25. July 2008
Research findings of our survey in Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates
Our “Bridging the Gap” survey included questionnaires of a total of 7.474 male and female students from leading Universities in Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as well ...
17. June 2008
The Chinese edition of the renowned Deauville Forum for global meetings
Women without Borders, together with hundreds of Chinese women was invited to co-shape a female platform for civil society and global dialogue. The theme for this first Asian forum was the burning issue ...
06. June 2008
Elisabeth Kasbauer, Executive Director of Women without Borders talks with Dr. Sara Roy
Dr. Sara Roy is a professor at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard and has conducted research on the political, social and economic development of Palestine since 1985. As the daughter of ...
06. June 2008
A commentary by Edit Schlaffer
Climate change poses the greatest challenge of the twenty-first century. Nevertheless, greenhouse gasses, the hole in the ozone layer and the Arctic’s melting glaciers are still observed as if from ...
05. June 2008
At first sight, Austria is a country of alpha-women, women who live equality. The Foreign Minister is a woman (Ursula Plassnik); the Majority Leader of the Parliament is a woman (Barbara Prammer).
Everywhere young women are hungry for careers and success, enthusiastically starting a professional path into the big corporations. Women are buying their first apartments, traveling around the world ...
09. May 2008
We are all under stress to compete, achieve and be part of the flow. This means that traditions are falling apart – a particular challenge for migrant and religious segments of our societies.
Individual conflicts and societal disharmony create a climate of distrust. How can Muslims and non-Muslims travel these rocky roads together? The Quilliam Foundation has found an answer. They launched ...
09. May 2008
A commentary by Edit Schlaffer
Mother’s Day has a bad reputation. It brings back memories of 1939 when Hitler awarded child-bearing women with medals for being heroines of the German nation. Modern women ask not to be honored. ...
15. April 2008
Women without Borders is using an advertising campaign to fight for the equal treatment of career women around the world. The advertisements get the message across simply – but surprisingly. Banknotes ...