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Nisaa FM - - It has always sought to break a tradition of society, which made motorbike driving exclusive to men, and succeeded in its quest as the first woman to drive a classic motorcycle. Palestinian Suha Hussein, who is working hard to convey a message that women as men are able to do anything.   Suha, 34, from Ramallah, has a bachelor's...

The Women's Health Center of the Society for Culture and Free Thought, in cooperation with the Department of Midwifery at the Faculty of Nursing at the Islamic University, in partnership with the Medical Aid Society for the Palestinians and in honor of the International Day of Cancer, held a study day entitled "Cancer, Hope Despite Pain"...

Gaza - Nisaa FM: The Women's Affairs Center in Gaza and the Palestinian Water Authority held a workshop on "Water Conditions in the Gaza Strip and its Implications for Women", in the presence of representatives of the Water Authority and a number of media professionals. The media coordinator in the center, Samar al-Dremeli, said that...

Amman - Nisaa FM: - according to the annual reports issued by the judge's office for the last five years (2012-2016), the number of marriage contracts in which minor girls were parties was 51084, with 8,889 minor marriages in 2012, 9618 minors in 2013 and 10,834 minors in 2014 , 10,866 minors in 2015 and 10,907 minors in 2016. According to the Association...

Agencies - Nisaa FM: - A court in Pakistan has sentenced four people to death for rape and murder of a six-year-old girl last month in a case that sparked a wave of anger across the country. The body of the girl, Zeinab Ansari, was found on January 9 near a garbage container in a palace city south of the city of Lahore in Punjab province. The...

Nisaa FM- Nisaa and youth advocates and opponents of violence and its connection to masculinity, working to solve the problem and guarantee the rights of women and to prevent violence in all its forms, stressing the importance of fighting it without considering who was issued and who signed.   This came during a youth debate organized by Sharek...

Riyadh - Nisaa FM: - Saudi women reported that women in the kingdom will not need the consent of their guardian to start doing business. Okaz newspaper said that the Maras initiative to improve private sector businesses revealed that women will not need the consent of their parents to start their business, as they can benefit from government services...

Nisaa FM: Official data from the judge's office shows that Jordan has a daily record of 223 marriage contracts, including 30 cases of early marriages (marriage in the 15-18 age group), and 60 cases of divorce, including 18 cases of early divorce from same-year marriage), according to the annual statistical report for 2016. 21% of divorced males...

Nisaa FM occupies a special place in the Palestinian media landscape. This radio is the first commercial station made by and for women in the Middle East. It takes its name from the term "nisaa", which means "women" in Arabic. Article from TV5 Monde (in French)

Saudi Arabia - Nisaa FM: Saudis sent telegrams to the king on Sunday pressing the monarchy to end male guardianship rules for women, the culmination of an unprecedented monthslong effort to abolish the system. By Sunday evening, activists estimated hundreds of people had sent a copy of the same message to the royal court asking King Salman to...

Iran - Nisaa FM: Iranian women have been posting photographs and videos of themselves cycling in public, in defiance of a fatwa that claims riding a bike poses a threat to a woman’s chastity. Journalist Masih Alinejad, the founder of My Stealthy Freedom, has urged women to post the images of themselves with the hashtag #IranianWomenLoveCycling. Earlier...

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke of raising both his daughter and his sons to be feminists, at a session on Progress Towards Parity at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos. The leader, who unveiled the world’s first gender-balanced cabinet when he took power last year, said that his wife told...