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Women had equal access to HIV treatment and counselling, as well as follow-up treatment. In accordance with the government's interpretation of Qur'anic precepts, Muslim women have rights similar to those of Muslim men in areas such as divorce and child custody. Islamic law requires that males receive twice the inheritance of women.
Norsiah binti Haji Abdul Gapar (born 24 April 1952) is a Bruneian writer who is the first Bruneian woman to be awarded the S.E.A. Write Award in 2009. [1] She is regarded as one of Brunei's most successful female authors and as one of the country's few intelligent female writers who either embodies or attempts to uphold Brunei's civility in her works.
She then advanced to Duli Pengiran Muda Al-Muhtadee Billah College in Gadong after excelling in the Brunei junior certificate of education exam in 1993 and the GCE Ordinary Level exams in June 1995. [1] With a keen interest in studying the Qur'an, Hafizah was mentored by Datin Hajah Maliha binti Hanif, the wife of the late Mustajab Shaien.
Her mother, Rashidah Saleh, was Bruneian, while her father, Jimmy Bell, born to a Scottish father and Japanese mother, was a government servant in Brunei. After marrying Rashidah, Jimmy Bell converted to Islam and took the name Abdul Aziz. As the fourth child in the family, Mariam was half Bruneian, a quarter English, and a quarter Japanese.
In 2009, Adina received the Brunei Woman Leader in Civil Society Award. Based on her work an youth and communal development, she was appointed as Brunei's representative to the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children in April 2010. Here, she represented Brunei with regards to children's rights issues.
Jillian Lauren (born August 16, 1973) is an American writer, performer, adoption advocate, and former call girl for Jefri Bolkiah, Prince of Brunei; about whom she wrote her first memoir, Some Girls: My Life in a Harem. [1]
Pengiran Anak Puteri (Princess) Masna Bolkiah was born at Istana Darussalam, Brunei Town on 6 September 1948. [2] Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Prince Mohamed Bolkiah, Prince Sufri Bolkiah, and Prince Jefri Bolkiah are her four brothers, while Princess Nor'ain Bolkiah, Princess Umi Kalthum Al-Islam Bolkiah, Princess Amal Rakiah Bolkiah, Princess Amal Nasibah Bolkiah, and Princess Amal Jefriah ...
Muneerah Madhul Bolkiah (Jawi: مونيايراه مدهول بولكيه; born 2 January 2011) is the second child and elder daughter of Al-Muhtadee Billah, heir to the Sultan of Brunei, and his wife, Sarah, Crown Princess of Brunei. [1]