A first of its kind survey was conducted by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies to gauge public opinion from across the Arab region regarding the Israeli War on Gaza. The poll was carried out on a sample of 8000 respondents (men and women) from 16 Arab countries. The results of the public opinion...
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International Bar Associations Human Rights Institute condemns Irans mass application of the death penalty
The International Bar Associations Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) condemns the mass use of the death penalty in the Islamic Republic of Iran and calls for respect to the fundamental right to life and to uphold fair trial rights and due process in the country. According to the United Nations, Iran executed at least 419 individuals in the first seven months of 2023...
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No one in Gaza is safe from starvation
(Rome, Italy): More than one in four households in Gaza currently face extreme hunger, and there is a risk of famine unless access to adequate food, clean water, health and sanitation services is restored, according to a new Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report released today. The IPC is a multi-stakeholder platform that analyses...
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Rebuilding Hope for More Than 233,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip
December 21st, 2023, (Doha, Qatar): Under the initiative of Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, the Chairperson of Education Above All Foundation (EAA), in a concerted effort to find immediate and practical solutions for providing humanitarian support in the Gaza Strip, the Education Above All Foundation, through its Al Fakhoora programme, and in collaboration with its...
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Granaz Baloch on Climate Justice, Challenging Patriarchy
Granaz Baloch, the founder of Turbat Hub-Global Shapers, is an educationist, water researcher, and climate change activist whose work is focused on education, clean water, sanitation, gender equality, and community development. She is one of the climate change activists featured in the book Climate Change Heroes by SOC Films in 2022. She studied Inorganic Chemistry...
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Unraveling Lifes Mysteries
The LOréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Middle East Regional Young Talents Program, in partnership with Khalifa University of Science and Technology, earlier celebrated a decade of empowering female scientists from the GCC in the fields of Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science, who have blazed trails and are changing the landscape of scientific...
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COP28: In Search of Climate Justice
The Occupied Palestinian Territory lies within the Mediterranean Climate Zone and is one of the most vulnerable countries in terms of climate change. A typically hot, arid and water scarce region, the entire area has experienced an alarming rise in temperature over the past 50 years. That said, it is ironic that Palestine has negligible...
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BOOK REVIEW, Interview: Reveries on Grief
About the Author Safinah Danish Elahi is a lawyer by training. She is the author of the poetry collection The Unbridled Romance of Love and Pain (2019) and two novels, most recently The Idle Stance of the Tippler Pigeon (2023) and Eye on the Prize(2020) which has since been turned into a TV film. She...
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Committed to Ensure Positive Change
The LOréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Middle East Regional Young Talents Program, in partnership with Khalifa University of Science and Technology, earlier celebrated a decade of empowering female scientists from the GCC in the fields of Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science, who have blazed trails and are changing the landscape of scientific...
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GBV, Inequality, and the Climate are inextricable crises: Oxfam
As we embark on the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, Oxfam is compelled to address the upcoming 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai. There can be no doubt that the world finds itself at a pivotal moment that demands our collective action. Gender-based violence and the climate crisis are all firmly...