Saudi Women Protest Their Country’s Partnership with Uber
By: Tod Perry Women in Saudi Arabia are standing up in opposition to the kingdom’s $3.5 billion investment in Uber. Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that bans women from driving and the investment is seen as a way for the country and Uber to profit from oppression. To travel freely, women in the conservative Islamic country are forced to either be driven by a male family member or pay for services such as Uber. “They’re investing in our pain, in our suffering,” Hatoon al-Fassi, a Saudi women’s historian who teaches at Qatar University, said. “This institutionalizes women’s inferiority and dependency, and it turns women into an object of investment.” Women in Saudi Arabia who are caught behind the wheel are subject fines and, in some cases, flogging. To protest Uber’s partnership with the kingdom, Saudi women have posted pictures of themselves deleting the Uber app…
Nicaragua: New Property Laws Cause Fresh Asset Violence and Blackmail
By: Malva Izquierdo Three decades after Nicaragua launched the first of many reforms aimed at giving women equal land rights, experts say rural…
African First Ladies Urged to Continue Advocacy Activities towards National Growth
African First Ladies have been called to intensify efforts in advocating changes in attitude and cultural norms as well as removal of legal and…
Japan Recalls Diplomats from South Korea over ‘Comfort Woman’ Statue
Japan has recalled two top diplomats from South Korea over a controversial statue erected outside its consulate in the South Korean city of Busan…
Vancouver Transit Police Issue Warning after Woman was ‘Repeatedly’ Followed
Transit Police are issuing a warning to the public after a man was spotted repeatedly following a woman in Vancouver last week. On Jan.…
Building Healthy, Loving Relationships
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Real elegance is in the things that don’t show – Fish out that “Special” Lingerie
Boma Benjy – Iwuoha I have always wondered why ladies tend to go lingerie shopping right about when they are starting a new relationship…
Do Board Games Really Increase your Kid’s Brain Power?
As a kid, I remember playing board games with some of my aunts and beating them silly until no one wanted to play with…
Yasmin Helal: Redefining the Future of Egyptian Education
Yasmin Helal is an engineer and a former pro-basketball player, an Amazon, redefining education in Egypt. She was born and raised in Cairo, growing…
Lauren Bush Lauren: FEED, Tackling Hunger through Commerce
Lauren Pierce Bush Lauren is a daughter of Neil Bush and Sharon Bush, granddaughter of former President George H. W. Bush and niece of…
The Chances with Ovarian Cysts
The delicate nature of women has made then prone to several diseases one of which is ovarian cyst. There is a high tendency that…
Ms. Dina El-Mofty- Grooming Future Generation towards a Better Egypt
Dina El-Mofty is the founder of Injaz Egypt, an organization which has a strong educational focus on entrepreneurship as well as work readiness and…
