Heba Kanso
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U.N. says 2018 deadliest year yet for Syrian children, with 1,106 killed
Syria's war has killed an estimated half a million people and driven about 5.6 million people out of the country → Read More
Egypt: Babies Get Blue Ribbons As Parents Say 'No' to Female Genital Mutilation
Parents will receive the badges after signing a pledge that they will not have their daughters cut → Read More
Saudi women to be told of divorce by text message under new law
Women in Saudi Arabia will be notified by text message if they are divorced under a new law designed to protect them from having their marriage ended without their knowledge, the government said on Sunday. → Read More
Saudi women step on face veils in social media protest
BEIRUT - Saudi women are stepping on the face veils some are made to wear in the conservative kingdom and posting it on social media with the hashtag 'the niqab under my foot'. → Read More
Despite reforms, Qatar's migrant workers still fear exploitation
As a migrant worker from Bangladesh, Sharif should be happy about Qatar's labor reforms, put in place to protect people like him. Instead, he feels the system still allows his employer to get round rules designed to stop them exploiting him. → Read More
Top Muslim Authority Condemns Harassment of Women
A statement by Egypt's highest religious authority denouncing sexual harassment could be a turning point in efforts to crack down on abuse against women, activists said on Tuesday. → Read More
Lebanon deports migrant worker attacked under 'dehumanizing' system
BEIRUT (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Black women working in Lebanon routinely face racism, sexism and discrimination stemming from a "dehumanizing" sponsorship system, rights groups said on Monday, after a Kenyan migrant worker who suffered a mob attack was deported. → Read More
Click and save: websites help Asian maids escape debt bondage
HelperChoice is one of several online services cutting out the middleman - recruiters who charge would-be maids exorbitant fees – and helping them to avoid getting trapped in debt bondage to exploitative employers. → Read More
Cervical cancer to double across Middle East without vaccines
"People in general don't know there is a vaccine. Women's health issues are not a priority in the region on a political level" By Heba Kanso BEIRUT, March 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Deaths from cervical cancer will double in the Middle East and North Africa by 2035 unless conservative nations vaccinate young women and tackle sexual taboos, a study said on Wednesday. The Tunisian Center… → Read More
'Men don't want women to work' in the Arab world as female unemployment soars
About 16 percent of women in Arab states are unemployed, compared to a global average of 6 percent → Read More
Can matchmaking create happy homes for employers and migrants in Lebanon?
Equip aims to shake-up traditional recruiting in Lebanon where people go through agencies and rarely meet workers in-person before hiring them → Read More
Can matchmaking create happy homes for employers and migrants in Lebanon?
BEIRUT - When Jane came from the Philippines to Lebanon as a domestic worker to cook, clean and care for children, she only met her new boss on the day she moved into her house - and was unhappy from the outset. → Read More
Morocco: 'Bittersweet Victory' for Women Facing Domestic Violence
The law passed in the Muslim country earlier this month fails to define domestic violence or explicitly outlaw marital rape → Read More
"Bittersweet victory" for Moroccan women facing domestic violence, activists say
The law passed in the Muslim country earlier this month fails to define domestic violence or explicitly outlaw marital rape → Read More
Syria's Ghouta a 'death sentence' for children under siege
"In the end, death is always finding its way. If not through medical problems, it is through war, it is through hunger. In the end death is the destiny for many people" By Heba Kanso BEIRUT, Feb 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Syria's Eastern Ghouta has become a "death sentence" for children as heavy bombing is killing scores of young people trapped in the besieged enclave, aid agencies said… → Read More
Writing project helps young Syrian refugees connect with New York kids –
Syrian child refugees in Lebanon are using hand-written letters and drawings to bridge the vast gap between their experiences and the lives of other children in New York. The 1,000 Letter Project a... → Read More
Ethiopia: Trapped, Workers in Lebanon See No Freedom
"I live in fear at any minute I can get arrested and go to jail" → Read More
Syrian refugees risk being driven home despite violence
Host nations struggle to cope with the social and financial burden of the refugee crisis → Read More
Hijabs held aloft as Iranian women protest compulsory cover-up
An influential activist said women are symbolically rejecting the wider 'interference of religion' in their lives. → Read More
Is women's inheritance next on reformist Tunisia's rights agenda?
Tunisia is regarded as a leader for women's rights in the Arab world → Read More