The media plays a huge role in dialogue between societies and limitations of media content have often been linked to women’s under-representation and their lack of power within the media industry. This case-based study is focussing on media... Read more
The Solutions Series is series of pop up Think Tanks hosted by the Independent Living in Scotland project (ILiS). Each Think Tank brings people together in co-production to seek solutions to a specific barrier to independent living. This is... Read more
AWMWC AMMAN- A court ruling in Jordan that women not wearing hijab (a head cover) are unfit to testify as witnesses in front of the judge stirs controversy and angers activists. The court’s ruling, which was published by the daily... Read more
Discrimination
Drop The A Word! By Sheikha Al Dosary Over the years, I have failed completely to erase the word “Abd” from my family’s dictionary, when talking about black or African people. It is such a frequently used term in Arab society in general and in... Read more
Discrimination
Examples of Arab women’s testimonies about participating in activism during the revolts in Egypt and Bahrain. This video is an example of women’s views about what is going on in their countries and how the authorities treated them... Read more
Discrimination
It seems there are no women in Saudi Arabia, and when such creatures are spotted, they are seen as mothers or worshippers who do not eat or use mobile phones. By Iqbal Tamimi Trying to balance the act of projecting a civilised modern state and... Read more
Art and Culture
{jcomments on} Soap Opera addiction is the title of this cartoon by Saudi cartoonist Rabeea. It reflects a negative image of women as lazy, over weight and good for nothing that the husband is forced to drag his wife by force from the... Read more