Saudi Arabia women's rights reforms may still be thwarted by custom
Despite welcome reforms easing restrictions on Saudi women, experts say centuries of tradition cannot be easily undone and for now, ...
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Saudi Arabia lifts travel restrictions on women, grants them greater control
A series of royal decrees continue pushing reforms gnawing at the heavily criticized male guardianship system in the Persian Gulf ...
UN resolutions name Israel as only country violating women's rights
Among the 54 countries on the UN council to favor the resolutions are Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Pakistan, Venezuela and ...
In Iran, some take off their hijabs as hard-liners push back
Debate has polarized Iranians at a time when the government's authority is stretched thin due to an ongoing economic crisis. ...
'Women can do anything, even be prime minister'
Former Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked responds to religious Zionist rabbi's statement that no woman should ever serve as leader of ...
'In Jordan, honor killings are more acceptable than homosexuality'
Princeton University study on public opinion in Arab countries indicate that views on the status of women and the LGBTQ ...
'God listens to Reform Jews, too'
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, a devoted educator and scholar who combines Orthodox religious practice with a willingness to butt heads with ...
Afghan women push for voice in talks, fearing loss of rights
Women's rights activists are just as worried about warlords and the strongmen who dominate Afghanistan's U.S.-backed leadership as they are ...
Next Knesset could see record number of female MKs
The Blue and White list includes nine women in "realistic" spots; the Likud seven; the New Right four; and Labor ...
High Court orders haredi party Agudat Israel to lift ban on women
The petition against the Agudat Israel charter was filed by 10 women's groups led by the nonprofit Itach – Women ...