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Women in the Islamic Economy

Women, Business and the Law 2021: Long way to go for Islamic economies as 75% score below world average

25 Feb 2021
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The 2021 report said that on average, women around the world still have only three-fourths the legal rights of men.
Bangladesh start-up Arogga ready to expand healthcare affordability, availability under new CEO
23 Feb 2021
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A woman’s gaze on women: Sudanese female director wins French award for film about arranged marriage
17 Feb 2021
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Saudi Arabia women in sports: Miles ahead five years on but still a lot more ground to cover
11 Feb 2021
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In a modest fashion: Refugee women stitch together humanity, design, and sustainability with help of German social enterprise
05 Feb 2021
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Freedom, empowerment, mobility: In 2020, Saudi Arabia fashion forwarded as reforms for women reap rewards
16 Dec 2020
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Emirati Women’s Day ‘is for the whole year’: UAE women and men prepare for the next 50 years
31 Aug 2020
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Nigerian e-commerce start-up TradeDepot raises $10 mln, a boost for its majority female entrepreneurs
21 Aug 2020
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For first time in its 135 years Germany's Bosch names a woman, and of Turkish descent, in top management
13 Aug 2020
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Open up opportunities in cyber security to more women: Q&A with Abeer Khedr, Head of Information & Security, National Bank of Egypt
02 Apr 2020
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More women than men invest in domestic retail sukuk - Dwi Irianti, Indonesia's director of Islamic finance
30 Mar 2020
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Q&A with Amanie's Maya Marissa Malek: ‘When it comes to Islamic finance, women are clearly and woefully under-represented’
29 Mar 2020
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Women champions: The changing face of philanthropy
16 Mar 2020
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The Big Read: The female entrepreneurship experience in Egypt
13 Mar 2020
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Women in Islamic finance: Malaysia continues to show the way forward
12 Mar 2020
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Diversity in the Islamic economy: ‘I’m a white non-Muslim woman specialising in halal travel analysis’
10 Mar 2020
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Women and wealth: Is the financial industry misunderstanding women in the Middle East?
10 Mar 2020
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Modest fashion ‘needs to be more empowering, supportive, inclusive’ : Q&A with Franka Soeria
09 Mar 2020
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Commentary: Leave out women in the halal certifying industry at your own peril
09 Mar 2020
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Commentary: How much does the Islamic economy embrace gender diversity and inclusion?
08 Mar 2020
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Jordanian women make inroads into top posts
According to World Bank figures, women’s participation in the workforce in Jordan is estimated at 16 per cent.
24 Feb 2021
News
Turkish women scientists’ ratio surpasses EU average, data shows
There were around 15.4 million scientists and engineers in the EU in 2019, 41% were women.
23 Feb 2021
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Nigeria: Young women are proving their mettle in agriculture
Women account for 75 percent of the farming population in Nigeria.
19 Feb 2021
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FGM in Egypt: Culture goes through sea change as law revolutionises
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is not new to Egypt, with as many as 87.2% of the country’s women having experienced it.
18 Feb 2021
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Saudi Arabia’s small cities see sports boom ahead of first Basketball tournament for women
Women’s access to sports in Saudi Arabia is set to expand even more in 2021, with the first female basketball tournament.
14 Feb 2021
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UAE hypermarket LuLu opens first women-led store in Saudi Arabia
The move is designed at reaffirming the group’s commitment to the economic empowerment of Saudi women in line with the Vision 2030 reform.
11 Feb 2021
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Women in Oman sports set to get a boost
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth has made it mandatory for all sports associations to have one elected woman board member.
07 Feb 2021
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Egypt’s listed companies still poor in female representation at highest levels: Board Diversity Index 2020
More than half of Egypt’s listed companies have at least one member in their BOD that is female, as of 31 July 2020, compared to 47% in 2019.
04 Feb 2021
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Egypt sees gender-based violent crimes rise to 415 during 2020: Edraak Foundation
The pandemic has created a more fertile environment for violence, especially domestic violence.
04 Feb 2021
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U.N. bodies launch fund for women enterprises in South and Southeast Asia
The fund will support innovative business solutions.
11 Jan 2021
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Egypt offers incentives for non-banking financial activities aimed at supporting women
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority has revealed its agenda that includes decisions on four important files related to the non-banking financial sector.
29 Dec 2020
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Jordan: Activists call for improved wages, decent working conditions for women workers in agriculture sector
The rights of women in the agricultural sector are the ones “most violated”, said activists.
27 Dec 2020
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Women make up majority of 800m unbanked Muslim population
UK-based digital banking firm says the majority of 1.7 billion unbanked adults are Muslims
21 Dec 2020
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Jordan: Panel discussion tackles obstacles in path of women’s economic participation
EuroMed Feminist Initiative and a consortium of partner organisations in Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan in Sep 2018 started implementing a gender regional programme.
16 Dec 2020
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Citibank names Elissar Antonios as first woman to run MENA operations
Antonios will assume overall responsibility for driving Citi’s business in the region.
09 Dec 2020
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Saudi G20 Presidency seeks int’l framework for economic empowerment of women
Officials participating at the G20’s Women Engagement Group (W20) confirmed the international forum’s interest in promoting women empowerment agendas.
19 Nov 2020
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Jordanian women turn elections into celebration of hard-earned voting rights
Jordanian women headed to the polling stations Tuesday to exercise their right to vote in parliamentary elections.
11 Nov 2020
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Oman central bank celebrates rising women participation in banking sector
The total number of Omani women working in Islamic banks and Islamic banking windows currently stand at 469 or 33% of the total workforce.
19 Oct 2020
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Gender Gap Accelerator to boost workplace inclusion, diversity: Egypt's International Cooperation Minister
Amid the pandemic, one of the reforms that has been accelerated in Egypt is the “Closing the Gender Gap Accelerator”.
06 Oct 2020
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In Jordan, a webinar calls for bolstering women's inheritance rights
“It is of utmost importance for women to constantly educate themselves about their inheritance rights and on what the law and Sharia stipulates to guarantee that they would not be tricked into waiving their inheritance rights.”
01 Oct 2020
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Women's associations in Nigeria step up efforts to tackle business challenges
A coalition is set to host over 30,000 guests to the first-ever Nigerian Women Business Virtual Summit (NWBS 2020) from 29th Sep – 1st Oct 2020.
20 Sep 2020
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First female real estate office opens In Saudi Arabia
 The first female real estate office was inaugurated, reflecting the Saudi leadership’s endeavor to empower Saudi women in line with Vision 2030.
17 Sep 2020
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Nigeria food security: Experts seek support for women farmers
Empowering women-farmers would Nigeria’s attainment of food security, experts have urged the Federal Government.
28 Aug 2020
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Small-scale factories to encourage Saudi women investors
The shift towards smaller factories followed claims by businesswomen who said ready-made factories were too big for the size of their businesses.
28 Aug 2020
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IFC launches 3-year programme to boost Egypt’s female employment
The programme aims to highlight how the private sector can tap into Egypt's large and underutilised female talent pool, spurring economic growth.
23 Jul 2020
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Turkey's women movement upcoming challenge
Muslim women have long been fighting one group of seculars whose restrictive approach to their outfits have forced the limits of freedom of conscience.
23 Jul 2020
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Survey points to married women’s low participation in Jordan's labour force
About 85.5% of women, who have been married in Jordan, are out of the labour force, while 13.8% have jobs and 0.7% are jobseekers.
22 Jul 2020
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COVID-19 threatens reversal of women’s rights, opportunities
Women are disproportionally affected by disease outbreaks due to intensified pre-existing gender inequalities during emergencies.
21 Jul 2020
News
Egypt launches Africa, MENA’s first accelerator to bridge gender gap
The model supports public and private leaders in shaping pathways to promote gender equality, diversity, inclusion, and economic mobility.
20 Jul 2020
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Egypt's financial regulator launches guide for “Empowering Women” application
The app is designed to create a database of qualified female professionals looking to take part in the administrative decision making process.
13 Jul 2020
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