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Pakistan Must Speed up Reform- World Bank

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 9, 2016 | Business

Pakistan must get a move on reform of the energy sector and attract more women into the labor force if it wants to boost economic growth that lags far behind regional peers, the World Bank’s country representative said on Monday. According to the World Bank...

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The Saudi Woman – the Winning Horse in a New Economic Era

by Eman Al-Khattaf | Apr 26, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Economic transformation and planning for the future to move beyond the age of oil to the age of energy, an alternative industrial revolution and investing in the work force are matters that occupy the minds of Saudi women who are interested in the world of economics....

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Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

Deputy Crown Prince: Women Have Rights in Islam They Have Yet to Obtain

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 23, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh- Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, in an interview with the Bloomberg news agency, signaled out that he would support women. “We believe women have rights in Islam that they’ve yet to obtain,” he said. Prince Mohammed said that he has no problem with the...

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Women Far More than “Jihadi Brides” to ISIS

by abdollah al-haida | Mar 14, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Riyadh- ISIS adopted ideological radicalization, and notions of female to attract men for recruitment. Women on the other hand- also playing vital roles in the ISIS grand scheme- have been lured in by slogans praising the woman’s restoration to its Islamic traditional...

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Women Activists in Taiz Condemn Militia Violations

by Bassam al-Qadi and Asharq AlAwsat | Mar 9, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Aden- On the International Women’s Day, a group of women activists in Taiz issued a statement in which they condemned violations of Houthi militias and pro-Saleh supporters (Former President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh) against the women of Yemen since 2015. The...