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No Time For Fear — Politicking Girls: Women Fleeing Saudi Arabia

Jan 21, 2019

Associate Editor Sage Daugherty writes about the rise of girls and women fleeing Saudi Arabia and the arrival of a teen refugee in Canada last week.

No Time for Fear — Politicking Girls: Saudi Arabia to Let Women Drive

Oct 2, 2017

In a chaotic world that seems to be filled with nothing but news and images of natural disasters and humanitarian crises, this next bit of news was pleasantly surprising. Last week, Saudi Arabia announced the end of restrictions that forbid women from driving. Women...

No Time For Fear – Politicking Girls: Yemen Crisis Impacts Millions of Girls

Sep 18, 2017

The conflict in Yemen has been ongoing since March 2015, affecting millions of women and girls. A March 2017 BBC report cited that more than 7,600 people have been killed and 42,000 injured in the last two years. The conflict and a blockade imposed by a Saudi-led...

31 March 2017: A Tiny Bit of Change

Mar 29, 2017

A Girl Council has its first meeting ‚Äì a public one ‚Äì and the official press photo shows . . . only men. This recently happened in Saudi Arabia, where the country‚Äôs first Girl Council gathering raised voices...

Film Review: Wadjda

Aug 13, 2013

Official Trailer for Wadjda A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to snag tickets to a Saudi Arabian film featuring on the international film festival circuit this year, Wadjda. I tend to find that film festival movies can be hit or miss, but Wadjda turned out to...

No Time For Fear — Politicking Girls: Women Fleeing Saudi Arabia

No Time for Fear — Politicking Girls: Saudi Arabia to Let Women Drive

No Time For Fear – Politicking Girls: Yemen Crisis Impacts Millions of Girls

31 March 2017: A Tiny Bit of Change

Film Review: Wadjda

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