by Rod Nordland | Oct 11, 2017 | World
Kabul – Afghanistan is a place where all too often a young girl’s dreams die. But not always. So it has been with three Afghan friends, whose unrelated cases were all so awful that they are painful to talk about even now that the three are young women, years...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 10, 2017 | Business
Washington- The World Bank and the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) report has said child marriage will cost developing countries trillions of dollars by 2030. In contrast, ending child marriage would have a large positive effect on the educational...
by Diana Moukalled | Mar 12, 2014 | Opinion
The Iraqi women protesting in Baghdad—dressed in black—over the Ja’afari personal status draft law which the Iraqi cabinet has approved, are linked to our situation as individuals in general and as women in particular. It is truly an occasion where we must all wear...
by Houriah Mashhour | Nov 2, 2013 | Debate
Child marriage is a phenomenon found around the world, including in Arab societies. Yemen is the most prominent of the Arab countries where child marriage is at issue. Child marriage is found most frequently in rural, poverty-stricken areas. However, poverty is not...
