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In the presence of HE Minister of Social Development and Family, Mariam bint Ali bin Nasser Al Misnad, the Qatari Womens Sports Committee inaugurated today, at its headquarters, an artistic mural painted by a number of Qatari artists, as part of comm..
A rights group has called on Fifa to ban Iran from this year's World Cup after blocking women from watching games in their own country. Open Stadiums questioned why the country was being allowed to compete while "Iranian women remain lock..
Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university, opened this evening the "Women in Leadership" conference. The three-day conference will focus on equipping women for leadership in higher education. It is t..
Saudi women will drive a high-speed train in the kingdom by the end of the current year, a Saudi rail official has said. “Saudi female drivers are being trained and groomed for steering the Haramaim train,” Rayan Al Harbi, the deputy c..
The State of Qatar affirmed its keenness to support the efforts aimed at enhancing the participation of Afghan women in the peacemaking and peacebuilding process, and its aspiration to ensure their right to education and equal employment opportunitie..
The Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) has announced a contribution of $5 million towards the UN Special Trust Fund for Afghanistan to support the UNDP-led, Area-Based Approach for Development Emergency Initiatives (ABADEI) in Afghanistan to restore a..
Two women have been sentenced to death in Iran on charges of "corruption on earth" and human trafficking over the last few days, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported on Monday. Advocates and rights groups took to social media to..
It has been said that Novartis, one of the most successful drug companies in the world, will soon start a marketing campaign called "Women in Pink." Because of this program, the breast cancer death rate will decrease in the Gulf region. ..
Monesa Mubarez is not going to give up the rights she and other Afghan women won during 20 years of Western-backed rule easily. Before the hardline Islamist Taliban movement swept back to power a year ago, the 31-year-old served as a director of p..