• Morocco law reform offers hope for women’s rights

    Rabat, Morocco - Two decades after a landmark but limited revision of Morocco's family law marked a breakthrough for women, activists hope new reforms will defy objections and provide greater equality. The reform of the legal code was ordered directly by King Mohammed VI, who is expected to have the final...

  • Kuwait elects new parliament dominated by opposition

    Lawmakers from opposition won 29 of the 50 seats up for grabs in the election, according to results announced by the official Kuwait News Agency. The vote on Tuesday came after Kuwait's constitutional court in March annulled the results of last year's election -- in which the opposition made significant...

  • UN bemoans ‘intolerable’ loss of 5 million children in 2021

    United Nations, United States--An estimated five million children under the age of five died in 2021, the United Nations said Tuesday, urging health care investment in underserved communities around the globe to avoid this "immense, intolerable and mostly preventable loss of life." "Every day, far too many parents are facing the trauma...

  • Iraqi furniture-maker carves up stereotypes

    Nour al-Janabi, 29, designs, makes and mends in her south Baghdad workshop go from rustic style to Louis XV. She recently launched her business, Nour Carpentry.

  • Leading Iran cleric calls on authorities to ‘listen to people’

    At least 41 people have been killed since the protests began on September 16, mostly protesters but including security forces, according to an official toll. The protests have spread to several cities, where demonstrators have shouted slogans against the authorities, according to local media.

  • Iran police break up protests over women’s death with force

    Tensions spiked in northwest Iran after the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody, sparking off protests in the region. She was on a visit with her family to Tehran when she was detained by the police unit entrusted with the job of enforcing the country's strict dress code for...

  • Inspiring people is ‘a good legacy’: Sheikha Lubna

    Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi, the first woman to be an Emirati cabinet minister, opens up to TRENDS about changing perceptions, both in the UAE and abroad.

  • Women attend Iran-Iraq match in Tehran stadium

    The last time Iranian women were allowed to attend a football match of their national team, after decades of being banned from stadiums, was October 2019. Since then, national team matches were held with no spectators due to Covid-19 restrictions.

  • Gender bender: GCC moves to empower more women

    Member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council are increasingly working towards the empowerment of women.

  • ‘Saudi women entrepreneurs have it easier now’

    Boundary-pushing journalist and entrepreneur Muna AbuSulayman tells TRENDS how things have changed for businesswomen in Saudi Arabia.

  • Iran to let women fans into football stadium after gap

    Women spectators will be allowed to see a football match in Iran for the first time in two years.

  • Kuwaiti women play big role in development: Diplomat

    Fahad Hejji, the First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the State of Kuwait to the United Nations, has said at the UN that women from his country play a significant role in the development and modernization of society, and they have offered invaluable contributions to the national efforts to...

  • Meet Nora Al-Matrooshi, first Arab woman astronaut in training

    Matrooshi, 28, hopes she will have the opportunity to visit space one day She and her fellow countryman, Mohammad Al-Mulla, will train at NASA DUBAI: The UAE’s Nora Al-Matrooshi is the first Arab woman to start training to be an astronaut, one of two Emiratis picked from thousands of applicants...