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Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz University will enroll women in its maritime studies programs for the first time, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Saturday. The university will set up a dedicated agency for female students within the maritime…
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Women and children make up at least 56 percent of the thousands killed in the Gaza war, the UN said Tuesday, amid controversy over the toll based on numbers from the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza. The United Nations was clarifying a…
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Two Ohio women have been accused of driving the body of a deceased 80-year-old man to a bank to withdraw money from his account before dropping his body off at a hospital. Karen Casbohm, 63, and Loreen Bea Feralo, 55, were charged…
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The General Authority for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque has trained 1,350 female volunteers to equip them with the skills necessary to provide high-quality services to women who visit the mosques. Topics…
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Jordan’s Queen Rania visited Ma’an, a town in Wadi Musa, on Tuesday where she met the founders and beneficiaries of programs that aim to encourage local economic empowerment, and some of the young people spearheading local initiatives.…
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Saudi Deputy Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources for Human Capacity Development Faris bin Saleh Al-Saqabi said the ministry has successfully formulated a strategy for developing human capabilities in the industrial and mining…
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Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Hissein Brahim Taha met a number of Muslim women leaders on the sidelines of the International Conference on Women in Islam: Status and Empowerment, held in Jeddah. The…
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Billed as a landmark decision, India’s parliament has passed legislation that guarantees parliamentary seats for women lawmakers, although it is expected to take years before the law comes into force. The Lok Sabha, or the lower house of…
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Days after the Taliban administration in Afghanistan announced in July that all women’s beauty salons must be closed within a month, videos on social media showed groups of women protesting on the streets in Kabul, as well as in their…
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Thousands of people, mostly women, held a massive sit-in in India’s violence-wracked northeastern state of Manipur on Saturday to demand the immediate arrest of anyone who took part in the harrowing May assault of two women who were paraded…
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