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Saudi activist Suhaila Zein al-Abidin <\/a>objects to the segregation of men and women in the Shura Council, questioning why\u00a0\u2018mixing\u2019\u00a0is accepted in other settings but not in matters related to the Shura council.<\/p>\n

Arab News answers the question why Saudi men prefer to perform hajj alone<\/a>: not only are women an additional cost, they are a burden too\u2026.<\/p>\n

Girls and young women in Somalia earn additional income by making sanitary pads<\/a>, and because of the pads,\u00a0they do not have to miss a day at school if they have their period. It changed the life of Fartun Abdi Hashi<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A Moroccan\u00a0Rights Group claims that female\u00a0\u00a0harassment <\/a>is becoming a real problem in Morocco.<\/p>\n

Two Indonesian women\u00a0talk about\u00a0their careers as female cab drivers in Jakarta<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Aminah Farah Ali, the Somali woman convicted with aiding a terrorist group and who insists to wear a hijab in jail, has been moved to another location<\/a>, and claims to have been mistreated.<\/p>\n

Buthaina Kamel is the first Egyptian woman to run for president<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The sex\u00a0education book of the\u00a0Obedient Wives Club has been banned in Malaysia<\/a>, because it would be against Islamic teachings (!?).<\/p>\n

Sudan Tribune wonders where the activist Sudanese women are<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n

Elections in Tunisia: Women activists accuse the winning party of not keeping their promises<\/a>. The female figurehead though claims that the\u00a0 party\u2019s victory is\u00a0\u2018good for women\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nahed Taher, the founder of Desert Rose bank, shares her view on working in Saudi Arabia as a woman <\/a>and the high unemployment rate among Saudi women.<\/p>\n

Three women wearing niqab were not granted access to a Swedish court room<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bareheaded women in ads in Chechnya were ordered to be\u00a0covered up<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Muslim women in India clean up river banks for a Hindu celebration <\/a>as a gesture of Muslim-Hindu unity.<\/p>\n

Wafaa Elwakin\u00a0from Louisiana, US,\u00a0claims to be assaulted by her employer<\/a> on basis of her background\/religion.<\/p>\n

Two girls in Russia are mixed up just after birth; one was raised as a Muslim, the other as a Christian<\/a>.<\/p>\n

FGM on the rise <\/a>in post-Mubarak Egypt.<\/p>\n

Pakistani woman has been burnt by ex-fiance <\/a>after rape attempt. May Allah give her the strength to survive.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"