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03
December 2021
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First Arab Woman Deputy Knesset Speaker on ‘Deep Change’ In Israeli Society
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Reema Juffali, Saudi Arabia’s First Female Racing Driver: F1 Coming to Jeddah
Is A ‘Dream’
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Ksrelief Launches Project To Empower Yemeni Women Hit By Gender-Based Violence
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UAE's Empowerment Of Women Leaders Has Set An Example
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Women
Must Consent To Marriage, Says Taliban’s Decree on Women’s Rights
Afghanistan’s
Taliban government on Friday released a decree on women’s rights. Photo Reuters
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3
Dec 2021
Afghanistan’s
Taliban government on Friday released a decree on women’s rights which said
women should not be considered “property” and must consent to marriage but
failed to mention female access to education or work outside the home.
The
Taliban has been under pressure from the international community, who have
mostly frozen funds for Afghanistan, to commit to upholding women’s rights
since the hardline Islamist group took over the country on August 15.
“A
woman is not a property, but a noble and free human being; no one can give her
to anyone in exchange for peace...or to end animosity,” the Taliban decree,
released by spokesman Zabihillah Muhajid, said.
It
set out the rules governing marriage and property for women, stating women
should not be forced into marriage and widows should have share in their late
husband’s property.
Courts
should take into account the rules when making decisions, and religious affairs
and information ministries should promote these rights, the decree said.
However,
it made no mention of women being able to work or access facilities outside the
home or education, which have been major concerns from the international
community.
During
its previous rule from 1996 to 2001, the Taliban banned women from leaving the
house without a male relative and full face and head covering and girls from
receiving education.
The
Taliban say they have changed and high schools for girls in some provinces have
been allowed to open. But many women and rights advocates remain sceptical.
The
international community, which has frozen billions in central bank funds and
development spending, has made women’s rights a key element of any future
engagement with Afghanistan.
The
country, which is also suffering from a banking liquidity crisis as the cash
flow dries up due to sanctions, is facing the risk of economic collapse since
the Taliban took over.
Source:
Khaleej Times
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First
Arab Woman Deputy Knesset Speaker on ‘Deep Change’ In Israeli Society
Ghaida
Rinawie Zoabi (Wikipedia/Author EHABJ/ (CC BY-SA 4.0))
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By
JENNI FRAZER
December
2, 2021
The
first Arab woman to be deputy speaker of the Knesset, Ghaida Rinawie-Zoabi, has
spoken of a “deep change” in Jewish Israeli society.
In
London as the keynote speaker at the Abraham Initiatives UK Friends, Ms
Rinawie-Zoabi said there had been “fundamental social and economic changes”
within the Arab community. “There is a growing middle class, and more academic
people in more important jobs in public and private sectors”.
Young
Arab families, too, had changed their outlook, she said. “They aspire to a
different kind of living. They don’t just want equality, they also want
quality, in education, housing and employment. And this has led to major shifts
in Jewish-Israeli society”.
One
such shift, she said, was “a new understanding that partnership with Arab
society can be used to build a new future for all of us. There can be partners
in culture, employment, but also in politics”.
Though
a member of the Meretz party, Ms Rinawie-Zoabi described the entry of Arab
parties into the new governing coalition as “something which never happened
before and is truly historic”.
Nevertheless,
she acknowledged that the emergent status of Arabs into new areas of Israeli
society had led to a situation where some Jewish Israelis were “more resentful
— perhaps more frightened or anxious. If you look at the splits in parliament —
they are mainly about Arab society in Israel and about Arabs being part of the
political game.”
She
said she had felt personally “very sad” about the fighting which took place in
many of the mixed cities in Israel in May this year, primarily between young
people in the respective communities. But though she acknowledged there were
still “pockets of tension”, she believed that the partnerships built between
Arabs and Jews were strong enough to withstand them, and urged the government
to be “more pro-active” and invest more in shared society, particularly among
young people.
She
is one of the architects of the “shared society” concept, in which she has
worked for many years: she founded Injaz, the Centre for Professional Arab
Local Governance, and has been named both one of the most influential people in
Israel, and one of the 50 most important women in the Israeli economy. Besides
being deputy speaker, she is a member of the Knesset Finance Committee, long
held as the most crucial sub-committee in parliament.
In
September she paid a groundbreaking visit to the UAE, meeting leaders of the Al
Habtoor business group, to discuss potential two-way investment between Israel
and the UAE.
It
is almost as much a novelty for some Arab governments to deal with her — a
female politician from Israel — as it is for Israeli society. As deputy speaker
she comes across her fair share of unhandsome behaviour. But, she says, “for
female politicians in general, we need to be much more professional and
thick-skinned. I’m not a naive person. But in Israeli politics, sadly, until
now, there are a lot of men who still think that they own the place. But by
being professional, capable and willing to work in a very sophisticated,
strategic way, I believe we provide a fresh take on Israeli politics”.
Ms
Rinawie-Zoabi, as one of the new generation of Arab players, did not get one of
the top places on Meretz’s list without being shrewd about her public
statements. So when she is asked about whether she is ready to challenge the
naming of Israel as an apartheid state, she says: “Israel has a lot of
positives, and a lot of negatives. One of the major negative points is the
issue of the occupation. I don’t believe Israel is an apartheid system but I
believe that the occupation must be ended. For Israel to have a much more
stable future, we have to fight to end the occupation, and we have to make sure
that there is a sustainable, just solution for the Palestinian people”.
Source:
Jewish News
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Reema
Juffali, Saudi Arabia’s First Female Racing Driver: F1 Coming to Jeddah Is A
‘Dream’
02
December ,2021
The
Formula One Grand Prix coming to Saudi Arabia is a dream come true for the
Kingdom’s first female racing driver.
Reema
Juffali shared her excitement and disbelief about the event coming to her home
city of Jeddah, in an interview with Al Arabiya English.
“It’s
something that’s been my world and what I’ve been doing for so long, and I
associate it with places outside of Saudi.
“The
fact that it’s in Saudi and we’re hosting it in my home city, it’s
unbelievable. It’s just a bit of a dream.”
The
29-year-old racer first fell in love with the sport at the age of 22 when
studying abroad in the US.
She
would watch Formula One on television and soon decided that she wanted to give
it a try.
In
2018, after Saudi Arabia had legalized driving for women, Reema came back to
the Kingdom and became the first woman to compete with a Saudi racing license.
Her
first event was an amateur race in the United Arab Emirates.
“I
was just hooked,” she said. “The support of my family, friends, and Saudi as
well, pushed me to take this a to a next step and a step further and do it more
seriously and spend more time on it.”
Juffali
played down the constraints of being a woman in such a male-dominated sport,
emphasizing the competitive nature of racing.
“Once
you're behind the wheel, you're all competitors so it kind of doesn't matter
what gender you are. And that's the nice thing about the sport. It unites
both.”
At
the same time, she recognizes that she is emblematic of wider social changes
for women in Saudi society.
“There
is a bit of a responsibility to educate and allow women to dream about this as
a possibility, as a field that they can actually be a part of.”
Juffali
is not competing in this year’s Formula One, which will take place between
December 3 and 5 at Jeddah’s street circuit, but she will show off her skills
in a hot lap.
Source:
Al Arabiya
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KSrelief
launches project to empower Yemeni women hit by gender-based violence
November
12, 2021
ADEN
— King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) in Aden has
launched a project to protect and empower women and girls affected by
gender-based violence in Yemen. The project is implemented by the Women's
Charitable Association to Combat Poverty in partnership with UN Women.
The
project, which is being implemented from April 2021 to May 2022, includes
direct support to 1,600 displaced and vulnerable Yemeni women and girls between
the ages of 15 and 55, in addition to providing skills and tools to empower
protection service providers.
The
project aims to provide indirect support to 4,800 family members and local
communities in the governorates of Aden and Taiz, through partners from civil
society organizations, which have extensive experience in this field.
The
representative of the United Nations Women in Iraq and Yemen, Dina Zorba,
stressed the importance of the partnership with the King Salman Relief Center
to serve women and provide them with rehabilitation services and livelihoods.
“We
are launching the project concerned with providing protection services and
various psychological, social and economic support through a distinguished
cadre that has been rehabilitated and trained to provide these services in a
highly efficient manner to women and girls who are victims of gender-based
violence,” Zorba said.
For
her part, Project Director Inshirah Al-Jabri praised the support provided by
the King Salman Relief Center in implementing this vital project, which
provides a number of services to vulnerable women in areas of protection,
health services and legal support services, in addition to psychological and
social support and childcare.
Al-Jabri
added that the livelihood services include focused training for targeted women
and financial grants to restore their activities.
The
project comes within the framework of Saudi Arabia's humanitarian aid and
relief projects represented by KSrelief to the brotherly Yemeni people. — SPA
Source:
Saudi Gazette
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UAE's
empowerment of women leaders has set an example
2
Dec 2021
Growing
up, my idea of the land of dreams was a place with four seasons, a massive country
with so many natural resources, and founded hundreds of years ago — practically
anything but the UAE.
Yet
today, the UAE is chosen as the number one country to live in not only the Mena
region, but also by a growing number of individuals and families all over the
world. So why the UAE?
In
an earlier meeting, a global CEO proudly told me that they have closed down all
their international offices and have started moving all their people, and their
families, to Dubai. He is one of the thousands of entrepreneurs and investors
who have decided to make this country their new home over the last 12 months.
This
strong investors’ appetite created a strong push in high-end properties where a
lack of inventory has caused luxury home prices to increase for the 12th
consecutive month — all this against the backdrop of a global pandemic.
The
UAE’s reputation as the land of dreams is strengthened by its very successful
handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, where life has returned to normal and the
economy is recovering rapidly to its pre-pandemic levels, while many countries
around the world are still resorting to partial and total closures to cope with
the outbreak of the virus.
In
addition, the UAE’s state-of-the-art infrastructure, efficient government
services, exceptional security, excellent educational and health systems, and
tolerant society that welcomes people from more than 200 nationalities in a
unique harmony make the country a preferred destination to live and work.
If
a woman wanders alone at any hour of the day or night without fear, know that
she is in the UAE, commented His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al
Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on
UAE ranking first in Gallup’s 2021 Global Law and Order report. That is exactly
what I have been telling my friends whenever I invite them to visit the
country. As a single mother, safety, security and a welcoming society are very
important considerations for me in choosing a country to raise my daughter.
On
top of that, the spirit of entrepreneurship is very much alive in the UAE. I’ve
always believed that entrepreneurship is the world’s greatest equaliser.
Because business is all about satisfying a customer. And satisfying a customer
is all about creating value and delivering happiness.
To
help entrepreneurs thrive, the UAE launched sweeping visa reforms — from 100
per cent foreign ownership of businesses, the expansion of UAE Golden visa
coverage, the launch of several types of visas to the groundbreaking law
allowing business owners to receive the UAE nationality and passport under
certain conditions — fuelling business confidence higher.
Truly,
the astonishing spur of the UAE’s progress in a short span of time is shaped by
an invincible vision, which resulted in a long list of outstanding,
world-leading achievements.
Aptly,
the nation once called the ‘land of sands’ before the Union has transformed
into what is now the ‘land of dreams’.
Source:
Khaleej Times
https://www.khaleejtimes.com/year-of-the-50th/uaes-empowerment-of-women-leaders-has-set-an-example
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