Activists among Saudi Arabia's women, who can't drive or vote and need male approval to work and travel, are turning to the type of online organizing that helped topple Egypt's Hosni Mubarak to force change in a system they say treats them like children.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday hailed a draft Senate resolution backing the rights of women in the Arab world as the region is swept by political upheavals.

In order to improve and sustain programs for the rights and welfare of women in the province, there is a need to assess their status and further strengthen the Violence against Women and Children (VAWC) Task Forces, according to concerned representatives of government agencies here.

Women-led philanthropic organizations are finding effective ways of investing in the world's female population.

Economic disparities among haves and have-nots in Pakistan have made life challenging for men, however, their plight cannot be compared to that of women, who are still unaware and deprived of their fundamental rights.

“I am a woman, a Socialist, divorced and agnostic,” the new defense minister told the generals of her Roman Catholic country. “But we will work together very well.”

Women lawmakers have expressed dissatisfaction over their limited role in the Constituent Assembly.

Speaking at a programme on ‘Women's role in the Constitution Assembly', Chitra Lekha Yadav, former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and treasurer of the Nepali Congress, said though the country needs women's participation, they were neglected in policy making roles.