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There are over nine million migrant workers in Saudi Arabia who need to protect their rights. King Abdullah gave the migrant worker to correct their immigration status, also to fixed their legal document. It was way of achieving human rights and a way of giving new opportunity for migrant worker.

This is the site of a Womens Rights Center in Egypt. It has information on various womens rights issues and contains articles, news reports, data, and publications.

Anna Mahjar-Barducci talks about the passing of Khula Law and a law being drafted for marrying young girls as early as 14. Khula law would grant women the right to divorce and the other law would let girls marry young.

There were laws going into affect that would propel Egypt into the middle ages. Islamic sharia law was denying women the right to divorce their husbands on their own terms.

One of Saudi Arabia's most prominent female human rights campaigners has been arrested and jailed for allegedly running a Twitter account. Samar Badawi is the ex-wife of influential human rights lawyer Waleed Abulkhair, and according to activists has been accused of running his Twitter account after he was jailed in 2014. One of the most well-known campaigners for women's rights in Saudi Arabia, Ms Badawi received the 2012 International Women of Courage award, presented by Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama.

This article talks about what does the West get right about human rights in Saudi Arabia -- and what does it get wrong? Here's an outline of the facts, as well as the misconceptions in more details

This article basically lays out the faults in US intervention in Libya during the fall of Gaddafi and condemns the US officials for their lack of hindsight in their agenda. The US claimed that they could not "turn a blind eye" to atrocities and human right violations in other countries and to intervene in Libya was a matter of upholding "universal values." After the successful ousting of Gaddafi, the US hypocritically turned their back on the country as a whole, leaving them to pick up the pieces and re-build themselves in the midst of socio-political and economic chaos. The US claims that military intervention is sometimes necessary to address human right violations, but in the case of Libya more violations have occurred as a result of a fallen regime rather than because of its reign. The author basically says that the US should have predicted that short-term intervention strategies achieves nothing without years of sustained support for rebuilding the civil institutions. 

The Turkish President was subject to international criticism after his remarks at a gathering in Istanbul aimed at discussing women's rights and freedoms, in which he said that gender equality is "against nature". In his speech, Ergodan stated that Islam has defined a role for women in society, and that that role is motherhood. He also offered a strong admonishment to Turkish feminists, whom he says have rejected motherhood. Women's and human's rights activists have consistently criticized Ergodan and the AKP party since they came into power in 2003, claiming that Turkey has increasingly become authoritarian and politically conservative.

Women do a flash mob to bring attention to women rights. Many went to support the event, it was form of expression to get more supporters and stop sexual harassment.

Iraq has proposed laws to make it more difficult for women to get a divorce, receive birth control, marrying laws with children. These are very similar laws that are happening in Iran.

This article discusses issues with the women's inequality in Saudi Arabia. One issue it discusses that I did not take into consideration yet is the domestic abuse women face by their fathers and husbands. This article takes a slightly deeper look into the way the laws against women's rights affect them.

The head of Egypt's council made a remark stating that the female activists that were in prions deserved to be there. The comment was shocking to many because Tallaway was a defender of women's rights.

This Electronic Intifada article is a re-posting of an open letter written by Jews in support of Palestine, the Palestinian people, their right to return home to their ancestral lands, and a call for a single-state. This letter touches on the years of political and military assault on the Palestinian people and disassociates themselves from the Zionist movement.

Women activists say they won a major step forward with Egypt's new constitution, which enshrined greater rights for women.

As the United States has closed its embassy and withdrawn its last troops, Yemen has slid into total chaos, with rebels and jihadists on both sides capturing military bases and seizing tanks and heavy weapons.

Hamas and Palestine have further violated the basic human rights of their own people. Hamas's war crimes against the Palestinians are numerous.

This site stats that women's rights have improved over the years. A new law made in 2010 gave women 12% of he seats in Parliament.

Information on women rights in Egypt are presented. Women political, voting, educational and health rights are included.

This piece talks about women in politics, voting, and it public positions. It also gives facts dealing with women's health and education.

This article provides laws that protect women as well as those whom only protect men. It shows the sexism between the laws for different genders.

Describes how the laws in Egypt are an enemy to Women's Rights. Egypt is ranked as the worst of 22 Arab states with regards to women's rights.

This article gives a brief description of laws and rules set in Egypt for women.