Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
Maha Akeel – WNN Opinion (WNN/CGN) Jeddah, SAUDI ARABIA: For decades now, most Muslim-majority countries have allowed women to play and compete in sports, and have had female athletes compete in the Olympics. Today Saudi Arabia is following suit. Saudi Arabia announced on 12 July, just two weeks before the start of the Olympics, that [...]
Dr. James Bruce Bussel and Dr. Richard L. Berkowitz - WNN Opinion Two American (U.S.) medical doctors of Obstetrics and Pediatrics describe the long road to medical discovery and the recognition they have received for their outstanding contribution for a medical breakthrough that is now providing help for mothers and their unborn infants. (WNN) Riyadh, SAUDI [...]
Lulua Asaad - WNN Opinion (WNN/CGN) Saudi Arabia: Why do men in Saudi Arabia educate their female children if women aren’t able to work later? This is the question Khalid Al-Khudair, founder of the employment platform Glowork, asked. The question actually arose when his sister Aia, who graduated with a degree in psychology from a Canadian [...]
Maha Akeel – WNN Opinion (WNN) Jeddah – Social media was abuzz with excitement at Saudi King Abdullah’s recent decision to appoint women to the Shura (consultative) Council and to allow them to vote and run in the 2015 municipal elections. The right to vote and hold public office has been at the top of [...]
Maha Akeel – WNN Opinion (WNN) JEDDAH: “Saudi Arabia is not yet ready for women to participate in the upcoming municipal elections on 23 April.” The election commissioner made this bold statement, referring to women’s roles as both voters and candidates. Two years earlier, however, the first female deputy minister was appointed, and in 2005 [...]
