got behind the wheel Saturday and drove to the grocery store without being stopped or harassed by police, kicking off a campaign protesting the ban on women driving in the conservative kingdom. Despite warnings by police and conservatives in the kingdom against defying the ban, at […]
Oct 26, – According to a newly released report from the World Economic Forum, Iceland is the No. 1 country in the world for gender equality, for the fifth year in a row. And that equality is helping propel Iceland and its fellow Nordic nations to new economic heights. Turns out, the smaller the gender […]
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Human Rights Observers conference on Women’s rights and Environment
Human Rights Observers an organization in special status with UN ECOSOC has organized conference on Women’s rights and Environmental awareness Speaking on the occasion prominent senior advocate smt. Venkateshwari, stated that Violence against women and girls, a gross human rights violation, devastates lives, causes untold pain, suffering and illness. She has given various examples of […]
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