“After finding out that if we want to study abroad we must be accompanied by a male relation, myself and some friends decided to get married. We’re hoping to do it as soon as possible so that we can take advantage of the foreign study programme”. Rights being protected. This is the story told to the Saudi daily newspaper, Arab News, continue...
Deep into society. Nowadays it is still very difficult to be a woman in Latin American countries. This is because of machismo, which goes well beyond the classical European chauvinism, according to which men believe to be superior to women, although without much conviction, so that in our old continent women have been emancipated for a long time. continue...
The March 8 holiday has always divided public opinion between those opposed to singling out one day only to acknowledge women, and those for whom it is crucial to honor “the other half of the sky” with its own holiday. Hunger Strike. Whatever side you stand on, you cannot pass the day without devoting some thought to Iran, continue...
Without a thought to the problems of wedded couples in the west, couples who are in love in Saudi Arabia are made to divorce and, in some cases, sent to prison. Fatima and Mansour. This happened to 34-year old Fatima Al Timani, who has been imprisoned with her one-year old son in the city of Damman for six months. Fatima is only the latest victim of the forced divorce phenomenon, continue...
Written by our correspondent Vauro The hospital of the non-governmental body (NGO), Emergency, in Sulimanya started its activities in 1996. In its rooms thousands of victims of the wars in this region have been assisted and cured. This has happened almost without interruption from the war between Iraq and Iran, continue...
