Stoning, Hanging, Prison, Freedom? Sakineh Ashtiani’s Uncertain Fate

International concern was sparked early this week when an Iranian prosecutor indicated that Sakineh Ashtiani’s execution for adultery could be imminent. Ashtiani is currently serving 10 years ...Read More

Egyptian Women Rally Around “The Girl in the #BlueBra”

This week, the world saw just how brutal the Egyptian military can be towards women who dissent. A video, which has gone viral, shows military police dragging a hijab-clad woman protester through ...Read More

Egypt’s “Revolutionary” New Parliament: Less Than 1 Percent Women?

The results are in, and the news is official: Not a single woman has been directly elected in Egypt’s first round of elections for the lower house of Parliament. And it appears that only three ...Read More

Honk for Saudi Women on International Human Rights Day!

Today is International Human Rights Day, and this year there is much to celebrate. 2011 has been an extraordinary year for human rights activism worldwide, as the UN points out: This year, millions ...Read More

Will Saudi Women Lose Their Virginity En Masse If They Start Driving?

My first thought is “no,” followed by a swift “none of your business.” But that wasn’t the conclusion of a recent report prepared for Saudi Arabia’s legislative assembly by ...Read More

Sexual Assault of Mona Eltahawy Marks Uncertain Times for Egyptian Women

At dawn on Thursday in Cairo, award-winning Egyptian American journalist and feminist Mona Eltahawy tweeted: Beaten arrested in interior ministry And then… silence. After hours of #FreeMona ...Read More

NEWS BRIEF: Despite King’s Edict, Saudi Woman Sentenced to 10 Lashings for Driving

International outcry arose this September when, just a day after Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah announced a commitment to women’s rights and granted women voting rights in 2015, a woman ...Read More

Police Action Ends Afghan MP’s Hunger Strike

The 12-day hunger strike of Afghan parliament member Simin Barakzai ended yesterday when Afghan police reportedly dismantled her encampment outside the presidential building in Kabul. Barakzai began ...Read More

On Supposed Reforms and Unjust Lashings: A Saudi Woman Speaks Out

Last Sunday, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia gave a speech to the Shura Council in which he granted Saudi women the right to vote and run in municipal elections starting in 2015 and promised to appoint ...Read More

For Saudi Women, Voting Win Masks Driving Crackdown

In a national TV address Sunday, Saudi King Abdullah declared an end to the de facto ban on women’s suffrage. Beginning in 2015, women will be able to vote and run in local elections. This seemingly ...Read More

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