In recent years there is some good news coming from Saudi Arabia. For instance, allowing women to drive. Saudi Arabia had been the last country in the world in which women were banned from driving a fact that was frequently used by critics as proof that female citizens of Saudi Arabia were among the worlds…Read More
Author: Zarifa Sabet
A Quick Look through the Gender Lens
Gender equality means when men and women enjoy the same opportunity and freedom across all society, including economic participation and decision making, and when the different behaviors, aspirations, and needs of women and men are equally valued and favored. Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right but a necessary foundation for a peaceful,…Read More
The root cause of Israel and Palestine Conflict and Recent US President Donlad Trumps Decision on Shifting US Embassy to Jerusalem
I’ve lost trust in all mottos… the biggest speech from the biggest leader is bullshit, all speeches in the world don’t warm up a cold person or someone sleeping in a tent after the war. The crisis is that the whole world is watching us, as though there’s nothing going on, and they’re still making…Read More
Religious and Cultural Intolerance against minority: Muslim in Europe
Religious and Cultural Intolerance against minority groups is very prevalent everywhere in the world to a various extent. Europe would be one among many. As it wants to promote unitary or homogeneity and they try to oppose the differences in any terms cultural, religious, and linguistic or any other differences. As result of such unilateralism…Read More
Women Economic Empowerment and Care Work
Abstract My aim in this paper is to highlight what is economic empowerment and what are the obstacles against women economic empowerment. First of all, it is important to sort out the different biased and gender stereotypes which lead to gender-based discrimination and economic inequality. There are various reasons for this, which one of them…Read More
The Forgotten War: Yemen Crisis
Introduction The Yemen civil war is the most forgotten war in its nature. Since its outbreak in late 2014, it had a huge number of civilian’s casualties which nothing much has been done to stop this war. My attempt in this paper is to give a brief background to the cause of the Yemen civil…Read More
Post Bonn Conference National Machinery and Policies on Gender in Afghanistan
Introduction The paper examines the implementation of the institutional mechanisms related to women’s political participation during the year 2001 to 2014. The year 2001 is important because the international community came together in December 2001 in Bonn Germany to decide the roadmap of Afghanistan’s future. The most recent Presidential election of Afghanistan took place in…Read More