The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) 'committed to protecting women’s rights within framework of Sharia’
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Age Islam News Bureau
14 November 2022
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The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) 'committed to protecting women’s
rights within framework of Sharia’
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Palestinians: Israeli forces kill young woman during raid
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Georgia candidate makes history as first known Muslim and Palestinian woman
elected to state House
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Viral video of ruckus at Tamil Nadu women’s colleges shared with communal spin
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Iran sends sick German woman back to prison: daughter
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Al-Nassr beat Al-Ahli to stay top of Saudi Women’s Premier League
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SIDF chief stresses importance of increasing women’s labor market roles
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Camel race named after Princess Nourahbint Abdulrahman
•
Dubai Women Establishment launches second batch of YES! mentors programme
•
Baligh returns women protection bill with objections
•
Swat Green beat Swat White in Women Volleyball final
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The
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) 'committed to protecting women’s rights
within framework of Sharia’
November
13, 2022
The
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) said in response to remarks by Rina Amiri,
the US special representative for Afghan women, that the rights of women and
girls are protected now more than ever in the country and that the Islamic
Emirate respects all their rights in accordance with Islamic Sharia.
Bilal
Karimi, a deputy spokesman of the Islamic Emirate, said Sunday that IEA
respects all the rights of women in accordance with Islamic principles.
“The
Islamic Emirate is committed to protecting all the rights of women within the
framework of Islam, and all the rights that are for them in Islam will be
protected,” said Karimi.
Rina
Amiri, the US special representative for Afghan girls, women and human rights,
criticized the imposed restrictions on Afghan women by the Islamic Emirate in a
series of tweets, saying that these restrictions will lead to instability in
Afghanistan.
“Those
who fear a radicalized Afghanistan should be alarmed by the Taliban’s (IEA)
policies against women & girls, denying them education, work in most
sectors, even small joys such as the right to go to a park,” Amiri tweeted.
She
added that the policies of the Islamic Emirate towards Afghan women are
worrying and the continuation of this situation will increase poverty and migration.
“This
will lead to instability, poverty & more population flight,” she added.
This
comes after the IEA’s Ministry of Vice and Virtue last week banned women from
entering amusement parks, sports clubs and public baths.
Source:
Ariana News
https://www.ariananews.af/iea-committed-to-protecting-womens-rights-within-framework-of-sharia/
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Turkish
police say Syrian woman planted Istanbul bomb
November
14, 2022
Turkish
police has released of picture of the unidentified blast suspect arrested in
Istanbul. (Turkish Police via Reuters)
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ISTANBUL:
Turkish police on Monday said they had arrested a Syrian woman for planting a
bomb that killed six people in central Istanbul, adding that she was working
for Kurdish militants.
The
woman is “of Syrian nationality,” the private NTV television quoted the police
as saying. She reportedly admitted to have received an order from the Kurdistan
Workers’ Party (PKK) listed as a terror group by Ankara and its Western allies.
Turkiye’s
interior minister earlier accused the PKK of responsibility for a bombing in a
busy Istanbul shopping thoroughfare that killed six people.
The
explosion tore through Istiklal Street, a popular shopping destination for
locals and tourists, on Sunday afternoon, wounding dozens.
Police
had detained 46 suspects, including the person who had planted the bomb.
“The
person who planted the bomb has been arrested,” interior minister Suleyman
Soylu earlier said in a statement broadcast by the official Anadolu news
agency.
“According
to our findings, the PKK terrorist organization is responsible,” he said.
The
PKK, blacklisted as a terrorist group by Ankara as well as its Western allies,
has kept up a deadly insurgency for Kurdish self-rule in southeastern Turkiye
since the 1980s.
Regularly
targeted by Turkish military operations, the group is also at the heart of a
tussle between Sweden and Turkiye, which has been blocking Stockholm’s entry
into NATO since May, accusing it of leniency toward the PKK.
Turkish
authorities believe the person who carried out a bomb attack was linked to
Kurdish militants but they are not ruling out Daesh ties, a senior Turkish
official said in a separate report.
President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the “vile attack” on Istiklal.
“It
might be wrong if we say for sure that this is terror but according to first
signs ... there is a smell of terror there,” Erdogan told a news conference on
Sunday.
Turkiye’s
vice president FuatOktay said: “We believe that it is a terrorist act carried
out by an attacker, whom we consider to be a woman, exploding the bomb.”
Justice
minister Bekir Bozdag said: “A woman had been sitting on one of the benches for
more than 40 minutes and then she got up.”
“One
or two minutes later, an explosion occurred,” he told A Haber television.
“There
are two possibilities,” he said. “There’s either a mechanism placed in this bag
and it explodes, or someone remotely explodes (it).”
“All
data on this woman are currently under scrutiny,” he said.
Soylu’s
announcement did not add any details about the woman.
Turkish
cities have been struck by Islamists and other groups in the past.
Istiklal
Street was hit during a campaign of attacks in 2015-2016 that targeted Istanbul
and other cities, including Ankara.
Those
bombings were mostly blamed on the Daesh group and outlawed Kurdish militants,
and killed nearly 500 people and wounded more than 2,000.
Sunday’s
explosion occurred shortly after 4:00 p.m. (1300 GMT) in the famous shopping
street.
Helicopters
flew over the city center after the attack. Police established a large security
cordon to prevent access to the area for fear of a second explosion.
Images
posted on social media showed the explosion was followed by flames and
immediately triggered panic, with people running in all directions.
Several
bodies were seen lying on the ground nearby.
“I
was 50-55 meters away, suddenly there was the noise of an explosion. I saw
three or four people on the ground,” witness CemalDenizci, 57, said.
“People
were running in panic. The noise was huge. There was black smoke,” he said.
Istiklal,
in the historic district of Beyoglu, is one of the most famous arteries of
Istanbul. It is entirely pedestrianized for 1.4 kilometers, or about a mile.
Criss-crossed
by an old tramway and lined with shops and restaurants, it attracts large
crowds at the weekend.
Many
stores closed early in the neighboring district of Galata, while some
passers-by, who came running from the site of the explosion, had tears in their
eyes.
A
massive deployment of security forces barred all entrances and rescue workers
and police could be seen.
Turkiye’s
radio and television watchdog, RTUK, placed a ban on broadcasters showing
footage of the blast, a measure previously taken in the aftermath of extremist
attacks.
Access
to social media was also restricted after the attack.
A
reaction came quickly from Greece, which “unequivocally” condemned the blast
and expressed condolences to the government and people of Turkiye.
The
United States also denounced it, with White House Press Secretary Karine
Jean-Pierre saying: “We stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our NATO Ally Turkiye
in countering terrorism.”
French
President Emmanuel Macron said in a message to the Turks: “We share your pain.
We stand with you in the fight against terrorism.”
“Shaken
by news of the despicable bombing in Istanbul targeting innocent civilians,”
Israeli President Isaac Herzog tweeted in Turkish and English. “The whole world
must stand united and firm against terror.”
Ukrainian
President Volodymyr Zelensky also tweeted in Turkish: “The pain of the friendly
Turkish people is our pain.”
EU
Council President Charles Michel offered condolences to Turkiye, tweeting: “My
thoughts are with the victims & their families.”
Source:
Arab News
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2199266/middle-east
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Taliban
ban Afghan women from gyms, public baths
13
November ,2022
A
20-year-old Afghan woman rides a stationary bicycle at the women's gym in
Kabul, Afghanistan June 19, 2019. Picture taken June 19, 2019. (File photo:
Reuters)
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Gyms
and public baths are now also off limits to Afghan women, the Taliban confirmed
Sunday, days after banning them from parks and funfairs.
Women
are increasingly being squeezed out of public life since the Taliban’s return
last year despite the group promising a softer version of the harsh rule that
characterized their first stint in power that ended in 2001.
Most
female government workers have lost their jobs -- or are being paid a pittance
to stay at home -- while women are also barred from travelling without a male
relative, and must cover up with a burqa or hijab when out of the home.
Schools
for teenage girls have also been shuttered across most of the country since the
Taliban’s August 2021 return.
“Gyms
are closed for women because their trainers were male and some of them were
combined gyms,” Mohammad Akif Sadeq Mohajir, spokesman for the Ministry for the
Prevention of Vice and Promotion of Virtue, told AFP.
He
said “hammams” -- traditional public bathing houses that have always been
segregated by sex -- were now also off limits.
“Currently,
every house has a bathroom in it, so it won't be any issue for the women,” he
said.
One
video clip circulating on social media -- which could not immediately be
verified -- showed a group of women, backs to the camera, lamenting the gym
ban.
“It’s
a women-only gym -- the teachers and trainers are all women,” a voice says,
breaking with emotion.
“You
can’t just ban us from everything. Do we not have the right to anything at
all?”
Activists
have said the increasing restrictions on women are an attempt to stop them from
gathering to organise opposition to the Taliban’s rule.
Small
groups of women have staged frequent flash protests in Kabul and other major
cities, risking the wrath of Taliban officials who have beaten and detained
them.
Earlier
this month the United Nations voiced concern after the Taliban disrupted a
press conference in the capital, submitting female participants to body
searches and detaining the event organizer and several others.
Source:
Al Arabiya
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2022/11/13/Taliban-ban-Afghan-women-from-gyms-public-baths
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Palestinians:
Israeli forces kill young woman during raid
November
14, 2022
More
than 130 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli-Palestinian fighting in the
West Bank and east Jerusalem this year, making 2022 the deadliest since 2006. (AFP
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TEL
AVIV: Israeli forces shot and killed a 19-year-old Palestinian woman during a
raid in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said Monday.
The
Israeli military said soldiers opened fire on a vehicle that was accelerating
toward them after they signaled for it to stop, adding that the incident was
under review.
The
Palestinian Health Ministry identified the woman as Sanaa Al-Tal, 19. The
incident occurred in the city of Beitunia, where the military said troops were
on an arrest raid.
Palestinians
and rights groups accuse Israeli soldiers of using excessive force against
Palestinians, without being held accountable. The military says it contends
with complex, life-threatening scenarios.
In
a separate incident, Israeli police said a soldier shot an Israeli man who he
suspected was going to carry out an attack, in the city of Raanana, north of
Tel Aviv. Israeli media said the man was later pronounced dead.
Israeli-Palestinian
tensions have been high for months, with the Israeli military carrying out
nightly raids in the West Bank since the spring, when a spate of attacks
against Israelis killed 19 people.
More
than 130 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli-Palestinian fighting in the
West Bank and east Jerusalem this year, making 2022 the deadliest since 2006.
The Israeli army says most of the Palestinians killed have been militants. But
stone-throwing youths protesting the incursions and others not involved in
confrontations have also been killed.
The
military raids have prompted a series of Palestinian shooting attacks, killing
at least four more Israelis in recent weeks.
Israel
says the raids are meant to dismantle militant networks and thwart future
attacks. The Palestinians say the raids are aimed at cementing Israel’s
open-ended 55-year-old occupation of lands they want for their hoped-for state.
Israel
captured the West Bank in the 1967 Mideast war, along with the Gaza Strip and
east Jerusalem. The Palestinians seek all three territories for their future
independent state.
Source:
Arab News
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2199371/middle-east
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Georgia
candidate makes history as first known Muslim and Palestinian woman elected to
state House
November
13, 2022
Ruwa
Romman has been elected into the Georgia House of Representatives, District 97.
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Ruwa
Romman remembers the sadness she felt as an 8-year-old girl sitting in the back
of a school bus watching classmates point to her house and erupt in vicious
laughter.
“There’s
the bomb lab,” they jeered in yet another attempt to brand her family as
terrorists.
On
Tuesday, the same girl – now a 29-year-old community organizer – made history
as the first known Muslim woman elected to the Georgia House of
Representatives, and the first Palestinian American elected to any office in
the state.
After
10 months of relentless campaigning, the Democrat said she is eager to begin
representing the people of District 97, which includes Berkeley Lake, and parts
of Duluth, Norcross, and Peachtree Corners in Gwinnett County.
As
an immigrant, the granddaughter of Palestinian refugees, and a Muslim woman who
wears the hijab, or Islamic headscarf, the road to political office hasn’t been
easy, especially in the very Christian and conservative South.
“I
could write chapters about what I have gone through,” Romman told CNN, listing
the many ways she’s faced bigotry or discrimination.
“All
the times I am ‘randomly’ selected by TSA, teachers putting me in a position
where I had to defend Islam and Muslims to classrooms being taught the wrong
things about me and my identity… it colored my entire life.”
But
those hardships only fueled her passion for civic engagement, especially among
marginalized communities, Romman said.
“Who
I am has really taught me to look for the most marginalized because they are
the ones who don’t have resources or time to spend in the halls of political
institutions to ask for the help they need,” she said.
Romman
began in 2015 working with the Georgia Muslim Voter Project to increase voter
turnout among local Muslim Americans. She also helped establish the state
chapter for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest
Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization.
Soon
after, Romman began working with the wider community. Her website boasts: “Ruwa
has volunteered in every election cycle since 2014 to help flip Georgia blue.”
She
said her main focus is “putting public service back into politics,” which she
intends to do by helping expand access to health care, bridging the economic opportunity
gap, protecting the right to vote, and making sure people have access to
lifesaving care like abortion.
“I
think a lot of people overlook state legislators because they think they’re
local and don’t have a lot of impact, not realizing that state legislatures
have the most direct impact on them,” Romman said. “Every law that made us mad
or happy started in the state legislature somewhere.”
‘We
are real people with real dreams’
Romman
said she always wanted to influence the political process, but never thought
she’d be a politician.
The
decision to run for office came after attending a Georgia Muslim Voter Project
training session for women from historically marginalized communities, where a
journalist covering the event asked if she wanted to run for office.
“I
told her no, I don’t think so, and she ended up writing a beautiful piece about
Muslim women in Georgia, but she started it with ‘Ruwa Romman is contemplating
a run for office,’ and I wasn’t,” Romman recounted. “But when it came out, the
community saw it and the response was so overwhelmingly positive and everyone
kept telling me to do it.”
Two
weeks later, Romman and a group of volunteers launched a campaign.
She
was surrounded by family, friends and community members who were rooting for
her success. Together, they knocked on 15,000 doors, sent 75,000 texts, and
made 8,000 phone calls.
Her
Republican opponent John Chan didn’t fight fair, she said.
“My
opponent had used anti-Muslim rhetoric against me, saying I had ties to
terrorism, at one point flat-out supporting an ad that called me a terrorist
plant,” she said.
Flyers
supporting Chan’s candidacy insinuated she is associated with terrorist
organizations.
Chan
did not respond to CNN’s request for comment.
It
was the same type of bullying Romman faced as a schoolgirl, she said. Only this
time, she wasn’t alone. Thousands of people had her back.
“What
was incredible is that people in my district sent his messaging to me and said
‘This is unacceptable. How can we help? How can we get involved? How can we
support you?’ and that was such an incredible moment for me,” she said.
It
was also ironic, Romman added, because her passion for her community and social
justice is rooted in her faith: “Justice is a central tenant of Islam,” she
pointed out. “It inspires me to be good to others, care for my neighbors, and
protect the marginalized.”
It’s
also rooted in her family’s experience as Palestinian refugees, who she said
were banished from their homeland by Israel in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
“My
Palestinian identify has instilled in me a focus on justice and care for
others,” Romman said. “Everyone deserves to live with dignity. I hope that
Palestinians everywhere see this as proof that consistently showing up and
working hard can be history making.
“I
may not have much power on foreign policy, but I sincerely hope that I can at
least remind people that Palestinians are not the nuisance, or the terrorists,
or any other terrible aspersion that society has put on us,” she added. “We are
real people with real dreams.”
‘Representation
that looks like us’
Romman
joins three other Muslim Americans elected to state and local office in Georgia
this election cycle, according to the Georgia Muslim Voter Project.
The
other three candidates, all Democrats, were Nabilah Islam, the first known
Muslim woman elected to the Georgia State Senate, Sheikh Rahman, elected to the
Georgia State Senate, and Farooq Mughal, elected to the Georgia State House.
“We’ve
had Muslim representation at the state level in Georgia, but these wins take
representation for Georgia Muslims further than ever before because now we have
more gender and ethnic representation for Muslims,” the group’s executive
director ShafinaKhabani told CNN. “Not only will we have a representation that
looks like us and aligns with our values, but we will have an opportunity to
advocate and influence policies that impact our communities directly.”
“Having
diversity in political representation means better laws, more accepting
leadership, and welcoming policies for all of Georgia,” she said.
More
than anything, Romman hopes her election points to a future free of hate and
bigotry.
“I
think this proves that people have learned that Muslims are part of this
community and that tide of Islamophobia is hopefully starting to recede,”
Romman added.
Looking
back at her childhood, Romman wishes she could tell her younger self things
would get better with time, and that one day she would not only make Georgia
history, but hopefully a real difference in the world.
Source:
CCN
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Viral
video of ruckus at Tamil Nadu women’s colleges shared with communal spin
November
14, 2022
A
video of groups of men engaging in eve-teasing and assault has gone viral on
social media with the claim that it shows Muslim men harassing Hindu women in
Tamil Nadu.
The
video, posted on Facebook, appears to be a juxtaposition of several clips, and
shows bike-borne men harassing a group of women, creating a ruckus in public
and engaging in a heated exchange with a man, who is subsequently assaulted.
Similar
posts are doing the rounds on Twitter as well.
While
the ruckus did take place, The Hindu found that there was no communal angle to
these incidents, as none of the accused were Muslims.
A
reverse image search revealed that the video was a combination of visuals from
two separate incidents at two women’s colleges in Madurai.
Our
correspondent S. Sundar reached out to the Madurai police, who confirmed that
the video showed two different incidents, and that none of the accused were
Muslims in either of these cases.
Deputy
Commissioner of Police, Madurai North, N. Mohanraj, told The Hindu that the
first incident took place at Lady Doak College near Tallakulam on October 30,
when a group of youth who were in the area to participate in the Muthuramalinga
Thevar Guru Puja created a ruckus. The Tallakulam police have arrested 11
accused in connection with the case.
The
other incident took place at Sri Meenakshi Government Arts College for Women,
Goripalayam, on November 2, when a few youth who were part of a funeral
procession caused a nuisance by honking horns and shouting while students were
leaving the premises. When a parent, P. Senthamizh Pandian, questioned their
behaviour, the youth, who were in an inebriated state, assaulted him. The
Sellur police have arrested 6 out of the 8 accused, the Deputy Commissioner of
Police said.
Source:TheHindu
Mr.
Mohanraj clarified that none of the accused belonged to the Muslim community.
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Iran
sends sick German woman back to prison: daughter
November
14, 2022
BERLIN:
A German-Iranian woman held for rights activism in Iran has been sent back to
prison after being granted medical leave four months ago, her daughter said on
Sunday.
“Despite
not completing medical treatment but with her head held high, my mother Nahid
Taghavi was forced to go back to Evin Prison on Sunday 13th November,” Mariam
Claren wrote on Twitter.
Taghavi
was arrested in October 2020 after fighting for human rights in Iran for years,
especially women’s rights and freedom of expression, according to the rights
group IGFM.
Taghavi
spent seven months in solitary confinement and was interrogated by Iran’s
Revolutionary Guards for more than 1,000 hours without legal assistance, her
daughter said.
She
was handed a decade-long sentence last year for participating in an outlawed
group, a verdict Germany described as “incomprehensible.”
According
to Claren, Taghavi was granted “an urgently needed medical furlough” on July 19
for back and neck problems.
She
also reportedly suffers from pre-existing conditions including high blood
pressure and diabetes.
Protests
have erupted across Iran since September in response to the death of a young
Kurdish woman, MahsaAmini, after her arrest by the country’s notorious morality
police.
She
had allegedly breached the Islamic dress code for women.
Dozens
of people have been killed and hundreds more arrested in the unrest, with Iran
on Sunday issuing its first death sentence over the protests.
Claren
said Taghavi was “one of countless political prisoners” in Iran.
“Since
the death of (Amini) in police custody and the ongoing revolutionary movement
in Iran, the whole world has witnessed the reprisals of this inhuman regime,”
she said.
Source:
Arab News
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2199201/middle-east
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Al-Nassr
beat Al-Ahli to stay top of Saudi Women’s Premier League
November
12, 2022
Al-Nassr
have consolidated their position at the top of the Saudi Women’s Premier League
after beating Al-Ahli 4-0 at the reserve stadium of King Abdullah Sports City
in Jeddah on Friday night.
The
match came in the scheduled fourth round of the new competition, although it
was only the third outing for the teams as last weekend’s Matchday 3 had been
postponed due to the Saudi Games.
Al-Nassr
led 2-0 at halftime thanks to goals by Mubarak Al-Saiari and Marina Panchko,
and doubled the scoreline after the break with strikes from Yasmine Tabila and
Hessa Al-Eissa.
After
drawing 3-3 against Al-Shabab in their previous fixture, Al-Nassr now lead the
table with seven points from three matches.
Al-Ahli,
meanwhile, are in fifth place of the eight-team table, with only three points
after a second loss.
The
two teams will continue their league campaign on Nov. 18 when Al-Nassr will
visit Eastern Flames in Dammam, while Al-Ahli will meet Al-Shabab in Jeddah.
The
fourth-round matches will conclude with two matches on Saturday, with Sama
taking on Al-Yamamah and Al-Hilal wafting Eastern Flames.
Source:
Arab News
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2198336/sport
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SIDF
chief stresses importance of increasing women’s labor market roles
HEBSHI
ALSHAMMARI
November
12, 2022
RIYADH:
The CEO of the Saudi Industrial Development Fund expects an increase in the
number of women occupying leadership positions in the fund.
In
an interview with Arab News, Ibrahim Almojel stressed the importance of
policymakers, government organizations and enterprises creating environments
that contribute to empowering women.
“Improving
the status of women in the labor market is an economic and social necessity,
and the Kingdom cannot achieve its comprehensive goals for economic and social
transformation unless it invests in the capabilities of all segments of
society,” he said.
“One
of the most important strategies of the SIDF is to raise the skills of female
employees in order to enable them to assume leadership positions in the fund in
particular and the industrial sectors in general. In this regard the fund was
keen at the same time to increase the women’s participation in its workforce
and to reduce the gender wage gap,” he added.
“Women
leaders in the SIDF benefited from an internal training program and a (Unique
Women Leadership) program implemented by the Women’s Leadership Center at
Princess Nourahbint Abdulrahman University,” Almojel said.
The
SIDF Academy, in partnership with Stanford University and its Center for
Professional Development, offers a four-week training program for women’s
leadership at the fund.
“The
program provides basic tools and practical training to enhance women’s
leadership in the industries system within the framework of developing the
national industrial and logistics sector, through research insights from
Stanford University and experts from Silicon Valley,” Almojel said.
SIDF
Academy, which was established in 2019, aims to develop the human capabilities
of the fund and the private sector workers from the fund’s clients and those
interested in the industrial sector in society.
The
Unique Women Leadership program seeks to sponsor Saudi female talents through
skills training and mentoring to enhance their potential to become leaders in
enterprises, in addition to enabling them to deal with challenges related to
the labor market in the Kingdom.
As
for the number of women working in the SIDF, the percentage of new female
appointments for the year 2020 was 42 percent, and the total percentage of
female employees in the workforce in 2021 was 22 percent, 24 of whom held
leadership positions in the fund.
“The
SIDF effectively contributes to the expansion of economic opportunities
throughout the Kingdom, and it provides an enabling environment for national
female talents, in addition to supporting projects that positively affect the
promotion of economic opportunities for women in the country,” Almojel added.
“The
fund provides a package of financial services and logistical support for
start-ups, small and medium-sized companies, to help them expand their growth
and employ more workers, along with supporting major companies in order to
motivate them to localize their supply chains, and support building human
capabilities in these bodies,” he added.
“We
have a transparent and effective career progression path within the fund backed
by specialized training and mentoring programs and opportunities to continue
postgraduate studies, while enhancing skills and knowledge among the fund’s
leaders, employees and clients from the private sector through the SIDF
Academy,” he concluded.
Source:
Arab News
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2198501/saudi-arabia
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Camel
race named after Princess Nourahbint Abdulrahman
November
14, 2022
RIYADH:
The chairman of the board of directors of the Camel Club, Fahd bin Falah bin
Hathleen, approved naming the women’s race at the seventh King Abdulaziz Camel
Festival after Princess Nourahbint Abdulrahman, sister of the founder of Saudi
Arabia, King Abdulaziz.
The
Princess Nourahbint Abdulrahman women’s race will be handled as a royal race,
and the first-place winner is not entitled to delegate another to receive the
award. The winner will also have the honor of receiving their award from King
Salman at the closing ceremony.
The
women’s race was approved for the first time for the festival’s sixth edition,
during which 38 women participated, 10 of whom were qualified, and five
participants ended up winning.
The
contest involved Al-Mughateer camels, a famous Arabian breed. Bedouin tribes
divide Al-Mughateer camels into colors ranging from white shades to yellow and
red, and each color has a name.
Haya
Al-Askar ranked first, followed by Rasma Al-Dosari in second, Malathbint Aoun
in third, Lamia Al-Rashidi in fourth and Dalalbint Abdullah Al-Otaibi in fifth
place.
This
race promoted strong competition and Saudi women’s participation in traditional
dress. The participation of women at the festival is the beginning of broader
plans by the club to expand the presence of women in all manner of
camel-related events.
Princess
Nourahbint Abdulrahman was born in Riyadh in 1875 and died in 1950. She was the
daughter of Abdulrahman bin Faisal, and the eldest sister of King Abdulaziz.
She
was known for the positive role she played in her brother’s life, who in turn
had a lot of affection and appreciation for her. King Abdulaziz used to confide
in her and consult her on many matters; the two had a strong bond since
childhood.
Source:
Arab News
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2199161/saudi-arabia
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Dubai
Women Establishment launches second batch of YES! mentors programme
November
13, 2022
Dubai:
The Dubai Women’s Establishment (DWE) has organised the first gathering of the
second batch of mentees for the Young Emirati Women for Success! (YES!)
Mentorship Programme, which aims to enhance the professional and leadership
skills of Emirati women and increase their participation in socio-economic
development.
The
meeting was held under the patronage of Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid
Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Women Establishment (DWE), wife of His Highness
Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the
Presidential Court,in the presence of the ambassadors of the Nordic countries
in the UAE: Liselott Andersson, Ambassador of Sweden, MarrianeNissilä,
Ambassador of Finland, Anders Bjørn Hansen, Ambassador of Denmark, Sten Arne
Rosnes, Ambassador of Norway, and Shamsa Saleh, CEO of DWE.
Twenty
mentees from the government, private and semi-governmental sectors, in addition
to 20 professionals from Nordic countries also attended the meeting. They will
provide guidance and counselling for female employees throughout the year-long
programme.
Shamsa
Saleh said: “There are many future possibilities that allow us to provide more
opportunities in various disciplines and sectors while optimally investing in
abilities, for more women to join the labour market; allowing us to encourage a
new generation of women leaders.”
She
said: “Through the programme, we seek to exchange experiences and knowledge
with the Nordic countries based on a common vision that supports women in
various fields and at all levels, in line with DWE’s keenness to achieve the
maximum benefit for its affiliates by providing them with the necessary
expertise to build and acquire personal and professional skills that will
contribute to preparing them for the future and to benefit the institutions
they belong to by enhancing the capabilities of their human resources.”
Source:
GulfNews
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Baligh
returns women protection bill with objections
November
13, 2022
LAHORE:
Governor Balighur Rehman on Saturday approved two bills and returned the one
with objections to the Punjab Assembly.
The
governor approved the Punjab EhsaasProgramme Bill 2022 and the Punjab Industries
(Control on Establishment and Enlargement) (Amendment) Bill 2022 in the public
interest.
“However,
the governor returned the Punjab Protection of Women against Violence
(Amendment) Bill 2022 to the Punjab Assembly with a message that the bill might
be reconsidered in the light of his observations,” a spokesperson said.
The
governor has proposed to widen the definition of domestic violence in the bill,
while the current bill has a restricted definition. He said that by widening
the scope of domestic violence definition, women could be given better access
to justice against violence.
He
said the bills were being sent directly from the Punjab Assembly to the
Governor Secretariat without adopting a proper channel according to a fixed
procedure, yet these bills were being entertained and worked on in the public
interest in the Governor Secretariat.
Source:
Dawn
https://www.dawn.com/news/1720578/baligh-returns-women-protection-bill-with-objections
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Swat
Green beat Swat White in Women Volleyball final
November
13, 2022
SWAT:
Swat Green defeated Swat White after a tough fight in the final at 3-2 in the
District Swat Women Volleyball Championship organized by District Sports
Officer Swat on Sunday.
Regional
Sports Officer Malakand Kashif Farhan was the chief guest on this occasion.
District
Sports Officer Swat Obaid Ullah, officials, players and students spectators
were also present during the competition.
In
the final, Swat Green won the trophy by defeating Swat White by 3-2 in a
thrilling five sets battle, the score was 22-25, 23-25, 25-21, 25-19, and
15-13.
According
to the details, on the special instructions of Deputy Commissioner Swat Junaid
Khan, a volleyball tournament was organized for women in which four teams from
Swat participated. The teams of Swat Green, Swat White, Swat Red and Swat Blue.
In
the first semi-final, Swat Green defeated Swat Red by 3-1, the score was 21-25,
25-20, 25-21 and 27-25, in the second match, Swat White defeated Swat Blue by
3-0, the score was 25-22, 25-23 and 25-18.
At
the end of the competition, Regional Sports Officer said that on the special
instructions of Deputy Commissioner Swat Junaid Khan organize both female and
male games from time to time so those good talented players would come up and
represent Swat at Inter-Provincial, National Junior and National Senior
sporting events.
Source:
Pakistan Today
He
said our efforts are to provide maximum opportunities to women players in
sports.
https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2022/11/13/swat-green-beat-swat-white-in-women-volleyball-final/
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