Saudi Arabia has pursued a policy of silencing activists though its ambiguous counter-terrorism laws, UN human rights experts have said. Their comments were made at a panel event entitled “Saudi Arabia – Time for Accountability”, which was held on Monday on the sidelines of the UN Human Rights Council. The[…]
“Enough is enough. Our lives are threatened on a daily basis and today, as we celebrate Women’s month, something needs to be done to make sure our voices are heard”. Those are the words of Terrishai Choochoo, a representative from Mosaic in Wynberg, a community based non-governmental organisation that offers[…]
Women are the backbone of society and it is with this in mind that VOC aims to celebrate inspiring Cape women at this year’s Golden Hour Luncheon. In South Africa, the 9th August 1956 marks a watershed moment in our country’s history – when 20 000 women took part in[…]
At least 134 Palestinians have been wounded by Israeli gunfire as thousands of Palestinian women demonstrated along the heavily fortified fence with Israel in the besieged Gaza Strip. Ashraf al-Qudra, spokesperson for Gaza’s healthy ministry, said in a statement on Tuesday that media representatives covering the event were among those[…]
Two NGOS working with abused women says it strongly opposes parole to Dr Omar Sabadia, convicted of killing his wife in 1996. Dr Sabadia was supposed to be released on parole this week – after serving only 20 years of a 50-year sentence. His wife Zahida went missing in February[…]
Saudi Arabia started issuing its first driving licences to women weeks before the kingdom lifts a ban on female drivers. The general traffic directorate on Monday began replacing internationally recognised driving licences held by women with Saudi ones across the country, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. Ten Saudi[…]
Saudi Arabia is preparing to outlaw sexual harassment, officials said Tuesday, less than a month before the conservative kingdom lifts its decades-long ban on women driving. The kingdom’s Shura Council, which advises the cabinet, approved a draft law on Monday which would introduce a prison term of up to five[…]
This a transcript of a Jumuah khutbah delivered by Imam Rashied Omar of the Claremont Main Road Mosque on women and janazahs. You are obsessed by greed and compete with each other for worldly possessions Until you visit the graves (Surah Takathur, Chapter 102, Verses 1 and 2) During the[…]
In what has been described an unprecedented move in the history of the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC), a female representative has been elected as a member of the ulama body’s Executive Committee. The announcement was made following a by-election on April 21, 2018, at the MJC’s Annual General Meeting. Having[…]
For the first time in its 74 year history, the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) finally has female representation on its executive level. Mualima Khadija Patel-Allie, the ameera of the MJC Women’s Forum, was elected to serve upon the MJC Executive committee during the organisation’s Annual General Meeting at the weekend.[…]
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