On International Women’s Day (IWD), it is important to remember that the fight for gender equality is not over. While progress has certainly been made in recent years, there are still many challenges that girls and women face around the…
Saudi Arabia sentences woman to 34 years in prison for social media posts promoting women’s rights
A Saudi woman was quietly sentenced to over three decades in prison last week over tweets critical of the way women are treated in the country, according to reports. Salma al-Shehab, 33, was sentenced to 34 years in prison after…
