The Centre of Egyptian Women Issues demanded new legal restrictions on polygamy in Egypt at a conference on Wednesday. The meeting in Cairo, Egypt was attended by a number of representatives from Arab countries to discuss the introduction of a new family legislation which prohibits men from marrying again without permission from their wife. President of the centre, Azza Suleiman said during Read More...

Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el-Tayyeb said a document on women's rights will be issued soon. "Al-Azhar has taken major steps towards this document," el-Tayyeb told a delegation of the Arab parliament. He denied he was facing pressure to halt issuing the document. Tayyeb slammed the communities that deprive Read More...

An Indian woman who lost her leg after she was thrown from a moving train two years ago has become the first female amputee to climb Everest, expedition organisers said Wednesday. Arunima Sinha, 26, from the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, reached the peak on Tuesday Read More...

Women could be allowed in to football stadiums in Saudi Arabia in the near future after the head of the country's football federation said he was in favour of the idea. Ahmed Eid said such access could be granted "soon", raising the possibility that 15 percent Read More...

As Chairperson of the National Council for Family Affairs (NCFA), Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah attended today part of the council’s annual board meeting to discuss its achievements and projects for the upcoming year. Dr. Rajai Al Muasher, vice chairman of the board, briefed Queen Read More...

Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg said in an interview published Saturday says it's ok for women to cry at work, share emotions and be honest about their femininity. Sandberg shot to global fame after her the publication of her best-selling book "Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead"

Despite updated U.S. recommendations that women wait until 50 for routine breast cancer screenings, women in their 40s are still being tested, researchers say. Dr. Lauren D. Block, a clinical fellow in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, said in 2009,

Increasing use of social media led some couples to report a decrease in marital satisfaction, researchers in Britain say. Bernie Hogan of the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford in England said too much social media activity may damage strong relationships. Hogan and colleagues tested the theory of "media multiplexity,"

About 11 percent of extremely preterm infants had a severe disability at preschool age, researchers in Sweden say. Dr Fredrik Serenius of Uppsala University in Sweden and colleagues conducted a study to assess neurological and developmental outcome in extremely preterm children -- those born at fewer than 27 gestational weeks --

A woman's immunity stays younger longer and this may contribute to women living longer than men, researchers in Japan say. Katsuiku Hirokawa of the Tokyo Medical & Dental University Open Laboratory said the research team looked at the blood of healthy volunteers in Japan, ages 20-90 Read More...

he poorest countries in the world are lagging behind higher-income developing countries in meeting the demand for modern contraception, U.S. researchers say. Jacqueline E. Darroch and Susheela Singh at the Guttmacher Institute in New York said between 2003 and 12 the total number Read More...

Small amounts of formula during an infant's first days may improve how long a mother breastfeeds for newborns with early weight loss, U.S. researchers say. Lead author Dr. Valerie Flaherman of the University of California, San Francisco, and a pediatrician at Benioff Children's Read More...