With 90 countries in lockdown, four billion people are now sheltering at home from the global contagion of COVID-19. It’s a protective measure, but it brings another deadly danger.Read More

Man Booker International shortlist dominated by female authors and translators   In an unprecedented gender split, women dominated the 2019 Man Booker International shortlist, with five female authors and an all-female cast of translators up for the £50,000 prize. Whittled down from 108 books in 25 languages to six books in five languages – Arabic,...Read More

After some resistance from her husband, Ibtissam Jaber joined Yanouh cooperative in rural South Lebanon. Jaber, a mother of seven, loves producing traditional agro-foods and believes in the importance of contributing to her household’s income. By selling her products at food exhibitions across the country, she has now transitioned from being a small-scale producer to...Read More

Non-financial rights of women in an international documents and Islamic teachings The writer: Monireh Akhavan (Lecturer at Islamic Azad University) Abstract Women’s deprivation of their human rights throughout history has been one of the most challenging human rights issues. In the mean time the non-financial rights of women is neglected to the extent that they...Read More