A Royal Jordanian flight from Athens to Amman could have passed off as any other routine trip except this RJ 132 flight was a little different as it boasted a female pilot leading an all female crew.   more ...

The executive editor in chief of “Environment and Development” magazine, Raghida Haddad, won the World Earth Press Award, for a series of articles that she had written about the climate change  more ...

A Jordanian security delegation headed by Director of External Patrols Brigadier General Hassan Mouhaidat visited yesterday headquarters of the Institute of Support Authority for Women Police  more ...

the Arab Women Organization (AWO), chaired by First Lady, Mrs. Leila Ben Ali organizes a media training session on “writing techniques for radio and television”  more ...

AWN# 129 – 06-01-2010, Saudi women at the forefront in all fields: Expat educationist Having spent 34 years of her life as an educationist in the Kingdom, Dr. Chaman Rahim, a Bangladeshi national living in Jeddah, says her experience here has been more than rewarding. She has witnessed the gradual development of the education sector, especially with regards to girls’ education. “Education for girls was officially proclaimed by King Saud in 1959 on Saudi radio. Later, King Faisal and his wife, Queen Effat, made great contributions to girls’ education,” .. More ..   more ...