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Egypt: Al-Azhar University To Ban Face Veil In Women's Classes, Dorms Egypt's Al-Azhar university said Thursday it would ban the niqab or face veil from female classrooms and dormitories, according to AFP. "The Supreme Council of Al-Azhar has decided to ban students and teachers from...

We all know that Partition was a terrible time. We all know that horrible atrocities were committed. We all know, we all know. But do we realise? Do we know the extremes that some of our people were forced to - or chose to go to? This very disturbing video is an interview with an elderly...

Crime against women on rise in Punjab Kanwal Preet Kaur Wednesday, 16 September 2009 CHANDIGARH:Punjab has witnessed a sharp rise in crime cases including molestation, family disputes and police atrocities particularly the crime against women. The figures available with the...

From Friday, BSF women will man India-Pakistan border September 10 , 2009 | RSS Amritsar: Newly inducted women troopers of the Border Security Force (BSF) are just a few hours away from creating history. The India-Pakistan border will Friday see the first lot of women guarding the...

Women wear a salwar kameez which is a loose tunic top and baggy pants with a draw-string. In the gurdwara, women who are not wearing turbans cover their head with a chunni, a small scarf covering their head but not their face.

Yes. Girls and women have the choice of wearing of a turban.

Jimmy Carter breaks with Southern Baptists over the status of women "Women and girls have been discriminated against for too long in a twisted interpretation of the word of God." Jimmy Carter July 15, 2009 - I HAVE been a practicing Christian...

Women's Equality: Why Aren't We Spearheading The Struggle?by HARINDER SINGH "The whole Guru Granth is the voice of a wedded woman or a maiden pining in love of the Beautiful. Her nobleness in Guru Granth is infinite, her freedom is of the highest...

GO SWAN! Malaysia's SWAN - Sikh Women's Awareness Networkby DYA SINGH [Editor: The author, Dya Singh, is no ordinary soul. A musician who was born and brought up in Malaysia, he now lives in Melbourne, Australia. He travels the world with his...

She is an illiterate woman from the tribal areas of Pakistan who almost died in childbirth a year after marrying at the age of 12. He is a famous Pakistani ob-gyn who was educated in Ireland. After spending eight years there, he returned with plans to set up a fertility clinic for rich...

WJKK WJKF, I am teaching a class on women in Sikh history to children from around middle school to high school and was wondering if anyone could provide me with any ideas or thoughts on where to take this broad subject. Any input and advice would be appreciated greatly. Thanks so much

Womens Right: A Protracted Struggle Jagmohan Singh Sikh British women activists' intervention for Sikh women's right to do seva and Kirtan in Darbar Sahib is welcome. Nevertheless, the Sikh Diaspora should resist all temptation to use malice and condescension as their tools as then...

Survey Says Majority of Young Women Prefer Arranged Marriage | SikhNet Survey Says Majority of Young Women Prefer Arranged Marriage March 21st, 2009 Majority of young women in India country prefer arranged marriages with parents' consent while only less than one fourth opts for the "love"...

Guys this is an article that I have got from a new website, and the intension of giving this in a Sikh discussion group is to tell us all what a woman faces when she is raped. I don’t want any of my khalsa veers to be involved in such a crime, commended by our Guru’s also. Congo women fight...

GURFATEH, Our gurus have given equal status to women in the society then why women r not allowed to do kirtan in Dabar Sahib, Amritsar.

Can Men and Women Be Friends ? Please read this interesting article Psychology Today: Can Men and Women Be Friends?

The demand to allow baptized Sikh women to perform kirtan and seva inside the sanctum sanctorum of the Golden Temple raised a controversy again at a seminar organized by the Global United Sikh Women Organization here today. When Dr Mohinder Kaur Gill, a Sikh scholar, wanted the inclusion of...

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: UNDERSTANDING GENDER EQUALITY & WOMEN's EMPOWERMENT Gender equality implies a society in which women and men enjoy the same opportunities, outcomes, rights and obligations in all spheres of life. Equality between men and women exists when both sexes are able to share equally...

I have noticed that most Sikh women wear scarves except the Sikh women in the United States who wear a turban AND a scarf. Am I wrong? Why the difference? Is one more traditional than the other? Is there philosophical differences at play or is the turban vs chunni (is that right?) just a...

It is a well known fact that communities which are backward and less educated have high birth rate.While communities which are educated and not so poor have least birth rate.At present The population of uttar pradesh and bihar is increasing very rapidly while the population of south is now...