Saudi Women Hope for a Voice in Historic Election
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Nadia Bakhurji is no stranger to  challenging the norms in Saudi Arabia's patriarchal society and  next year she hopes to embark on the battle of a lifetime.
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A UN committee is calling for women in Saudi Arabia to be given basic freedoms.
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NAJAF, Iraq -- The women took advantage of the national holiday declared for today's election to promenade through the center of this holy Shi'ite city. Shop owners lolled about on carpets by the shrine of Imam Ali, flicking worry beads, bouncing children on their knees, and gossiping with friends.
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Leading candidates in the race for the November  2008 U.S. presidential election are seeking to become the first  woman, first black, first Mormon or oldest first-term president  to occupy the White House.
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Saudi Arabia is preparing for the first municipal elections in that nation&#39;s history. Saudi voters will go to the ballots on February 10, 2005 to elect half of the City of Riyad&#39;s City Council members.
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The Afghan presidential campaign officially opened yesterday with the country&#39;s first female candidate holding a women&#39;s rally in the capital promising to end poverty, bring peace
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Despite repeated threats from Taliban insurgents, millions of Afghans, many of them women, turned out to vote on Saturday in a landmark presidential
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By DONNA ABU-NASR RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi women still can't drive cars, but they can sell them.
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The hard-liners who won Iran's parliamentary elections have focused on women's rights in their efforts to reverse the reforms carried out under the moderate president.
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Saudi Arabian women mount a challenge to the ban on female drivers in a rare sign of public opposition to the kingdom's ultra-conservative social mores.
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JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 30 -- Buoyed by recent advances in women's rights, advocates for the right of women to drive in Saudi Arabia -- the only country in the world that prohibits female drivers -- say they believe the ban will be lifted this year.
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Saudi Arabia must create laws to protect  women from violence and also allow them to play a bigger role  in society and the workplace, the United Nations said on  Thursday.
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While Nancy Pelosi's rise to U.S. House Speaker is a milestone for women in national politics, women are still waiting their turn at the state level.
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Before Shugofa Beheshti decides who to vote for in Afghanistan&#39;s October 9 presidential election, she wants to hear what the candidates have to say.
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Indian lawmakers have selected the nation's first female president in a vote seen as a symbolic victory for women contending with widespread discrimination, election officials said Saturday.
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Despite tough odds, some Mideast women are gaining power.
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Saudi Arabia must create laws to protect women from violence and also allow them to play a bigger role in society and the workplace, the United Nations said on Thursday.