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25% of teens face bullying
By Zain Anbar Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Experts reported 25 percent of teenagers in the Kingdom are bullied. National Family Safety Program Executive Director Maha Al-Munaif said studies from King Abdullah Research Center reveal that 25 percent of teenagers in the Kingdom are ...
Charity expresses readiness to adopt all abandoned children
Zain Anbar JEDDAH — Widad Charitable Society in Jeddah has expressed its willingness to sponsor abandoned babies below 2 years all over the Kingdom and provide them with necessary care and support, including women to breastfeed. Speaking to Okaz/Saudi Gazette, Widad Chairman ...
Women use exercise as a tool to canvass votes
Zain Anbar JEDDAH — A group of women toured the Al-Basateen District on Sunday as part of a campaign in support of one of the candidates in the municipal council elections. Olfat Bahaidar, one of the women running the campaign, said she ...
Girls outdo boys in bullying behavior, study finds
Zain Anbar JEDDAH — Contrary to popular belief, the rate of bullying and violence among schoolgirls than among boys, according to a study by the National Family Safety Program. The study, which focused on students in public schools, found unacceptable behavior among ...
1,800 Saudi women in Riyadh to benefit from ‘safe transportation’ scheme
Zain Anbar Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Ministry of Labor will soon start implementing the ‘safe transportation’ scheme for Saudi women working in the private sector. In the first phase of the project, the ministry endorsed the list of 1,800 Saudi women who ...
Anger after AIDS society closes
  Zain Anbar Okaz/Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH — The closure of the Jeddah AIDS Society by the Ministry of Social Affairs has led to an angry reaction among its beneficiaries, their families and the organization’s staff. According to sources close to the ministry, attempts were ...
Kingdom’s maternity leaves among shortest in the world: JCCI official
  Zain Anbar Okaz/Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH — An expert on women’s labor rights has called on the Ministry of Labor to increase the duration of maternity leave granted to working women in the Kingdom. Executive Director of the Khadijah Bint Khuwaylid Center for ...
Female wing of Jeddah Municipality offers superb e-servives
Zain Anbar Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — With the rise in the number of businesswomen, Jeddah Municipality’s female section opened its online portal for licensing and inquiries. Jeddah Municipality female section supervisor Arwa Al-Aama said the section was established in 2010 to facilitate the ...
Families refusing to accept women released from prison
  Zain Anbar Okaz/Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH — Several families in Jeddah are reluctant to take back daughters who have been released from prison after serving sentences for various crimes. “About 30 percent of families have totally refused to take back women who have been ...
Families refusing to accept convict daughters after release
  Zain Anbar Okaz/Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH — A number of families in Jeddah are reluctant to take back daughters who have been released from prison after serving sentences for various crimes. “About 30 percent of families have totally refused to take back women who ...
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