On 22nd September 2012, Al-Jazeera and various other media outlets reported that the decision by 36 universities across Iran to bar women from studying 77 academic subjects, with approval from the Iranian government came into effect. Graduate degrees included in this ban are engineering, accounting, chemistry, mathematics, computer science, and industrial management. The Science and Higher Education Minister Kamran Daneshjou...

Today, Sunday the 5th of August 2012, numerous media outlets published a message of congratulations from Prince Nawaf Ibn Faisel to Wojdan Shaherkani for her participation in her Olympic. This was issued after considerable debate and speculation regarding the validity of female Saudi entrants being able to compete in the London Olympic Games 2012 with Hijab. 

Women of Hizb ut-Tahrir from across the world have launched a global campaign entitled, "The Khilafah "Caliphate" : A bright Model for Women's Rights and Political Role"" that will culminate in a truly historic International Women's Conference in Tunisia on the 10th of March, the week of International Women's Day. The conference will gather female opinion makers from across the Muslim world and beyond to present a detailed vision of…

On Sunday 25th of September, King Abdullah, monarch and leader of Saudi Arabia announced his decision to grant the country's women the right to vote and to stand as candidates in local municipal elections in 2015 as well as to be appointed as members of the Shura council. This comes against a backdrop of a call in May this year by more than 60 intellectuals in the kingdom to boycott…