Protection of women's rights urged

THE Arab world has a long way to go before the level of women's rights can reach international standards, women's rights activists said yesterday. Children and Mothers Information Centre president Shaikha Hind bint Salman Al Khalifa said that there was no longer any room in the world for discrimination between the sexes. "The world today no longer believes in such divisions. The global trend is for one world in which men and women work together to achieve common economic, political, cultural, social and civil goals," she said. Shaikha Hind said that while women in Bahrain have risen to very high leadership positions, there are still many forms of discrimination which remain firmly in place. "Bahrain's constitution states that all nationals are equal before the law and should face no discrimination based on sex, origin, language, religion or belief," she continued.

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