This week Khadijah bint Hassan al-Lawati became the first woman ambassador named in the Arab Muslim country of Oman. This appointment is part of a movement in Oman and some of the other Gulf Arab states to grant women a larger role in society.
Earlier this year a measure was proposed that would grant women the right to vote. In Qatar, women voted and ran in municipal elections for the first time in March. Oman has named 5 women to its Shura Council. Last May, a woman was appointed to the Omani chamber of commerce board of directors. Thursday Morocco appointed its first female ambassador for three decades when literature professor Aziza Bennani became its representative to UNESCO.
2/9/2010 Roeder Attorneys Seek New Trial - Attorneys for Scott Roeder, who was convicted last month in the murder of abortion provider George Tiler, MD, asked for a new trial yesterday. . . .
2/9/2010 Court Renews Title IX Suit Against UC Davis - A panel of 9th Circuit Court of Appeals judges reinstated a Title IX lawsuit yesterday against the University of California, Davis. . . .
