Saudi Arabia to Launch First Women’s Football League
Saudi Arabia is set to launch a female football league, two years after women were first allowed into stadiums in the Gulf kingdom. The league will play its matches in the capital, Riyadh, and two other cities. The creation of the league is the latest of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s reforms in Saudi Arabia, which has long been seen as one of the world’s strictest societies. Campaigners say much more remains to be done for women’s rights. Officials say the aim of the latest move is to boost female participation in sport. “The launch of the [league] bolsters women’s participation in sports at the community level and will generate increased recognition for women’s sports achievements,” the government-run Saudi Sports for All Federation said. Saudi women were first allowed into a football stadium in January 2018 – the same year that the Gulf kingdom ended a decades-long ban on female…
Betsy Devos Speaks On Need to Bring More Education Opportunities to America’s Children
“I want to tell everyone today you are either for children or against children when it comes to educational freedom and choice in education.”…
KENYA: Azuri Technologies Encourages Rural Women to Use Solar Energy
Solar home systems provider Azuri Technologies has recently launched the “Brighter Lives” project in Nairobi, Kenya. The initiative aims to encourage rural women to…
Ensuring Pastoralist Survival in Chad
“We are connected to nature, we find our resources in nature, we protect it; nature is completely intertwined with our culture and way of…
What does your Child Want to be versus What problems do they want to solve?
Business and Academic experts from around the world, have said that by 2030, 85 per cent of the jobs that will exist have not…
Do The Best You Can In Every Task
“Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time. No one learns more about a…
Afropop Singer Angélique Kidjo Wins ‘Best World Music’ Grammy Award
Angélique Kidjo, Beninese singer emerges winner of the Best World Music Album, recently at the 62nd GRAMMY Awards 2020. Her emergence is hinged on…
Taiwan’s TAITRA Seeks to Empower Women Entrepreneurs
In efforts to tap into the full potential of women entrepreneurs, Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) is set to organize for the first…
Saudi Arabia’s Human Resources Development Fund Program Supports Over 2,500 Working Women
Saudi Arabia is still working rigorously towards integrating more women across the board, from supporting their appointment in top leadership positions and celebrating their…
Heroine of the Week
Norah AlOtaibi The Female Engineer Challenging Perceptions in Saudi Arabia The 23rd of January 2020 was a special day for CELD and Amazons Watch…
Magda Mostafa – Harnessing the Power of Creativity as a Problem-solving tool
If you are attentive to the daily life happenings in society, you will likely observe that people are always left in awe and amazement…
Proffering Innovative Solution to Period Poverty
By Miracle Nwankwo “Meeting the hygiene needs of all adolescent girls is a fundamental issue of human rights, dignity, and public health,” says Sanjay…
