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Women in the pre-Roman Arabian kingdom of Nabataea [7] were independent legal persons able to sign contracts in their own name. In Nabataea women were free to conduct legal contracts in their own name with no male guardian, unlike in Greek and Roman law, and in Saudi Arabia where the guardian is central to the clerics’ idea of a moral public sphere.
Emily Nasrallah was a Lebanese author and women's rights activist. [61] She was granted the National Order of the Cedar by President of the Republic of Lebanon General Michel Aoun in recognition of her literary contributions one month before her death. [62] She documented the women's rights movement during the Lebanese civil war. [62]
In 2009, twelve women from the Arab world formed the global movement Musawah, whose name means "equality" in Arabic. Musawah advocates for feminist interpretations of Islamic texts and calls on nations to abide by international human rights standards such as those promulgated in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination ...
Pages in category "Saudi Arabian women's rights activists" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
[24] Haddad and state that "Muhammad granted women rights and privileges in the sphere of family life, marriage, education, and economic endeavors, which all together help improve women's status in society." [25] Education is an important area of progress for Arab women as it will significantly help them advance in their path to equality. [26]
Amnesty International called on Saudi Arabia to free a 29-year-old fitness instructor it says has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for her choice of clothing and social media posts urging an ...
Saudi Arabian women's rights activists (16 P) Saudi Arabian feminist writers (1 P) Pages in category "Saudi Arabian feminists"
What was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime turned tragic this week when Saida Wurie learned her parents were among the hundreds of pilgrims who have died amid extreme temperatures in Saudi Arabia.